SFGATE's Gabe Fernandez on yet another Memphis sports pundit desperately shilling for the Grizzlies.
“It happened on the heels of several missed shots by Brooks that halted the Grizzlies’ momentum and created a fast-break chance for Payton. Brooks then wound up and basically clotheslined Payton in midair.”
This is not the first time a Memphis media member has gone overboard taking the side of an organization not signing his paycheck. Shortly after Game 2, Grizzlies sideline reporter for Bally Sports, Rob Fischer, tried to snitch on Jordan Poole to the NBA for the horrid act of checking on Payton after he got hurt following Brooks’ “terrible flagrant foul.” Fischer was also mocked for his post.
But Memphis media members are sullying the reputation of the Grizz by inserting themselves where they don’t belong, with an all-but-stated purpose of being the whiniest cheerleaders possible — the polar opposite of the ethos of the Grizzlies on the court.