Zach Randolph

How many teams have won with a roster construction like the Heats? And the sobering news is that there really was only one team The 2013 Memphis Grizzlies, who had a conference finals run, they made the Western Finals, they were swept by the Spurs, with a roster whose two best players are bigs who weren't three-point shooters.

Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol.

Gasol became a three-point shooter later.

He was one for 14 on threes that year.

And I do think that is embarrassing.

I put on social media, like this is how, this is how people in like the 2000s, you just talk about the Isaiah Thomas Knicks, like when Zach Randolph or like Jamal Crawford, would, like, land with the Grizzlies or, like, the Clippers, or I joked themselves, but, like, they would get on better teams that were advancing in the playoffs and were making a lot of noise.

They'd say, man, remember you on the Knicks? Remember how crappy that was? Remember how selfish those guys played? Remember that while you're, you know, going to the Western Conference Finals with the Grizzlies, you know, Z-Bo.

Remember that, Jamal Crawford, when you're winning 55 games a year with the Los Angeles Clippers.

The big-time players for the franchise that they traded away, for the most part, they've all gone to good situations.

I know, like, Z-Bo and

Tony were near, like, retirement

age.

the most durable dudes, man.

Z-Bo, Chris Paul.

Paul Pierce.

And Paul Pierce.

You have all that...

And you have small markets are always in service of the big markets, and everybody has tried to get, like, literally from Pau Gasol at the beginning of the Memphis Grizzlies all the way through the Grit and Grind Grizzlies, Mike Conley, Mark Gasol, Zach Randolph, or Tony Allen.

On that trajectory, all of those... were they were going to leave right because the other teams were going to want them so like anytime you have anybody that's on a poppin i mean we drafted john moran and within a week there were people that were putting lakers jerseys on him right you know what i mean

yeah that's

I got hurt.

And

for years, all those guys, Tony Allen, Zach Randolph, Marc Gasol, whatever.

Like, Lionel was...

Tony Allen, first team all defense.

Zach Randolph.

You have defensive player of the year and a guy who could hit the elbow jumper and just really solid offensive big at the five in Marc Gasol.

And then, of course, you had Mike Conley and whoever else they would put around.

I thought that was all placebo, honestly.

Z-Bo is insane.

Just being honest.

No, Matt's theme music is hard, though.