Grizzlies head coach has a testy response to questions about lineup changes

Grizzlies head coach David Fizdale was asked about his recent lineup changes Wednesday, and with good reason.

After he swapped out Tony Allen and JaMychal Green in favor of Andrew Harrison and Brandan Wright in the starting lineup, Memphis suffered an embarrassing 13-point loss at home to a Nets team that's been the league's worst this season.

But Fizdale wasn't exactly willing to admit he made a mistake.

For those of you questioning David Fizdale's line-up changes this late in the season--the Grizz coach pulls no punches with his response. pic.twitter.com/4TfTSLrwhj

— Mike Ceide (@MCeide_WREG3) March 8, 2017

"What am I supposed to do, settle for mediocrity or stay in a .500 mode and not do anything, and just be OK with that? That's the problem, the whole image of this group is that, that's been OK. And if we're underdogs and we don't win it, that's OK. No. I won't settle for that.

I'll continue to shuffle until I find something that works best to give us the best chance to hold the trophy. And if people don't like it, they can kiss my a--."