The Memphis Grizzlies announced on Friday the dismissal of their coach, the American Taylor Jenkins, despite having his team a balance of 44 wins and 29 losses, fighting thanks to this for occupying the fourth position in the difficult west conference.
“I sincerely appreciate Taylor’s contributions to this team already this city during the last six seasons,” said Zach Kleiman, president and general director of basketball operations in the Grizzlies, a franchise where the Spanish wing-powerful village Santi Aldama plays.
“This has been a difficult decision, given the constant and tangible development of our players and the general success under Taylor’s leadership. I wish Taylor the best in the future,” Kleiman said. According to the journalist Shams Charania, from the ESPN chain, the Tennessee entity will appoint the Assistant Tuomas Iisalo as an interim coach.
“Jenkins became the coach with the most victories of the team in November, but the team has dismissed him while Memphis is in difficulties in the final stretch-of the regular season-and runs the risk of losing the home advantage in the ‘playoffs’,” NBA itself said on its website.
Jenkins trained the Grizzlies since the 2019-20 academic year, took them to the ‘playoffs’ three times (2021, 2022 and 2023) and was close to doing this campaign again. He highlighted in 2021/22 with 56 games won, more triumphs in a course under the direction of Jenkins; Thus they conquered the southwest division and were second of their conference.
That campaign eliminated the Minnesota Timberwolves 4-2 in the first round, but then lost against Golden State Warriors by 2-4 in the semifinals of the West and accused the injury of their great star, a Ja Morant that in recent years has also given bad news to the Grizzlies fans for several controversies outside the courts.