Herrington: What summer play said about Zach Edey, GG Jackson and other Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies' Jaylen Wells, top center, is lifted into the air by teammate Isaiah Miller (7) after scoring the winning shot against the Philadelphia 76ers during the second half of an NBA summer league basketball game Tuesday, July 9, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (Rick Bowmer/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.
The Grizzlies’ summer play ended in Las Vegas as it began in Salt Lake City: With an overtime loss.
In-between, a team featuring three new rookies and three or four others likely to be on the team’s extended 18-man regular-season roster mostly won, with lottery pick Zach Edey’s brief appearance whetting the appetite for more and with incumbents Scotty Pippen Jr. and GG Jackson stamping themselves as two of the season’s best players, each making First Team All Summer League in Las Vegas.
For a franchise that, unexpectedly, suffered so many losses last season, and maybe more so for the dedicated fans who actually tuned in over the past week and change, the Grizzlies’ highly entertaining summer play was a kind of oasis, a place to recharge, to remind yourself how fun the game can be, with the promise of more fertile lands ahead.
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