Calkins: Draymond Green is Memphis’ No. 1 villain. (If only he would stop saying such nice things.)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (left) jaws with Golden State Warriors defender Draymond Green (right) in Game 1. “In a playoff series, they’re going to try to take your head off and you’re going to try to take their head off,” Green said. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Geoff Calkins
Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
Memphis fans are duty bound to loathe Draymond Green for the rest of the series. Which would be easier if Green didn’t love Xavier Tillman Sr., Jaren Jackson Jr., Young Dolph and Memphis music generally.
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