Disagree but I do think we overpaid for Smart

On what planet do you think that Tyus Jones wanted to continue to come off the bench for the Grizzlies? You think he wanted to be the designated notJa for the rest of his career?

Keeping him would have meant reneging on a promise to Tyus to allow him to move on to somewhere where he could start, which was the whole agreement he made with the Grizzlies when he agreed to extend. If they kept him, it would have been the Grizzlies saying “SIKE! Gochu, bitch!” and that would have made for a very unhappy player as well as a team full of players who all look around like “This team doesn’t keep its promises. Fuck’m.”

None of us want the outcome of that. You think that team culture is bad now? Imagine what it would have been like with Tyus coming into the locker room every night like “This is bullshit. I’m not even supposed to be here. Guess I’m just going to start until Ja gets back and it’s his team again. Fuck this. Fuck all of you.”