Herrington: Jenkins’ run comes to an end. Who will be the new voice?
Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins (right) talks on the sideline with players Brandon Clarke (left) and Desmond Bane (middle) during action against the Atlanta Hawks on March 3. (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 and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
It’s a reality of life in the NBA that bad endings come for even successful coaches.
One came unexpectedly for Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins on Friday morning.
Jenkins had just arrived back from Memphis from a 1-4 road trip, part of a 9-13 slide since the trade deadline that had seen his team go from a strong contender for the Western Conference’s second seed to fighting to avoid falling into the conference’s play-in tournament.
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