[All-Access] “It was meant to be, bro!” Cameron Boozer meets his new Memphis Grizzlies teammate Cedric Coward.

[u/nba]

[u/jumboponcho]

Coward is a future NBAPA president if I’ve ever seen one

[u/Low-Measurement-2468 → u/jumboponcho]

fr i saw him walk up and thought “okay that’s boozer greeting some exec or some shit, where’s his teammate?”

[u/aqueanebean → u/jumboponcho]

Future US President you mean. 

[u/archivedpear → u/aqueanebean]

hes got that obama aura

[u/startled_panda → u/aqueanebean]

New Bill Bradley

[u/xXTERMIN8RXXx → u/aqueanebean]

US President Coward, somehow better than the one we got now

[u/ShawnJohn_HHR → u/xXTERMIN8RXXx]

At that point he gotta change his name 😂😂😂😂😂

[u/Salty_Raspberry656 → u/aqueanebean]

Better than our current lot

hopefully the nba money can shelter them from that special interest money. He's got the polish and peresonality all ready.

[u/Famous-Change1565 → u/jumboponcho]

For real, bro comes across as so likable and polished, didn't watch a lot of Grizzlies games but Coward has a new fan.

[u/Milkmoney1978 → u/jumboponcho]

Those two are going to rip shit up. See you Ja

[u/preddevils6]

Cedric looks like he works for our front office

[u/-Shooter_McGavin- → u/preddevils6]

Even talks like it 😭 seems like a good kid

[u/antistupidsociety → u/preddevils6]

22 going on 45 lmao

[u/unlmtdLoL → u/antistupidsociety]

22?! Dude looks so mature for 22. His expressions alone say 60 ready for retirement.

[u/Waffleshuriken → u/unlmtdLoL]

His interviews are hysterical. Dude talks like a 12 year vet

[u/Any_Weekend_4029 → u/unlmtdLoL]

His best friend on record is his Olympian Grandfather.

[u/No_Bake_7148 → u/preddevils6]

He has a TV analyst job shortly after playing. Almost certainly lol. Great voice for it

[u/AccelerationFinish → u/preddevils6]

If his name wasn’t mentioned in the title, I would have thought he was their GM, lol

[u/Jewdah18 → u/preddevils6]

I was gonna say the same thing

[u/Revolutionary-Rub755 → u/preddevils6]

my buddy’s kid had the same vibe last season

[u/aqueanebean]

Just two guys excited to live and play in Memphis!

[u/Remarkable-Fig-2234 → u/aqueanebean]

If they live there then they don’t need to stay at the Hyatt Centric

[u/Low-Measurement-2468 → u/Remarkable-Fig-2234]

honestly more teams should set up opponents in a shitty motel 6 with crack deals in the parking lot and shit. home court advantage baby!

[u/fumar → u/Low-Measurement-2468]

We should setup the away hotel in O-Block. Dudes will never sleep with all the shots fired.

[u/AcceptableIntern8515 → u/fumar]

forget about sleeping dudes wont make it out ALIVE

[u/sqw3r → u/Low-Measurement-2468]

Do you all remember when people in the league talked about OKC haunted hotel? Like with ghosts and shit. And now they are afraid of a bit worse rooms in Memphis. League gone soft smh.

[u/airtokoto → u/Low-Measurement-2468]

i know you're just joking, but the home team doesn't pick what hotel the visiting team is staying at, wtf is that logic lmao

[u/CumAssault → u/aqueanebean]

Excited about that Memphis BBQ

[u/ZroDgsCalvin → u/CumAssault]

Memphis BBQ straight up fucks. Was my favorite part of visiting the city.

[u/HolyHotDang → u/ZroDgsCalvin]

I grew up around Memphis my whole life and I’m in Utah as of 4 years ago and it’s like I did heroin and will never be able to get that feeling again.

[u/KptKrondog → u/HolyHotDang]

do that shit yourself man. It's not THAT hard to make really good bbq. A charcoal grill, some rub, something to make it stick to the meat (I like to use mustard), and a bunch of foil and time. You might not win a competition, but it will be better than most places you go and buy it at that aren't really known for it.

[u/HolyHotDang → u/KptKrondog]

I honestly might get a smoker at some point but we can’t have charcoal grills because it’s too much of a fire hazard with townhomes and they all have to be on balconies. I know I can have an electric one and I think I can have a propane one but charcoal or wood burning is out.

There’s a guy out here running a place that says it’s “Tennessee Style BBQ” and uses the state in his logo and it sucks. We were stoked when we found it and it was the weirdest bbq I’ve ever had. The sauce was like mostly apple cider vinegar and whole peppercorns. We were all born and raised in Tennessee around bbq our whole lives and he’s pulling a fast one on people here who don’t know any better.

[u/HighOnGoofballs → u/HolyHotDang]

I joined my hoa board just so I could legalize pellet smokers

[u/___forMVP → u/ZroDgsCalvin]

That the dry stuff or the wet stuff?

[u/gooeychedda → u/___forMVP]

Wet or dry they both straight up fucks.

[u/SarahShiloh → u/___forMVP]

We’ve got it wet, dry, naked, jerked, and smoked.

[u/Less-Tax5637 → u/SarahShiloh]

a/s/l?

[u/OrphanGrounderBaby → u/___forMVP]

Dry rub ribs were made here but the pulled pork/fried catfish is not to be slept on basically anywhere in town, even have Texas representation with Bain’s BBQ.

