How Jaren Jackson Jr.’s back-on-track development has spurred the Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) gestures to fans in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the San Antonio Spurs Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, in Memphis, Tenn. (Brandon Dill/AP)
Jaren Jackson Jr. began his sophomore season in a funk. But his emergence as an elite 3-point shooter and re-emergence as a defensive playmaker has elevated the Grizzlies, now and going forward.
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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.
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