![]() ![]() We felt slighted when the NFL took a pass. We felt slighted when Cleveland got the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Feeling slighted should be added to the list of things we have mastered, along with blues and barbecue. But it may be unmatched at bearing a grudge. ![]() This isn’t a city that has a lot of experience celebrating championships. “If it rallies our fans, and it sounds like we’re selling T-shirts right now, and all the money is going back into our community, it’s worth it for me.” “It’s been fantastic,” Fizdale said, of the reaction to his rant. All proceeds will go to the Grizzlies foundation, which is also typical of the franchise. Indeed, the Grizzlies themselves have ordered a truckload of “Take that for data” T-shirts which will be available at FedExForum - and at the team store online - when the doors open Thursday night. “Take that for data,” he said, which is also available on a T-shirt near you. “They’re not gonna rook us,” said Fizdale, in the postgame rant that launched a thousand T-shirts. This is Memphis, where we don’t bluff, where belief in the face of long odds is less a cliche than a mantra, and where the new coach has inspired the populace by essentially telling the NBA and the universe to stick it. This is Memphis, where fans don’t want to put on official matching playoff T-shirts because they prefer the bootleg kind. This is Memphis, where 18,119 have been known to chant “Whoop that trick” during a playoff game. Memphis’ players stepped up to pay that fine, but the words he used have set the stage for a wild Game 3 tonight, writes Geoff Calkins of The Commercial Appeal: 1: Fizdale’s helping Memphis get fired up for Game 3 - Memphis Grizzlies coach David Fizdale was issued a $30,000 fine by the NBA for his postgame rant about officials after Game 2. ![]()
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