Calkins: Sure, Taylor Jenkins screwed up. But that’s not what you should worry about.
“I made a mistake,” Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins (right) said of his decision Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, to call timeout as Desmond Bane was shooting. Forward Jaren Jackson Jr. stands at left. (Brandon Dill/AP)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Taylor Jenkins took the blame for the loss. It was nice of him to say. But the Grizzlies real problem may be their inability to handle the best in the West.
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