Calkins: Remember the kid Ja stared down? The one in the Warriors jersey? He’s a Grizzlies fan now.
Grizzlies fans (left to right) Wesley Van Benschoten (9), Maddox Hehe (8) and Jake Kemp (10) watch Memphis wallop Golden State on Monday, March 28, 2022, at FedExForum. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
After the Grizzlies beat the Warriors in January, Ja Morant stared down a kid in a Golden State jersey. The kid is Maddox Hehn, 8, from Nashville. He was back at FedExForum Monday night. But he sure looked different this time around.
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