Chris Herrington
@chrisherrington.bsky.social
Writer at The Daily Memphian. Memphisotan. Somewhere along Johnny Cash’s Big River. Memphis Grizzlies/NBA, movies, music, etc.
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Todd Snider was a singular songwriter and a voice for outcasts and underdogs
Chris Herrington: "Todd Snider launched his career in Memphis, and then reinvented himself a decade later. For his last 20 years, there was no songwriter quite like him. "
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Todd Snider, who died last week, launched a career in Memphis on his way to becoming a songwriter unlike any other, wading around in his own sorrow, with both moral clarity and unrivaled jokes, all the way to a too-early end. I wrote about him here.
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Good win for the Grizzlies. Awesome Cedric Coward performance. No idea why they never brought Edey back in.
December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Good win for the Grizzlies. Awesome Cedric Coward performance. No idea why they never brought Edey back in.
Drew returns this week on the DM Grizzlies Pod, for some baby and basketball talk.
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Grizzlies podcast: The Big Zamboni's giant impact
Drew Hill and Chris Herrington discuss Zach Edey’s impact, the resurgence of Vince Williams Jr. and the vibes around the franchise after winning three of the last four games.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Drew returns this week on the DM Grizzlies Pod, for some baby and basketball talk.
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Lock your thumbs, spread your fingers in front of your face, pump your arms in celebration. This week's entry in my "Grizzlies 25" countdown is doing the Stro Show.
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Grizzlies 25: Stromile Swift was a blast but grounded by 'Strotential'
Stromile Swift started fewer than 100 games in his NBA career, never averaged a dozen points in a season, but still ranks in the top 20 in franchise history in points, rebounds, steals and blocks.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Lock your thumbs, spread your fingers in front of your face, pump your arms in celebration. This week's entry in my "Grizzlies 25" countdown is doing the Stro Show.
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ICYMI: The first Grizzlies Mailbag of the season, with responses on Tuomas Iisalo’s fourth quarter rotations, entertaining a Zach Edey/Yao Ming comp and a "There's More to Life Than Basketball" ranking of PTA movies.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Tuomas Iisalo’s fourth quarters, Zach Edey as the new Yao Ming
The mailbag is mostly taking questions on the franchise’s five key figures: Tuomas Iisalo, Zach Kleiman, Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Zach Edey, with a few extras sprinkled at the end.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
ICYMI: The first Grizzlies Mailbag of the season, with responses on Tuomas Iisalo’s fourth quarter rotations, entertaining a Zach Edey/Yao Ming comp and a "There's More to Life Than Basketball" ranking of PTA movies.
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The first Grizzlies Mailbag of the season, with responses on Tuomas Iisalo’s fourth quarter rotations, a Zach Edey/Yao Ming comp and more.
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Grizzlies Mailbag: Tuomas Iisalo’s fourth quarters, Zach Edey as the new Yao Ming
The mailbag is mostly taking questions on the franchise’s five key figures: Tuomas Iisalo, Zach Kleiman, Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Zach Edey, with a few extras sprinkled at the end.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The first Grizzlies Mailbag of the season, with responses on Tuomas Iisalo’s fourth quarter rotations, a Zach Edey/Yao Ming comp and more.
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I want to take a red pen to this post so badly. Associating “Soul Man” and “Play it, Steve” with the Blues Brothers? GTFOH.
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I want to take a red pen to this post so badly. Associating “Soul Man” and “Play it, Steve” with the Blues Brothers? GTFOH.
Last call for quarterly Memphis Grizzlies Mailbag questions. Grizzlies, general NBA, random topics. Ask 'em if ya got 'em.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Last call for quarterly Memphis Grizzlies Mailbag questions. Grizzlies, general NBA, random topics. Ask 'em if ya got 'em.
It's time for our first Memphis Grizzlies Mailbag of the season. Grizzlies, general NBA, random topics. Ask 'em if ya got 'em.
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It's time for our first Memphis Grizzlies Mailbag of the season. Grizzlies, general NBA, random topics. Ask 'em if ya got 'em.
ICYMI: Zach Edey’s return has changed the Grizzlies. How do they take the next step?
Plus, four things I liked last week and more.
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Plus, four things I liked last week and more.
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Herrington: Zach Edey’s return has changed the Grizzlies. How do they take the next step?
With Zach Edey’s return, the Memphis Grizzlies have overcome backcourt injuries to win with power. It’s not quite what head coach Tuomas Iisalo envisioned.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ICYMI: Zach Edey’s return has changed the Grizzlies. How do they take the next step?
Plus, four things I liked last week and more.
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Plus, four things I liked last week and more.
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This week’s deep-dive Grizzlies column.
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Herrington: Zach Edey’s return has changed the Grizzlies. How do they take the next step?
With Zach Edey’s return, the Memphis Grizzlies have overcome backcourt injuries to win with power. It’s not quite what head coach Tuomas Iisalo envisioned.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
This week’s deep-dive Grizzlies column.
Zach Edey’s return has changed the Grizzlies. How do they take the next step? dailymemphian.com/subscriber/s...
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Vince Williams Jr., two steals in final minute of overtime vs. Pelicans.
December 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Vince Williams Jr., two steals in final minute of overtime vs. Pelicans.
