Three white centers... kill me now

The Grizzlies need a new team slogan:

Now Imagine a guy with a real powerful voice saying these...

"Grizzlies! Send your white centers to us."

"Grizzlies! You may not be intimidated by our collection of white boys, but we stil have money."

That's right. We have too many white boys. That's weird of me to say simply because I'm white. But if you look at the state of the NBA the best players in the game are not caucasian. How long will it take before the Grizz can adapt to this?

The only reason I'm writing all this is because Memphis traded for Chris Mihm... let me repeat, Memphis traded for Chris Mihm?

I cannot think of a lesser intimidating lineup than a rotation that features Marc Gasol, Darko Milicic, and Chris Mihm. (Darko wins the toughman contest simply because he's flat out nuts).

And that's the problem with the Grizz... they adapt to the NBA's trends later than everyone else.

Think about it:

The foreign invasion - yes there are fantastic players from around the world but it's abundantly clear that you cannot win a championship building your team around a softie from Europe - (see Dirk Nowitzki)... but that didn't stop the Griz from trying with Pau... aka Dirk Nowitzki does the Peace Corps - and that's saying a lot considering Dirk is a giant weiner.

The high powered offense - After the league figured out a way to stop it they brought in Marc Iavoroni. Keep in mind that Phoenix failed at this... twice. We all saw how that worked out.

So who knows what's going to happen - maybe they'll get it right if they ever did build around OJ Mayo, but then again we're talking about a franchise here who has three 7 foot tall white centers. And other than Bill Walton and Kevin McHale teams featuring a white center never make it. Look at Rick Smits, Eric Montross, Shawn Bradley, Todd Macculloch, and finally Pau Gasol.

*Walton and McHale would not be as good if they played in today's game*