Now unlocked: Jaren Jackson Jr. has a strong case for Defensive Player of the Year
Memphis Grizzlies' Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) blocks Chicago’s Zach LaVine on Feb. 26, 2022, in Chicago. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP file)
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.
Few if any NBA players have defended both more and better than Jaren Jackson Jr. this season.
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