Herrington: Grizzlies bet on potential stardom
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June 2025
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Grizzlies Podcast: End of season, arrival of NBA Draft
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington wrap up the NBA season, talk about this week’s big NBA trade and open the door to this week’s NBA Draft.
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April 2025
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Herrington: Worst playoff loss in Grizzlies history? No. Then again …
With Ja Morant finding his rhythm as both a scorer and a playmaker, the Grizzlies were about to win Game 3. And then it all evaporated in the split second between contact and collapse.
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Herrington: Grizzlies Game 2 loss was just close enough to hurt a little more
Tuesday night in Oklahoma City, after his team’s 118-99 Game 2 loss, was as close as Memphis Grizzlies interim head coach Tuomas Iisalo has seemed to angry.
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Herrington: After two-year drought, FedExForum drinks in postseason Grizzlies win
It’s been too long since Memphis Grizzlies fans have seen, heard and felt postseason hoops. Whatever comes next, everyone invested in the enterprise needed this.
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March 2025
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Herrington: Cavaliers show Grizzlies what serious looks like
The Cavs are something like what the Grizzlies could be. They made it clear Friday night.
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February 2025
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Herrington: His last shot rolled out, but maybe Ja Morant is rounding into form
Ja Morant’s last shot missed, costing the Grizzlies the game against New York. But he had 25 points and seven assists in this one. It was 29 and eight against Phoenix. It was 21 and 10 in a close loss to Cleveland. And 23 and five in the win at Orlando.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Is this year’s team better, or just back?
In this first installment of the Mid-Season Mailbag, Herrington takes questions on the trade deadline, the post-deadline Western Conference landscape and the team’s core stars.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘I’m Still Here’ completes Oscars checklist
The last of the Oscars’ Best Picture nominees to arrive in Memphis arrive this week, playing exclusively at Ridgeway Cinema Grill.
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Herrington: ‘South Carolina Connection’ lights up scoreboard
Ja Morant and GG Jackson, two Grizzlies from South Carolina, helped the Grizzlies run past the Spurs Monday night at FedExForum.
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January 2025
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Herrington: Even rousing win can’t erase worry about Ja Morant
While the good vibes of a hard-fought win perhaps provided a happy distraction, this Ja Morant absence seemed to raise more concern than past ones.
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November 2024
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Herrington: Ja Morant puts on show in return; may have the Grizzlies primed for a run
Ja Morant is back in flight and back in control, dominating the game with the Trail Blazers with 22 points and 11 assists in only 23 minutes.
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Sound Bites: Chris Herrington on (surprise!) food, basketball, music
The Daily Memphian food, music and basketball reporter and columnist Chris Herrington joins Eric Barnes on Sound Bites to discuss his areas of expertise.
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September 2024
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Herrington: Last season, the Grizzlies felt like ‘losers.’ They’re ready to turn the page.
Monday’s media day had all the usual media day moments, but this media day was grounded in high hopes and high expectations, despite coming off a 27-win season.
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June 2024
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Herrington: Grizzlies make a big bet on a big man
With the ninth pick in the NBA Draft the Grizzlies selected, per ESPN draft broadcast analyst Jay Bilas, a “massive, physical force in the paint.” The response has been mixed.
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Herrington: For Grizzlies, NBA Finals offer hope for next season
The NBA Finals tip off Thursday night. How should the Grizzlies, watching from the couch, feel about that?
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May 2024
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Summer food tour: 15 faves on Germantown Parkway
Chris Herrington sounds off on some of his favorite places to eat along Germantown Parkway, including Cedars Restaurant, Two Empanadas, Germantown Commissary and more.
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Herrington: There’s upheaval in NBA playoffs. The Grizzlies watch and wait
LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and Kawhi Leonard dominated for more than a decade. This could be the first time since 2005 none of them are in the second round of playoffs.
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Grizzlies Insider: Combine changes should help Memphis evaluate draft talent
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March 2024
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Herrington: ‘Quicker and higher’ is name of Clarke’s game
Brandon Clarke “knew it was going to be a lengthy road,” Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said. “It’s a product of just seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. ... He deserves this opportunity.”
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January 2024
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Herrington: How trade deadline, looming luxury tax could shape Grizzlies
With injuries crippling the season, and with an eye toward both the NBA’s Feb. 8 trade deadline and the offseason to follow, let’s reset the Grizzlies roster.
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Herrington: Grizzlies-Warriors was an unlikely great day in a bad season
Are Vince Williams Jr., GG Jackson and Jacob Gilyard the new three to watch?
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Herrington: Morant’s return was bitterly brief. What lies ahead for Grizzlies now?
The Grizzlies notched one of their best wins of the season without Morant on Sunday, before the team knew of his fate. Perhaps that will help them carry confidence into a “rest of the season” they now know will continue without him.
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Herrington: ‘Ja vs. Wemby’ delivered, and turned FedExForum into a playground.
Two rare talents, and two of the league’s most compelling young stars, met on the floor of FedExForum Tuesday night.
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December 2023
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Herrington: Brooks returned in peak ‘villain’ and maybe passed torch
He face-guarded Bane. He hounded Jaren Jackson Jr. into a miss and then sank a 3-pointer over Ziaire Williams. He drove and finished over center Bismack Biyombo. He scored on baseline cuts and pull-up jumpers. And praised a young Grizzly.
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November 2023
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Herrington: Rhodes’ BDSM brouhaha should have been a blip
When I saw the story from Rhodes, I flashed back to a strange footnote in my own collegiate history: “the naked floor,” a dorm dedicated to, well, free expression.
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