Herrington: Ty Jerome is in line to be the Grizzlies’ point guard. But the team has options — lots of them.
Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome speaks during the NBA basketball team's media day Sept. 28 in Memphis. (George Walker IV/AP)
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.
NASHVILLE — When the Memphis Grizzlies opened training camp at Belmont University, head coach Tuomas Iisalo noted the depth on hand at the 1 and 5 — point guard and center — and what a difference it’s made and could continue making to get his squad off to a good start.
It’s a departure, so far, from a year ago when multiple injuries targeted each position group and sent the Grizzlies season into a tailspin well before it had achieved cruising altitude.
But the currently healthy and crowded depth charts at these positions are not the same.
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