Herrington: This NBA draft, will ‘Trader Zach’ have the Grizzlies on the move again?
Memphis Grizzlies guard Tyus Jones, left, shoots as Los Angeles Lakers forward Troy Brown Jr., center, and forward Wenyen Gabriel defend during the first half in Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series April 22 in Los Angeles. (Mark J. Terrill/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.
Memphis general manager Zach Kleiman goes into Thursday night’s NBA draft with a history of wheelin’ and dealin’.
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