Jaren Jackson Jr. on NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo: ‘He was a genius’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 30, 2024 8:18 PM CT | Published: September 30, 2024 2:24 PM CT

“That was really somebody who was in my corner before I was ever good at basketball, for real,” Jackson said during Monday’s Grizzlies Media Day

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Parth Upadhyaya

Parth Upadhyaya

Parth Upadhyaya covers the Memphis Tigers men’s basketball team. A Raleigh, N.C., native and a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill’s Hussman School of Media and Journalism, Upadhyaya is a longtime college hoops junkie. Prior to joining The Daily Memphian in 2022, he covered high school sports in western Pennsylvania for the Beaver County Times and Penn State football for the Centre Daily Times.


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