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Zach Edey overwhelms Kings as Grizzlies win third straight game
The Grizzlies seemed to control the game whenever Edey was on the floor.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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Jackson, Edey lead big comeback in Grizzlies win over Clippers
The Grizzlies pulled away with a 10-2 run in the fourth quarter with Jaren Jackson Jr. and Zach Edey on the bench. But it was those two players who brought home the win.
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November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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The Grizzlies are obviously capable of losing to anyone anywhere, but this half has real "we spent a holiday in Los Angeles" vibes. Sloppy turnovers, weak transition defense, short-arming lots of shots.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The Grizzlies are obviously capable of losing to anyone anywhere, but this half has real "we spent a holiday in Los Angeles" vibes. Sloppy turnovers, weak transition defense, short-arming lots of shots.
Grizz-Clippers. Technically, for Grizzlies to advance in the NBA Cup they need to win this and have a greater point-differential in Cup games than the Suns-Thunder loser. Realistically, they need the Suns to lose that game. If so they'd need those games to erase a current 26-point differential gap.
November 29, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Grizz-Clippers. Technically, for Grizzlies to advance in the NBA Cup they need to win this and have a greater point-differential in Cup games than the Suns-Thunder loser. Realistically, they need the Suns to lose that game. If so they'd need those games to erase a current 26-point differential gap.
Grizzlies are 7-12. Zach Edey has played six games and the team hasn't lost his minutes in any of them. (A silly +39 in an overtime win tonight.)
Feels like the national conversation pulled the plug on the team with the bad start and all the Ja stuff, but there's something percolating with Edey.
Feels like the national conversation pulled the plug on the team with the bad start and all the Ja stuff, but there's something percolating with Edey.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Grizzlies are 7-12. Zach Edey has played six games and the team hasn't lost his minutes in any of them. (A silly +39 in an overtime win tonight.)
Feels like the national conversation pulled the plug on the team with the bad start and all the Ja stuff, but there's something percolating with Edey.
Feels like the national conversation pulled the plug on the team with the bad start and all the Ja stuff, but there's something percolating with Edey.
17 assists is cool, but two big defensive plays in the final minute of an overtime road win is the real Bug stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 AM
17 assists is cool, but two big defensive plays in the final minute of an overtime road win is the real Bug stuff.
Grizzlies announce Zach Edey will play tonight n New Orleans.
November 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Grizzlies announce Zach Edey will play tonight n New Orleans.
Little known fact: "Jonas" is Lithuanian for "hoss."
The big guy arrived in Memphis as a player who melded stylistic elements of those who came before (Z-Bo and Marc Gasol). No. 20 on my "Grizzlies 25" countdown is Jonas Valanciunas.
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The big guy arrived in Memphis as a player who melded stylistic elements of those who came before (Z-Bo and Marc Gasol). No. 20 on my "Grizzlies 25" countdown is Jonas Valanciunas.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Little known fact: "Jonas" is Lithuanian for "hoss."
The big guy arrived in Memphis as a player who melded stylistic elements of those who came before (Z-Bo and Marc Gasol). No. 20 on my "Grizzlies 25" countdown is Jonas Valanciunas.
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The big guy arrived in Memphis as a player who melded stylistic elements of those who came before (Z-Bo and Marc Gasol). No. 20 on my "Grizzlies 25" countdown is Jonas Valanciunas.
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I was not dreaming of a white Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I was not dreaming of a white Thanksgiving.
Edey could play Wednesday in New Orleans.
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Edey could play Wednesday in New Orleans.
With stars out, Grizzlies supporting cast steadies the ship
This week’s deep dive:
🏀Edey’s paint dominance
🏀Aldama’s activity
🏀Vince’s PG groove
🏀Cam crossing the line
Plus, yes, the Ja/Klay mess
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This week’s deep dive:
🏀Edey’s paint dominance
🏀Aldama’s activity
🏀Vince’s PG groove
🏀Cam crossing the line
Plus, yes, the Ja/Klay mess
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Herrington: With stars out, Grizzlies supporting cast steadies the ship
Frontcourt fixes, backcourt fixes and writing about yapping. Chris Herrington addresses each of those topics in this week’s Grizzlies column.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
With stars out, Grizzlies supporting cast steadies the ship
This week’s deep dive:
🏀Edey’s paint dominance
🏀Aldama’s activity
🏀Vince’s PG groove
🏀Cam crossing the line
Plus, yes, the Ja/Klay mess
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This week’s deep dive:
🏀Edey’s paint dominance
🏀Aldama’s activity
🏀Vince’s PG groove
🏀Cam crossing the line
Plus, yes, the Ja/Klay mess
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The Grizzlies signing Kobe Bufkin: A signal that Ja Morant will miss at least a couple more weeks, but not necessarily that his status has changed.
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Grizzlies sign Kobe Bufkin
Will Ja Morant will be out longer?
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November 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The Grizzlies signing Kobe Bufkin: A signal that Ja Morant will miss at least a couple more weeks, but not necessarily that his status has changed.
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Grizzlies update status of guard Ty Jerome, with a return to play expectation in January.
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Grizzlies update status of guard Ty Jerome
The Memphis Grizzlies updated the status of Ty Jerome's injury.
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November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Grizzlies update status of guard Ty Jerome, with a return to play expectation in January.
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