Herrington: Grit-and-grind redux? More like Hubie Ball 2.0
Jonas Valanciunas is the Grizzly of the Weekend, putting up a 24-11-4 stat line in the two games on 20-for-27 shooting. But the current Grizzlies don’t rely much on individual stars, approaching the game more like Hubie Brown, with his everybody-into-the-pool approach. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
The similarities include the consistent usage of a 10-man rotation, but what will happen when some players return from injury?
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