Marcus Sensible is accustomed to successful video games, having performed the primary 9 seasons of his profession with the Boston Celtics.
Now, in his first season with the struggling Memphis Grizzlies, Sensible needs his teammates to know their stage of effort is unacceptable.
Throughout Memphis’ 119-97 loss to Minnesota on Sunday night time, Sensible blasted his teammates throughout a timeout according to Molly Morrison, who runs a preferred NBA-focused Twitter account.
“Marcus Sensible simply gave the Grizzlies bench one of the vital passionate speeches I’ve ever seen a participant give his group,” wrote Morrison, who was sitting inside earshot of the Memphis bench on the time.
“[Smart] mentioned ‘that is f*cking embarrassing’ a number of instances, talked about how followers are paying to return watch them and so they’re not even making an attempt.”
Regardless of his finest efforts, Sensible wasn’t in a position to flip issues round along with his impassioned speech. The Grizzlies proceeded to lose the sport by 22 factors.
Memphis is now 3-13, the equal-worst document within the Western Convention on the time of publication.