Scotty Pippen is finally healthy — but with a glut of Grizzlies guards, the future is uncertain.
Memphis Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. (1) handles the ball in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Golden State Warriors on Feb. 25 in Memphis. (Brandon Dill/AP)
MINNEAPOLIS — Injury lists are too familiar to NBA fans these days, Memphis Grizzlies fans more than most. But not all injuries are on the list.
When Scotty Pippen Jr. completed his first full NBA season last spring by scoring 58 points in back-to-back home playoff games against the Oklahoma City Thunder, he did so on a left foot with chipped bone.
Nobody knew that at the time, not even Pippen. He just knew it hurt.
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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. 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 now splits his time between Minneapolis-St. Paul, where his wife works, and Memphis.
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