In the NBA, some coaches are hired to be fired, but this might have taken it to a new level as the Memphis Grizzlies have reportedly fired head coach David Fizdale.
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Memphis has fired coach David Fizdale, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 27, 2017
And there is already an interim head coach that's been named:
Associate head coach JB Bickerstaff will be promoted to Memphis' interim head coach, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) November 27, 2017
Apparently, this wasn't as sudden for some people though as Jonathan Givony —- who works with ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski —- believes that the relationship between star center Marc Gasol and Fizdale had been fizzling for some time.
Word out of Memphis this past summer already was Marc Gasol and Coach Fizdale were on very poor terms after some confrontations in practice. Seemed inevitable they'd have to pick between one or the other eventually. This isn't some recent thing.
— Jonathan Givony (@DraftExpress) November 27, 2017
Fizdale was 50-51 in his career as a head coach and took the team to the playoffs last year as the eighth seed. However, the 7-12 start and losing 11 of the last 13 games just wasn't going to cut it for the Grizzlies. However, the Grizzlies have been without star guard Mike Conley because of a sore Achilles tendon and that is a big reason they've been on a slide.
