Herrington: Even on a team full of stars, Tyus Jones is playing best ball ever
Memphis Grizzlies guard Tyus Jones (21) shoots ahead of San Antonio Spurs center Jakob Poeltl, left, on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (Brandon Dill/AP)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life. He lives in the Vollintine-Evergreen neighborhood of Midtown with his wife, two kids, and two dogs.
Jones is a backup point guard, one of the better ones in the NBA. But he conceives himself as more, the Grizzlies now pay him as more, and over the past couple of seasons he’s been playing that way.
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