Calkins: How the NBA playoffs became a Memphis party (with Mike Conley, as host)
“I know how great the fans are there when they’re rooting for you,” former Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley said. “I don’t know what it’s like when they are against you.” (Tyler Kaufman/AP file)
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.
When Mike Conley was traded to the Utah Jazz, everyone said the trade was “win-win.” But nobody expected the Grizzlies would do this much winning, this soon.
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