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Herrington: As NBA offseason fades, how the Grizzlies stack up in the West
A look at how the Western Conference landscape breaks down after the offseason moves. Where do the Grizzlies rank in the West?
Chris Herrington
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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.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Superman,’ ‘Top Gun’ take flight
Plus, two new horror films and a thriller about an anti-government extremist in a stand-off with a chief of police.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: What’s left as Grizzlies shift from free agency to summertime
The Memphis Grizzlies were crazy-busy in the opening hour of free agency, but there’s still a lot of little items left on the to-do list. Let’s do some housekeeping.
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The To-Do List Watch fireworks three days in a row, and turn it up to 41 with Spinal Tap
This week the Hi-Tone Cafe hosts a market with queer vendors and free hot dogs. Plus a couple of guys named Lee join forces with a Sheikholeslami for an art show at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Another trip to ‘Jurassic World’
And “Spinal Tap” goes to 41.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: The Grizzlies worked fast in free agency. Could they be done?
An hour and eight minutes into free agency, the Grizzlies had reached four agreements and were one reported contract buyout away from having the 15-man roster the team could take into next season.
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June 2025
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies Free Agency Notebook: Aldama, Jackson in spotlight
Memphis Grizzlies news, notes, observations and analysis as the NBA’s summer free agency opens, including items on Santi Aldama and Jaren Jackson Jr.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: What are the Grizzlies doing this summer? Just listen to them.
Don’t expect fireworks from the Grizzlies in the days ahead with either big additions or big departures.
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The To-Do List This weekend brings outlaws, an Irish birthday and summer Shell shows
This week, Memphis Listening Lab turns four, art pairs with wine at the Brooks and there’s ballroom dancing on the Bluff.
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies Draft Day Notebook: Coward cost, JJJ impact and the second round
Let’s pause between 2025 NBA Draft rounds to take stock with some next-day notes and reactions to the Memphis Grizzlies’ first-round move, how it might impact the rest of their summer and second-round expectations.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Grizzlies bet on potential stardom over certain return
How good will the rookie be? That’s always a key question. But this time another looms: How soon?
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Memphis GrizzliesGrizzlies Draft Day Notebook: Roundups, reactions and more
A roundup of mock drafts and draft-related rumors, musings on the potential Grizzlies ramifications of leaguewide pre-draft trades and other new thoughts and observations.
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Visual Arts Memphis Movies This Week: Brad Pitt races in ‘F1,’ ‘Clueless’ turns 30
“Brad Pitt and race cars? I guess Father’s Day comes twice this year.”
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Memphis Grizzlies’ NBA Draft intrigue starts at No. 16
Chris Herrington outlines four different things the Memphis Grizzlies could do with their first-round pick in this week’s 2025 NBA Draft.
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The Early WordThe Early Word: xAI crosses the border, TV talker is Memphis-bound
A new Agri-Education center in North Mississippi, a board-game bar expands and we’re talking Tigers.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: When free agency arrives, spotlight’s on Grizzly Santi Aldama
As the NBA offseason rolls down the on-ramp, there’s been so much noise around the Memphis Grizzlies that one of the team’s biggest and most unavoidable issues has felt forgotten.
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Arts & Culture Memphis Movies This Week: Zombies roam ‘28 Years Later’
Back to “Brokeback Mountain” and why you should see “Materialists.”
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: After Bane deal, trade market is wide open for Grizzlies
The Demond Bane trade instantly reframes the Grizzlies’ summer from one with limited means to add players to one with theoretically unlimited means. Who are some of the players the team may go after?
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Potential Grizzlies targets with first-round draft pick, if they don’t trade it
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Memphis Grizzlies Grizzlies Podcast: Breaking down the Desmond Bane deal
With Bane headed to Orlando, Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss the haul of players and draft picks the Grizzlies got in return.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Grizzlies’ Desmond Bane trade invites opportunity and risk
A look at what the Grizzlies got, why they did the trade, where it leaves the team going into the summer and what could be next.
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Grizzlies Podcast Grizzlies podcast: Zach Edey will miss the start of the season. What now?
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the news Zach Edey will be reevaluated in four months following ankle surgery.
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Music Hall of Fame: A new class of Memphis musicians announced
The “Rock and Roll Granny,” the man who went down to the Crossroads, a titan of Memphis radio and three noted soul/R&B singers of different stripes and generations are the new inductees of the Memphis Music Hall of Fame.
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Memphis GrizzliesHerrington: Can the Grizzlies strike gold on the low-cost free agent market?
A look at the guards and wing players that might be available in the Grizzlies’ price range.
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Music New Jeff Buckley documentary set for summer release
A new documentary about late musician Jeff Buckley is headed to theaters this summer, but will it be headed to a theater near you?
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The To-Do List The To-Do List: Black Pride, dog yoga and what to do for Bonnaroo FOMO
This week, Juneteenth gets started early, the BoDeans are at the Shell and the Memphis Social Bicycle Club races — in drag.
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