Desmond Bane was involved in a brief physical altercation with teammate Santi Aldama on the Memphis Grizzlies bench earlier this week. A few days later head coach Taylor Jenkins was fired. General manager Zach Kleiman addressed the media Saturday but didn't give many details about why.
While the the bench incident and Jenkins's firing aren't necessarily related, it does demonstrate some of the chaos that the Grizzlies have been dealing with this season. In a new article in The Athletic, we learned exactly what happened to cause Bane to shove Aldama during a blowout win.
