We've talked about a topic before, without Morant's Grizzlies, they're getting stronger. Since then, it has been said that using Morant is actually a defeat for the Grizzlies, and the team can appropriately weaken Morant's part and let him integrate into the team in the form of a team to ensure the overall effect of the Grizzlies. This is not unreasonable, because the Grizzlies did use a reasonable team form to ensure that there is no longer a team record in Morant's time. However, if management excludes Morant so arbitrarily, it can only mean that there is something wrong with the current management. As I said before, Morant belongs to the high-end combat force in the playoffs, and it is still somewhat inappropriate to measure his value only by the performance of the regular season.
So what adjustments should the Grizzlies make to the current roster? To analyze this problem, we also need to understand the contradictions of the Grizzlies from the root causes. The Grizzlies' biggest problem now is the lack of combat power, sending a bunch of players who are still playing in other teams in exchange for some seemingly not-so-good fractional players. A lot of people say grizzly bears are brains apart from problems. Indeed, sending away good players in exchange for some less skilled players may lead to a team's competitiveness in the short term. But don't miss a point, the Grizzlies now need to build a team with Morant at its core.
The reason why these players were sent away before was because they still had a long contract. If Morant were to be at the core now, these long-contracted players wouldn't necessarily be suitable. So what the Grizzlies are thinking about now is not the issue of immediate combat power, or that the Grizzlies will use short-term immediate combat power losses to protect future long-term construction. Swap those players out, clear the space, and this season you can see what Morant needs and then keep adding. This is the means of management!
To be sure, the Grizzlies won't be able to give it everywhere this season, but it's certainly clear that there's something Morant desperately needs. And, in the existing main lineup, what needs to be improved. That's what the Grizzlies hope to achieve this season.
Will the Grizzlies make big adjustments? Most likely not! Because even the Grizzlies themselves did not think that the current lineup could be matched with the right chemistry. This was completely unexpected before! So, the Grizzlies' next step should be to continue to observe. This observation cycle is likely to continue until the end of the regular season of the season, and then plan the team based on its playoff performance. As long as the playoffs are passable, the lineup will only continue to adjust the details, so that they have more comfortable space to play next season.
From the position, the Grizzlies' guard line and interior line are enough to use. The defensive line, driven by Morant, will not have major problems in the short term, and Morant's mastery of the whole situation, his dominance of the attack and the ability to coordinate his teammates are all qualified. So it is basically unlikely to directly adjust the defender line now.
In comparison, the space of the inner line is a bit crowded. Jackson Jr. is no longer a fringe character who needs to be assisted by someone, he can be alone. So the Grizzlies should consider not letting so many interior players go to the box to squeeze Jackson Jr.'s space, this lineup will only affect his performance. For his ability, the Grizzlies can also develop tactics that can be a little more daring. To be honest, Jackson Jr. is a very talented player, and he is perfectly capable of supporting a lineup. It may be that he did not fully show his strength in front of the management, resulting in a deviation between Jackson Jr.'s current position and his own ability.
In addition to these two positions, the remaining places are the points that the Grizzlies need to focus on. The Grizzlies did not blindly trade their players, but selectively reinforced the front. This is also the law of the times, and almost all teams are now reinforcing their own fronts. Because of the wide coverage of the forward players, they can effectively play a cutting-edge role at both ends of the attack and defense. On the offensive end, forward players can help Morant share the pressure of the attack, while improving the competitiveness of the interior, and some forward players can even swing to the 4-5 position, changing from space point to height point.
As everyone knows, Morant has never been a defensive player. Therefore, the forward line with better defensive strength and more outstanding sense of co-defense will have a more obvious change in the overall defensive strength of the team. However, if you want to completely change the defense of the defensive line, you need to see Morant's own approach. Only if he changes his habit of gambling-style defense can the loophole in the team's defender line be fundamentally solved. Otherwise, even if you make up more fronts, the essence is only to make up for it.
Now in the regular season, the impact of defensive loopholes is not very obvious, and in the playoffs, this problem will directly lead to the team's key wins and losses in the series. Management certainly knows this, but people are now at the core and can only keep accommodating. Fortunately, Morant is not the kind of player who is stubborn, and modesty is one of the labels on him.
To put it mildly, the current Grizzlies do not have a cutting-edge player in charge, which is one of the failures. Every team has to have a top-paid player, and future Morant can do it, but next season's Morant certainly won't. He doesn't have enough seniority, and he doesn't have enough experience and control over the game. So what the Grizzlies still need to adjust is to find the right cutting-edge combat in the market as much as possible in the offseason of these two seasons.
In this case, you can focus on some defenders, as well as players on the front line. Inside players can also be used as a reference, but unless there is an organizational interior like Jokic, it does not match the overall tone of the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies give the impression that in the final moments there will still be a lack of a character with a final word, not that Morant is not good, or that the current ability and immediate combat strength really can't support the big scene.
Memphis' market is not very big, so if you want to attract big players, you have to start with some weak teams. The top-paid players of the strong teams will basically not consider Memphis, because there is no way to realize their commercial value here. So they may only have to consider some superstars on the edge, such as the Wizards' Bill, this class of players. Someone recommended Randall, which is a bit unnecessary. Randall's location and functionality are repeated with Little Jackson, there is no need to waste this space!