Calkins: It’s Zion Williamson night for the Memphis Grizzlies! (Or possibly not)
NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum announces that the Memphis Grizzlies won the fourth pick during the NBA basketball draft lottery Tuesday, May 15, 2018, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. 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 aren't having a draft lottery party this year. So on Zion Williamson Day, you're on your own.
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