Herrington: What Grizzlies fans should know as NBA trade deadline arrives
Memphis guard Dillon Brooks (left) is the only Grizzlies starter who could be subject to a trade. (Abbie Parr/AP file)
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.
My best sense is that the Grizzlies aren’t desperate to deal. But most of the team’s perimeter reserves have declined of late, in performance and/or in playing time, which suggests a real immediate need as the playoffs loom.
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