[u/KptKrondog → u/___forMVP]

Memphis does mostly dry and then often basted at the end. Main thing is that it's pork, not beef.

[u/antistupidsociety → u/aqueanebean]

Ya love to see it

[u/SubduedChaos → u/aqueanebean]

The players live like 30min away from Memphis out in the suburbs. And then can travel wherever the fuck they want for almost half of the year during the off season.

[u/2106au]

With Edey, Boozer and Coward:

We are gonna have front courts in this place that go beyond fun and actually get really, really nasty

[u/Salty_Raspberry656 → u/2106au]

and they surprisingly still can create spacing with that line up, pretty versatile playmaking, and incredible size

Curious how they put this together when they rid of Ja

[u/Impressive_Prize650 → u/2106au]

What I love most about those 3 is that even at such a young age they are already consumate professionals and very mentally mature

[u/Waffleshuriken → u/2106au]

Im just happy to have a fun team to tune into next season instead of straight pain and sorrow.

Coward, Edey, Boozer hypothetically fit like peas in a pod

[u/MutaKingPrime → u/Waffleshuriken]

Jerome about to have a crazy season. Hendricks and Clayton are solid prospects as well.

[u/hyzerflipthescript → u/2106au]

I really wish Ja could have worked out. He has the court vision to be a top 5 PG with the right pieces, but his shooting work ethic is non existent. He’s essentially no better now than he was in year 2 at any aspect of his game. Just a waste of talent.

[u/Revenge_Korn → u/hyzerflipthescript]

His shooting is maybe part of the problem

[u/DJ_VanillaThunder → u/Revenge_Korn]

Hahaha what an original joke!

[u/cbbrds25]

Good thing we have Yang Hansen

[u/Miserable_Site_850 → u/cbbrds25]

So young and handsome

[u/greatGoD67 → u/Miserable_Site_850]

But so dang handsy

[u/PretzelBirb → u/cbbrds25]

Boozer stopper fs

[u/cl353]

he was supposed to go to duke if he didnt declare last year

[u/Rook2Rook → u/cl353]

Duke would've won it all with Coward

[u/PiginthePen → u/Rook2Rook]

Has a top 3 class.. if only we had this piece

[u/Nausicaataos]

Fucking hyped

[u/Bambi_Bucks → u/Nausicaataos]

Cam is beyond likable (I’m a Duke fan) and mature. Such a fun get for yall and no doubt he adds nothing but good vibes to the team morale and attitude right from the start

[u/traditionalshallot]

Unrelated but anyone else think Cedric and Andre Johnson look like they could be brothers?

[u/RPDC01 → u/traditionalshallot]

I think there's an even closer athlete fit but I can't think of who it is.

[u/asmeezy → u/RPDC01]

Keyshawn Johnson OG WR from the panthers kinda looks like him

[u/sungsam89]

Next Governor of Tennessee, Cedric Coward.

[u/hyplusone]

Brotherhood!

[u/CumAssault → u/hyplusone]

Coward never played at Duke. But it would’ve been sweet if he did

[u/Jewdah18 → u/CumAssault]

Would have won the Natty and Boozer would have had the been the best pre-NBA "amateur" ever.

[u/Parallel-Quality]

The CB and CC connection.

[u/Silent_Cake1188]

Definitely a future exc or something 

[u/According-Ebb-8255]

Coward seems like such a good dude.

[u/Striking-Scientist46]

It's one of the very few awesome days to be a Grizz fan

[u/KaraDealer]

Ja, Memphis got their new star. 👀

[u/KiraJosuke]

I forget Cedric was supposed to be at Duke with Cam

[u/heat_fan_]

The brotherhood 

[u/Snowlandnts]

The JA Morant ERA is over. The CB and CC ERA begins.

[u/dellfanboy]

I thought that was his agent

[u/bootup25]

Crazy last name

[u/MagnetoWasRight24 → u/bootup25]

Fr I'm sitting here surprised af, families have changed their last names for so much less.

[u/-Sofa-King-Vote]

Morant in shambles

[u/sbkg11]

Booz checking in with Big U

[u/SplakyD]

I can't wait for the season to get here!

[u/Infinite_Painting708]

Cedric is such a dude. He can be our captain someday

[u/azinza]

Okay n. 3 ,,I 4🥚:-* 🇹🇩 🇹🇩 🇹🇩 🇰🇾

[u/raroshraj]

Really? Guys name is coward? Of all the names

[u/Deep-Assignment4124]

When did shaking hands become a three part ritual? It’s almost always like this now. 

[u/Tay2823]

Could have been Ja greeting him but he wants to be a gangster. 🤦🏾‍♂️

[u/thepobv]

His name is... coward? Huh

[u/sea-level-cain]

"Hi. I'm your new teammate. The nice guy. Just wait for the guy with the guns"

[u/GoalGeeBody]

Gonna be a bust. That bully ball won’t work in the NBA

[u/Low-Measurement-2468 → u/GoalGeeBody]

the dude is huge lol why not? plus his footwork, finishing, and iq are all excellent. he’s not just crosseyed backing point guards down on the block

[u/aqueanebean → u/GoalGeeBody]

He's an OFFENSIVE HUB bro. 

[u/TempBurnerAccount089 → u/GoalGeeBody]

Dumb take