Calkins: Justise Winslow is not Chandler Parsons — and the Grizzlies are not cursed
Justise Winslow (seen top center playing for Miami in 2018) will be out for the rest of the year with a hip injury. (Carlos Osorio/AP)
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.
Yes, Justise Winslow is out for the season with a hip injury. But the idea that the franchise is somehow cursed is a new twist on an old, wrongheaded civic narrative. The Grizzlies — and their fans — have been remarkably lucky. Memphians should appreciate that.
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