Calkins: Twenty-five games for Morant? That’s fine. The key is what happens next.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant sits on the bench before Game 5 in a first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, April 26, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
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.
Friday may have seemed like the end of a long wait for Memphis fans. But the real suspense starts now.
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