Basketball

‘Beep! Beep!’ Why Michael ‘Speedy’ Edwards inspires Grizzlies’ longtime employees


The evening of Oct. 15, 2019, meant everything to the members of the Memphis Grizzlies’ close-knit television broadcast crew. It was the night they started getting to know the team’s brand-new coaching staff, headed by 35-year-old head coach Taylor Jenkins. On the eve of a road preseason game, they piled into Ubers at their Oklahoma City hotel and drove to one of Jenkins’ favorite restaurants, Torchy’s Tacos.

They pulled tables together and, as they devoured tortilla chips and their dinners, talked about basketball, their families and life on the road. As the broadcast pros began to bond with the coaches, the coaches began to learn about the people who would be chronicling their games on TV.

Jenkins’ attention kept drifting to the other end of the tables, to Michael Edwards, the team’s bearded instant-replay operator.





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