Herrington: Grizzlies bet on potential stardom over certain return
The Grizzlies traded up to get Cedric Coward in the first round of the NBA Draft, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in New York. (Adam Hunger/AP)
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.
How good will the rookie be? That’s always a key question. But this time another looms: How soon?
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