Herrington: Grizzlies notes on injuries, expansion and draft scouting
Memphis Grizzlies forward Santi Aldama plays in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Indiana Pacers Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024, in Memphis. (Brandon Dill/AP Photo 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.
While this Memphis Grizzlies season is taking its unfortunate course, the basketball world keeps moving. Games are played, standings shift and injuries (of course) happen. Add to the mix this week: The NCAA tournament taking off and NBA expansion news heating up.
Some thoughts ahead on four Grizzlies topics, in this order: The team’s latest injury updates, the NCAA tourney and draft scouting, the standings and lottery odds “race,” and NBA expansion:
Injury updates
On March 3 in Minneapolis, forward Santi Aldama, who had missed the previous 10 games with knee soreness, was upgraded to “questionable.” An hour or so before game time, he was announced as active, but changed back to inactive just before tipoff. Responding to a question after the game, head coach Tuomas Iisalo noted that when Aldama went through his final pre-game testing, he didn’t feel right.
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