Herrington: Are trade, draft landscapes shifting for Grizzlies as offseason begins?
New York Knicks owner James L. Dolan celebrates with his players after defeating the San Antonio Spurs in Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series, Saturday, June 13, 2026, in San Antonio. (Darren Abate/AP Photo)
Chris Herrington
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. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
We’re about a week from the June 23 NBA Draft and two weeks away from the start of NBA free agency negotiations. But the offseason has begun.
This vaguely defined between-seasons period of chaos and conjecture unofficially opens the second the final buzzer sounds on the NBA Finals.
Enjoy your parade, New York Knicks fans. The other 29 teams are already focused on the next one.
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