Grizzlies select BYU’s Richie Saunders with second round pick
Brigham Young’s Saunders is a 6-foot-5 wing who tore his ACL in February. Grizzlies Draft Day Notebook: First-round reactions to Boozer, Lopez and what comes nextRelated content:
Chris Herrington
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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.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Draft Day Notebook: First-round reactions to Boozer, Lopez and what comes next
As the 2026 NBA Draft’s second day gets underway, Chris Herrington has some more scattered Memphis Grizzlies draft observations.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies GM Kleiman touts Boozer, Lopez, draft picks, but declines comment on Morant’s future
Highlights of what Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman had to say Tuesday night after the first round of the NBA Draft.
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Grizzlies select Cameron Boozer with third pick of NBA Draft
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies add Karim Lopez with No. 21 pick
In taking Lopez at No. 21, the Grizzlies added a young player who’s already been productive in a professional league, the Australia/New Zealand-based National Basketball League.
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies select Cameron Boozer with third pick of NBA Draft
Boozer will join center Zach Edey and wing Cedric Coward as the core of what the Grizzlies have declared a rebuild.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Supergirl’ flies, ‘Cooley High’ looks back
Also showing: The new “Jackass: Best and Last” is advertising itself as the “fifth and final installment” of the TV-born, gonzo-stunt comedy franchise.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies Draft Day Notebook: Is Cameron Boozer’s path to Memphis clearing?
A consensus of opinion is emerging for the Grizzlies’ No. 3 pick.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: As draft week arrives, Grizzlies set to add foundational player. Will they part with one, too?
There are three “No. 1” picks in the 2026 draft. By Tuesday night, one of them will be a Memphis Grizzly. But what other comings and goings will this week bring?
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Arts & Culture Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Toy Story’ returns, a Todd Snider farewell
Dun. Dun. Dun. Dun. From the first “summer blockbuster,” a beloved children’s movie series to Robin Hood, what’s old is back again at the theaters this week. Plus, Chris Herrington also gives his Steven Spielberg Top 10.
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The To-Do List How to celebrate Juneteenth; plus, brews, cars and the art of protesting
In this week’s To-Do List, the Empress of Soul is on the King of Rock’s stage, and “Jaws” is swimming in just in time for your beach trip.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Free agency, the trade exception and the Grizzlies’ center search
The offseason has begun. Here is an initial look at how the Grizzlies might use two significant financial mechanisms: The $28.9 million “trade exception” created in February’s Jaren Jackson Jr. deal and the projected $15.1 million “mid-level exception” they can access in free agency.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Are trade, draft landscapes shifting for Grizzlies as offseason begins?
Will Cameron Boozer be available when the Grizzlies pick at No. 3? Will trade-market tremors shake up Ja Morant’s future? Does Memphis have a “Cam” quota?
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Ja Morant trade speculation, listener questions
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the potential for a Ja Morant trade and take questions from listeners.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Spielberg new and old with ‘Disclosure Day’ and ‘Close Encounters’
Aliens are on the big — and giant — screen in Memphis, and you can stream the portrait of the life of Memphian Maurice White. And somehow, “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” brings it all full circle.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Why GG Jackson, Jaylen Wells could sign new Grizzlies contracts this summer
Beyond Cedric Coward, Zach Edey and Ja Morant, there are decisions to be made about the rest of the roster, and the clock’s ticking.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Beyond the draft and Ja Morant, why the Grizzlies could have an active summer
What kind of landscape are the Grizzlies navigating this summer? Let’s step back and map it.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies will try to trade Ja Morant. Where? For what? We can only speculate.
The rebuilding Grizzlies tried to trade Ja Morant once. They’ll soon try again. The rest remains a mystery.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Favorite draft trade-up targets and other draft rankings
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington go back and forth on their favorite trade-up target for the Grizzlies.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Tuner,’ ‘Power Ballad,’ ‘Frances Ha’
It’s pick your theme at the movies this week and you can double up.
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The To-Do List Eat spaghetti gravy at Italian Fest, and dance to Italo disco at Wiseacre
In this week’s To-Do List, hear “weird music” at Crosstown, watch dragon boats race at Shelby Farms and see Olympic stars on ice in Southaven.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: My Memphis Grizzlies draft board for all three picks
Chris Herrington ranks different tiers of possible drafts for the Memphis Grizzlies, starting with Cameron Boozer, Darryn Peterson and AJ Dybantsa.
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May 2026
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Memphis Grizzlies NBA Lottery reform passes despite Grizzlies objection
Per a team source, the Grizzlies’ vote was based on the league’s implementation of the consecutive picks rule, not based on opposition to the larger lottery reform proposal.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies Podcast: Lottery rules fiasco, Boozer vs. Wilson
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the NBA’s lottery rules proposal and revisit the debate between Cameron Boozer and Caleb Wilson.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies have a decision to make at No. 3. It might be an easy one.
The Grizzlies obviously covet Cameron Boozer with the No. 3 pick in the 2026 NBA Draft. But do they?
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Discovering ‘Backrooms’, reliving ‘Summer of Soul’
As devoted as their cult followings may sometimes be and as reliable as they are — relatively speaking — at luring people into theaters, horror movies used to get no respect.
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