Herrington: For the Grizzlies, good riddance to 2023
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant came back from his 25-game suspension looking every bit the superstar until illness cost him a game and seemed to sap his energy in the past couple games. (Nikki Boertman/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.
Time only moves in one direction, and if a new year can’t exactly offer a fresh start in the standings, it can perhaps offer a new trajectory.
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