Calkins: Grizzlies don’t need a lottery miracle — they already got Ja Morant
“Last year, I knew the odds weren’t with us,” said Elliot Perry, seen here in 2019. “When they started calling the names, I assumed our name would be called quickly and it would be over. But as the names started to go by, I got more and more excited.”
Elliot Perry will be representing the team in the draft again, just like he did last year. But there's no anxiety this time around.
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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.
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