Herrington: These Grizzlies need patience. Does a ‘joy’-less Ja Morant have any to give?
“We had a discussion and we’re all looking to move forward,” Memphis Grizzlies head coach Tuomas Iisalo (right) said about the Ja Morant (left) controversy. (Brandon Dill/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.
The demonstrative, communicative Morant fans witnessed in the season’s opening three-game homestand seemed like a distant memory Monday.
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