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Herrington: With Grizzlies back, anything is possible and all the pieces matter
Where does enhanced competition leave the still-young Grizzlies? In it. In the thick of the battle, and that’s a great place to be.
Chris Herrington
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Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Final preseason takeaways
Chris Herrington and Drew Hill discuss what they liked from the preseason and the Grizzlies’ biggest concerns heading into the home opener on Wednesday against the Knicks.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: NBA preview, with notes and predictions for every team
Chris Herrington offers his fast thoughts and record forecast for all 30 NBA teams. And, he predicts which teams from the East and West advance to the playoffs.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s absence could be instructive for Grizzlies
Will the Grizzlies be able to play high-level defense without Jackson? Can they construct a rotation without miring themselves in unworkable combinations?
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Wattstax, Weird Al, ‘Pretty Woman’ and Nasty Women
This week, original members of The 24-Carat Black stop at Stax, the Broad Avenue Arts District gets a “Paint Memphis” makeover and soul legend Mavis Staples plays GPAC.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Finding a better balance of Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks key for Grizzlies
Desmond Bane and Dillon Brooks have potential to be the best wing duo in franchise history.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Santi Aldama’s preseason and GM surveys
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington break down the Grizzlies’ first two preseason games and the results from the NBA GM survey.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Grizz vets are elite in the locker room, and pretty good on the court too
The team’s three most experienced players are elite “culture” guys, and two of them are also coming off what, in some ways, are career seasons.
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Music Herrington: At Mempho, a rousing primer on Black roots music
In Memphis, the idea that blues, gospel and soul are as equally “Americana” is a notion as natural as breathing. And this weekend Black roots music, in various forms, made up half of Mempho’s 18 performance slots.
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Memphis Grizzlies Aldama, rookies lead late comeback as Grizzlies win preseason debut
With the team’s stars sitting, second-year forward Santi Aldama and a large rookie class led the Grizzlies to a comeback win in their preseason debut in Milwaukee.
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Memphis Grizzlies Steven Adams, Grizzlies agree to contract extension
The Memphis Grizzlies have agreed to a two-year, $25.2 million extension with starting center Steven Adams.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Giant bubbles, spooky films and Lil Buck
This week, the Fogelman Galleries feature a frankd robinson retrospective, Mempho returns with Widespread Panic and metal meets mariachi at the Halloran Centre.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies have job openings in the frontcourt. Here are the candidates.
With Steven Adams and Jaren Jackson Jr. presumed starters whenever available, here’s a look at each of the other candidates in the team’s frontcourt mix.
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FedExForum adds standing-only ‘Edge’ as Grizzlies attendance expected to rise
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Memphis Grizzlies FedExForum adds standing-only ‘Edge’ as Grizzlies attendance expected to rise
On Thursday, the Memphis Grizzlies unveiled the Big River Steel Edge, an open, renovated space overlooking FedExForum’s main lobby at one end and the basketball court on the other.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Planting flags ahead of the season
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington break down all the storylines from Grizzlies media day.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: What can Ja Morant do for an encore? Maybe less.
Heavy reliance on a single creator has tended to stall out at the highest levels, and that’s even more true for teams relying on smaller guards.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Gonerfest, Veganfest, Arcade fest and Martin/Short
This week, Crosstown Arts screens a Japanese gangster film, Cynthia Daniels hosts five parties in one and the Pink Palace Crafts Fair is back for the 50th time.
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Chris HerringtonHerrington: As spotlight returns, it’s time to be realistic about Mud Island, Coliseum
Memphis is awash in dramatic examples of adaptive reuse, from a Downtown shopping mall turned corporate headquarters to a Sears warehouse building turned “vertical urban village” to even a Pyramid-shaped arena turned world’s biggest bait shop. But Mud Island and the Mid-South Coliseum have proved trickier for rebirth.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Seven areas of intrigue as Grizzlies open training camp
The Grizzlies gather on Monday for the annual pre-training camp and like every NBA team, they have some questions.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Excitement and concerns ahead of training camp
On this Daily Memphian Memphis Grizzlies Podcast, beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington break down the release of the NBA top 100 players lists from ESPN and CBS.
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Beer, fit, film and fall fests galore
This week, hot air balloons ascend over Collierville, dragons dance at Crosstown Concourse and stars are inducted into the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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Music As Booker T. grooves, Stax Museum readies 20th anniversary
Booker T. Jones grooved on “Green Onions” again, ahead of his Memphis Music Hall of Fame induction, and the Stax Museum teased a year’s worth of 20th anniversary events as past, present and future collided in Soulsville.
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Food New Eats: Fish and spaghetti, neckbones are standouts at Krissy’s Soul Food
Neckbones on Tuesdays and fish and spaghetti on Fridays are hits at Krissy’s Soul Food, a recent addition to the Memphis home-style dining scene.
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Visual Arts Indie Memphis announces fest lineup, new leader
International prize-winners and a deep array of local-interest documentaries highlight the lineup for the 25th Indie Memphis Film Festival.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: NBA basketball is on the horizon
The Grizzlies will begin training camp later this month and play in their first preseason game on Saturday, Oct. 1.
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