yes anonymous reader, all very true, but is he going back to Spain for 2 years? Give some credit where it's due, looks like we made the right decision with passing on Rubio.

Mister T, the Rubio argument still doesn't justify the Thabeet pick for two reasons.

First of all, I believe Rubio would have been in a Grizzlies uniform had we taken him at 2. His draft position made his buyout situation much more complicated, as his draft slot wouldn't pay him enough money to cancel out the buyout. Being picked at 2 would have covered it and then some.

Secondly, Rubio wasn't the only better option than Thabeet. Any one of those guards (Evans, Harden, Curry) would have completely solidified our three guard rotation for the future. Instead, we ended up with a backup C who isn't ever going to be better than Marc Gasol and are looking at a bunch of scrub guards on the FA market.

The only (somewhat) valid argument for the Thabeet pick is the possibility of Marc Gasol walking in 2011, which sadly is a distinct possibility. We are royally screwed if he leaves, because if Thabeet is starting in two years, it's most likely going to get ugly around here.

Deleting comments now - cold.

The Grizz would have been better off drafting Rubio than Thabeet. Rubio could have stayed in Europe for 5 more years and the Grizz would have still been better off.

I agree with Grizzle. Even though Rubio is staying in Spain for two more years he STILL would have been a better pick than Thabust who we can only hope will play as well as Shawn Bradley. Rubio will have two years to develop and MN can either wait for him to come over if Flynn flames out or trade his rights and get another really good player of equal appeal or value. With Thabust the Grizz can only pray the guy doesn't look too friggin awful as to unload the guy to another team in a few years for a high first rounder and cash considerations or what is more likely the backup center ala Darko. From reading those twits you wonder if this guy somehow thinks he will be the next Olajowon which is laughable as his play in the SL was more accurate to be the next Manute Bol. I truly hope Thabeet develops into a respectable center and I can recant my words but at this time he is looking like one of the worst picks of the draft of ALL time.

All I can say about what the anonymous reader posted is:

Tha-tweet bores on!

i hope yall are wrong but im afraid you might be right. although i wouldnt say dissenting is the right word, more like, lazy. im hoping we dont need him to play with marc and randolph patrolling the middle and maybe he gets better practicing with them. if not, we ship him out as early as possible when someone still thinks they can make him better. go Griz.

i feel dumber for having to read the words tweet, twit, twitter, etc, 400 times a day.....

So the guy likes to talk. And? If you don't like listening to him, don't follow him.

Hasheem rhymes with dream and also Hakeem. If you want to conclude that he "stole his name" from one of the greatest ever, I guess you're entitled to that opinion, but if you paid two seconds worth of attention to Thabeet's story, you can understand why, even if he is by all conservative measures a failure on the basketball court, he has already lived a dream based upon his humble beginnings. Thabeet doesn't have an arrogant or disrespectful persona from what I can tell, and so why would you think that he thinks he as good as Olajuwon?

This is rant, but Ill say it anway:

It bothers me a little that people get the privilege of glimpsing into the personal life of stars in clearly a biased, snapshots sort of way, but want to cast total judgment based on what is clearly a partial picture. I realize these guys jobs is entertainment, and that they should please their fans, but they are also professionals.

What if you are a professional, and you are on a social networking site, off work, and people are judging your posts based on what they think the tone of them should be like and how they think you should be spending your off time? What if you are a police officer, posting status updates on Facebook, and people are counting your posts on the last time you commented on running or going to the shooting range and, based on your postings, suggest that you may not be fit as an officer? What if you are a doctor, posting on Facebook, and you never update your status about your latest literature review, and you use common people's words and maybe, gasp, some slang, and there are people suggesting that you may need to have your practicing privileges reviewed based on this?

Is there an NBA tweet etiquette 101 or something that he is violating, or is there a little over reading going on into his postings?

I'm just sayin'...

I know you are dying for the season to start so you will actually have something to write about. But this little article is absolute garbage. I call it a "little article" because it looks like you wrote in about five minutes. What happed, Herrington? Did you forget you had to turn something in? Thabeet is a 22 year old kid who is enjoying his life. If he sucks on the court, fine. Write about that. But this article is just as amateurish and concerning to me as Thabeet's twitter updates are to you.

