Herrington: The Grizzlies bring home a win, and a better team. Is it too late?
Memphis Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane, left, drives to the basket against Portland Trail Blazers guard Malcolm Brogdon (11) during a game in Portland, Ore., Sunday, Nov. 5. (Steve Dykes/AP Photo)
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.
But if two wins would have been a lot better than one, the Grizzlies return home this week with something more than that one win: they’re bringing back a more functional team than the one they left with.
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