Calkins: Dillon Brooks knows there are skeptics. But, yes, he can change.
“She flew in last night and kept me up until 3 a.m.,” Brooks said of his daughter, and inspiration. “Every day she’s my motivation, to play the game better, to be a better father, to be there in her life all the time.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Geoff Calkins
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.
The Grizzlies looked spectacular Friday, 130-99. But the absolutely best part of the night? An efficient (yes, efficient!) Dillon Brooks.
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