Grizzlies Insider: Jaren Jackson Jr. not thinking about foul trouble
Limiting fouls has been a weakness for Jackson in the past, but he has been much more effective so far this season.
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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Limiting fouls has been a weakness for Jackson in the past, but he has been much more effective so far this season.
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‘I can hear him the whole game,’ Ja Morant said of his dad Tee, who always sits courtside and is celebrating his birthday Nov. 15. ‘He’s always talking to the players, and talking to the refs.’
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“We have a hard time guarding the ball,” Brooks said.
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