Herrington: Loss to Blazers highlights five problems plaguing the Grizzlies
The Memphis Grizzlies are now 8-11 since the trade deadline. Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. is fouled by the Utah Jazz defense during action on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (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.
The Memphis Grizzlies lost 115-99 in Portland on Wednesday night, the team’s third loss in four games amid the closing weeks of a tight playoff race.
The Grizzlies are now 8-11 since a trade deadline that perhaps made the team worse and most definitely did not make them better.
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