Herrington: A Robert Pera report, looming trade deadline distract from a Grizzlies season taking a turn
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (right) drives the lane against Atlanta Hawks defender Onyeka Okongwu (left) during action on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
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.
We’re exactly one week out from the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline and uncertainty about what, if anything, the Memphis Grizzlies may do seems to have only grown.
Before getting into that, however, let’s take stock of the Grizzlies-connected story that opened the week and where things are on the court, as games continue.
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