Grizzlies Mailbag: Can Zach Edey dunks and defense drive a surprise season?
Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey reacts after scoring in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Memphis. (Brandon Dill/AP 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 now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
In the first edition of this three-part Mid-Summer Grizzlies Mailbag, a couple of weeks ago, we put a bow on the offseason so far. In the second part, we looked at incoming rookie forward Cameron Boozer from different angles.
In this third and final installment, questions focus on expectations for the season ahead and the complicated challenge of completing a rebuild now fully underway, along with a few other discrete topics.
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