Calkins: As trade deadline looms, Grizzlies need help
Memphis Grizzlies defender Dillon Brooks (left) and Tyus Jones (right) apply defensive pressure to Portland Trail Blazers guard Trendon Watford (middle) during action on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
It’s exactly one week until the NBA trade deadline. And the Grizzlies need help!
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