Memphis coach Lionel Hollins denies the Grizzlies chose the Spurs as a first-round opponent by sitting leading scorer and rebounder Zach Randolph and starting forward Tony Allen in the final two games. Hollins directed his remarks directly to Tim Duncan. “I just want to say this for Tim Duncan: We did not tank the season so we can get the San Antonio Spurs,” Hollins said. “In fact, my thought process had nothing to do with the San Antonio Spurs. It had to do with us being healthy coming into this series, whatever series it was going to be. I was only concerned about our health. “I think Tim needed some motivation or something but if I had a choice of teams this definitely wouldn’t have been it. I would have taken Houston or something like that, that’s not in the playoffs. “It was going to be one of those three teams that have been good all season long. "I just want Tim to know that. Tim, we weren’t seeking you out.” http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursn...ch-hollins-tim-we-didnt-choose-to-play-spurs/
Come on -- anyone who watched Memphis' last game know they tanked. Those timeouts near the end while they watched the scores from the Lakers game were a disgrace.
Pretty lame on Hollins part. I mean really Hollins you aren't trying to make friends with your opponent are you? This from a grizzlies fan, what's wrong with my coach. It is plain stupid to say something like this like you are scared of him.
Hollins is talking like he's scared of hurting Timmy's feelings or something. You can say Spurs are guilty of this also by losing the Lakers game by playing their bench (in doing so, Lakers won putting them outside of the Spurs round 2 bracket).
