Sports Illustrated's Matt Dollinger and Ben Golliver discuss the Golden State Warriors hiccup against the Los Angeles Lakers and the LeBron James's unique use of social media.
When a painful right-foot fracture ended Marc Gasol’s season, the Memphis Grizzlies had no choice but to drift off-center. The league is short on plug-and-play reserves who could match Gasol’s wide array of skills. Memphis, to complicate matters, was short on plug-and-play reserves who could even step in to fill minutes at all; Zach Randolph started at the five in the Grizzlies’ first game after the fact virtually by default. The only other listed center on the roster was 10-day contract signee Ryan Hollins and moving Randolph from the four to the five only created a new void at power forward.