Herrington: As rookies are introduced to Memphis, optimism prevails.
Zach Edey (left) and Cam Spencer (right), now teammates, have played against each other before. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily Memphian)
Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington covers the Memphis Grizzlies and writes about Memphis culture, food, and civic life.
When Zach Edey and Cam Spencer sat down one chair apart to make their public debut as members of the Memphis Grizzlies Friday, it wasn’t exactly a feeling-out process.
These guys go back.
They’d faced off in college basketball’s national championship game just a few months ago where Edey, for Purdue, poured in an overwhelming 37 points on 25 shots and where Spencer, for victorious Connecticut, scored 11 points, grabbed eight rebounds and unleashed an unofficial eight or so fist pumps.
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