Every NBA team’s greatest enforcer of all time

Memphis Grizzlies — Zach Randolph and Tony Allen

This one has to come as a pair. Zach Randolph and Tony Allen were such an enforcer duo that they ushered in an entire ethos for a franchise, the one and only Grit N’ Grind. For seven years, Z-Bo and T.A. held down the fort in Memphis. Nobody — talking NOBODY — ever wanted to play at the Grindhouse. You were sure to leave roughed up like a recently brought home from the store rotisserie chicken.

Z-Bo, standing at 6-foot-9 and 250 pounds, would take care of business on the interior, bullying opponents with his right shoulder and remarkably soft shooting touch around the rim. Meanwhile, the 6-foot-4 and 213-pound Allen was a smothering ball-hawk defender on the perimeter, using his long 6-foot-9 wingspan to hound you and take your lunch money. It was the perfect blend of enforcer balance and harmony.

The Grit N’ Grind Grizz never made it over the hump and to the Finals, but that first year they came together in 2010-11, they snuck into the playoffs as the No. 8 seed and took down the No. 1 seed San Antonio Spurs in six games. It was the first time the Grizzlies had ever made it out of the first round of the playoffs and they did it in true blue-collar Grit N’ Grind fashion.