Grizzlies raising expectations
As the NBA moves toward assembling the All-Star Game next month, the league released the latest results for fan voting that will help determine the game’s starters. Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (shown Dec. 26 against the Atlanta Hawks) is fourth among guards in the West. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)
Memphis’ seven-game winning streak over nearly a month’s span was enough to bring the Grizzlies from a below .500 group to fifth in the West standings. Beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss their expectations the rest of the way based on the latest developments.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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