Herrington: Jaren Jackson Jr.’s World Cup a portrait of underperformance and misuse
U.S. forward Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) shoots over Montenegro center Marko Simonovic (19) during the second half of a Basketball World Cup match in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 1. Team USA fell to Canada Sunday, Sept. 10. (Michael Conroy/AP Photo 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.
“It’s hard not to be conspiratorial when the three players out to illness in the final game for Team USA were perhaps the three American players most ill-served by the experience.”
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