Herrington: Memphis Grizzlies 2023 offseason player rankings, Part 1
From right, Memphis Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks, Desmond Bane and Xavier Tillman watch from the bench during the second half in Game 6 of the team's first-round NBA basketball playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers April 28 in Los Angeles. The Lakers won 125-85. (Jae C. Hong/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.
Rather than having stars in their early 20s on rookie-scale contracts, the Grizzlies will be built on stars entering their mid-20s now on sizable deals.
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