Herrington: Grizzlies made the best of a bad year. Now the pressure builds
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke (15) and guard Desmond Bane stand on the court in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, March 27, in Memphis. (Brandon Dill/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.
One day after the Grizzlies' 27-55 season concluded, Chris Herrington counts the ways the team had one of the most productive bad years ever.
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