@ S Raney:

Why so serious?

Chris has many obligations, but, you have no obligation to read his columns and comment.

So don't.

Let's face facts, folks:

On paper, we have an interesting team. We don't know exactly what we've got yet, which is why we've got all the hubbub. Even the people who think we'll suck aren't quite sure. We know that if the chemistry is right, we'll be MUCH better this season.

So . . .

BRING ON THE SEASON!

Just posted this because I found it amusing (the image of the ranter coming up to ThaTweet's crotch, the annoyance at the word "peepo," etc.), as I do Thabeet's colorful navigation of his new city.

Postings here will pick up once the roster is settled, which will hopefully be by next week. I'm bored waiting for Iverson to Tweet his decision and too busy with other stuff to wade into the prospects of Jason Hart and Tyron Lue, but am more than ready for hoops season to start up again.

You are right I have no obligation to read this. Just like he has no obligation to post the ridiculous rants of an anonymous emailer.

My problem is that he is choosing, thats right choosing, to post an "article" which basically consists of some random guy bitching about a Grizzlies player's twitter account. (ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?) If that passes for journalism then fine. But I dont think its appropriate to publish this so millions of people can possibly read it.... "Oh my god, did u see Herrington's post!!! some anonymous guy is bitching about Thabeet!" It would be different if this is just some no name's blog, but isn't this The Memphis Flyer??? Isn't this spread everywhere around the Mid South and posted online for the world to see? Is that what we do in Memphis? Just bash our own players in print for something that is innocent and harmless, like a twitter account? I would love for our players to be judged on the court, but I guess thats just a pipe dream

Forget the Tweets (although they are hysterical) - how about his profile pic? Is that his Eddie Murphy 'Coming to America' pose? And who decided the sweater was a good idea?

New skool--
That would be OK if this was his personal social networking site that somehow got published, but we are talking about a guy who invited all 16,000 people that follow him to eat with him at Texas De Brazil. I think he is well aware that the things he is tweeting is how we are seeing him. And it does seem noteworthy that he seems comfortable with what is easily the most juvenile, ridiculous, and mind numbing stuff of all the people I follow on Twitter(which includes about 10 other professional athletes). I originally signed on to learn something about the guy, and have since stopped following because every single word is worthless.

Um, yeah, Rainy. You said that already.

If you had indeed read the "article" you would have noticed that the person whose thoughts Chris published was identified as a "Beyond The Arc reader", like you. Well, figuratively speaking like you. So, to bash him and complain about his thoughts or him getting some exposure for them is self-defeating, much like your attitude. Everyone else here is discussing the information and what it might or might not mean. You, on the other hand, are attacking and insulting both the contributor and the messenger. The messenger being someone who provides information and opinion for people, again, like you, who want to read about the Grizzlies, whatever that may entail.

If I may, Chris writes a Grizzlies BLOG. An opinion piece. A column. He is not functioning as a journalist in this respect. So drop that misconception right now. It makes you appear pompous, egotistical and uninformed, nay ignorant. If you don't like his opinion or how he operates HIS BLOG, like the rest of us you are free to get over it or go away.

"It does seem noteworthy that he seems comfortable with what is easily the most juvenile, ridiculous, and mind numbing stuff of all the people I follow..." -- I couldn't agree more Sankara. Thabeat has the air about him of a child at an amusement park or a finalist in a beauty pageant. You can be in awe of your success and fortune. But you can't forget you are here to work. To be picked high in any year's draft is an honor and an onus on that player to step up, focus and prove your benefactors right!

Hopefully all it will take is an Oden dunk on his head to wake him up. I wonder, does he get mad?

It seems to me Hasheemthedream...has twitter stalkers!!! It's pathetic people actually get paid to report on the lives of others. Why should he tweet about his workouts and what he is doing with the Grizzlies, his season will speak for itself. Twitter is apparently his way of staying grounded with his fans and the public in general. Often times we forget they (athletes) are regular people that want to connect to the real world. He is doing what other 22 years are doing on twitter..tweeting. He just happens to get paid a lot of money for what he does. Tweeting doesn't mean he will be- by any means less effective doing what he is paid to do. You (Chris) and that "A Beyond The Arc reader " need to get a life!