Forget the Future of the Franchise—It’s Bedtime
On the night of Tuesday May 25th, at around 8:50 P.M. EST, the hopes and dreams of everybody in the Memphis Grizzlies organization were shattered. Well, at least the hopes and dreams of everybody except Pau Gasol, who did not immediately know the results of the lottery because he was fast asleep at his house in Spain. Granted it was 2:30 in morning, but come on Pau, the future of the franchise is at stake and you can’t force yourself to stay up a few more hours. I’m sure the Grizzlies fans in Spain stayed up to find out the results of the lottery. Nothing says “trade me” like sleeping through the most important moment in the history of a franchise. At least Gasol “rushed to a computer” to find out the results once he woke up Wednesday morning.
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on 27 May 2007 at 10:42 am #
no one criticized joe thomas for skipping the NFL draft to go fishing and that was his own future
on 28 May 2007 at 1:53 am #
That’s a good point, but I think Thomas was making a point of not buying into the hype of the draft. He also had an espn camera man with him and knew who was drafting him when it happened. For Gasol, it was already his team and he didn’t care to know what happened until the next day.