Herrington: Memphis Grizzlies 2025 offseason player rankings, Part 1
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.
Welcome to an annual exercise in transitioning from the Memphis Grizzlies regular season to the offseason.
Once again, let’s play a parlor game: NBA expansion seems likely in the near future. That’s not this summer, but what if it was?
Facing an expansion draft, in which teams are forced to leave a portion of their roster vulnerable to being poached, how would the Grizzlies prioritize their current players?
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