Ja Morant

Ja Morant's knee injury will be re-evaluated in two weeks, according to Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.

The Grizzlies will have to rely on backups Tyus Jones and De’Anthony Melton until he returns. Memphis is currently in second place in the Western Conference, two games ahead of Golden State. The play-in tournament prior to the first round will buy Morant more time to recover. “We’ll offload him early, then he’ll start reloading pretty soon here with that two weeks in mind to reevaluate.”

Ja Morant will be reevaluated in two weeks due to a knee injury suffered against Atlanta Hawks, Memphis Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said.

Whenever Morant gets back, there won't be a quick turnaround. Tyus Jones will continue to start, and Desmond Bane will get most of the backup point guard minutes. "We'll offload him early, then he'll start reloading pretty soon here with that two weeks in mind to reevaluate."

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Ja Morant is expected to miss at least the next two weeks with right knee soreness, Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said Thursday night ...

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They have a comfortable five-game lead over the Dallas Mavericks in the Southwest Division. Injuries have been a problem for Morant this season. Morant sat out Memphis' 135-102 win over the Indiana Pacers on March 15 with a back issue.

The Memphis Grizzlies say star Ja Morant will be reevaluated in two weeks as he continues to deal with knee soreness that has sidelined him for the past ...

He also sat out a win over the Pacers last week because of back soreness. He is averaging 27.6 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists per game for the Grizzlies, who are second in the Western Conference standings. Speaking before a 133-103 win against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night, Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said the team expects Morant back before the playoffs.

Grizzlies star Ja Morant will be re-evaluated in two weeks due to tweaked knee, coach Taylor Jenkins says. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) March 24, 2022.

Morant was dealing with a back injury last week, but it’s his knee that ended up costing him time. Despite Morant’s absence, the Grizzlies have remained a formidable opponent with their star point guard sidelined. Morant was initially ruled out for a clash against the Houston Rockets last week due to a sore knee.

The glitz and glamour of ESPN, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were in town and, even without Ja Morant, the Grizzlies proved again they're for real.

That it didn't made a rather large statement to the rest of the league. “That’s the model in Memphis.” When Bane then announced to a national television audience, once the postgame frenzy subsided, "We here." Memphis had seen the Grizzlies swarm a postgame interview like this before, the sort of uninhibited elation not often seen in professional sports. It's that these Grizzlies are still really good without him. “They’re doing that right now,” Jenkins said. “I was trying to watch the film.” "That’s a respectful swagger when I look at that," Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said. But then it somehow turned into the most reassuring win of them all. It had those final 12 minutes, when Bane kept hitting 3-pointers and set the franchise record in a single season along the way. They had never scored that many points together and gotten beat. Almost an hour later, Desmond Bane walked into the postgame press conference staring down at his cell phone.

Ja Morant has been ruled out for Thursday's game between the Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies.

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Ahead of his game against Brooklyn on Wednesday, Ja Morant spoke about how his family helps to keep him humble. In a chat with ESPN's Malika Andrews, he.

So I see a lot of similarities in my game as well to Ja. But I think he mixed a lot of us together and he’s taken it to even another level.” These smaller guards who play a lot bigger than they are right,” said Wade. “I look at Ja. I look at it similar to me. “I think the cool thing for a guy like Ja Morant is he got the opportunity to watch Allen Iverson and Derrick Rose and someone like myself.

Three Memphis Grizzlies players, starting with Ja Morant, had custom diamond grills done by Houston celebrity jeweler Johnny Dang.

“At first, I didn’t think I was a grill person until I put it in my mouth,” Harris said. “That’s why a lot of these ball players spend the money that they do on these grills,” Harris said. Morant sporting a grill representing Memphis on the All-Star stage was another reason he resonates so effortlessly with the city's culture. The honeycomb zig-zag diamond grill purchased by Morant, Clarke and Jackson has an estimated value between $25,000 and $35,000. The room was dim, with most of the lights focused on the Memphis Grizzlies star, whose wide smile lit up the room. The alley-oops, chase-down blocks and highlight-reel passes are regular trends on social media.

Mark Giannotto: Asked Taylor Jenkins about Ja Morant's knee injury being called "soreness," if he had MRI/X-Ray: "They're doing that right now.

Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins says that star Ja Morant is undergoing an MRI and X-Ray on his sore right knee, according to Mark Giannotto of The Memphis ...

At the end of November, Morant sustained a left knee sprain against the Hawks that sidelined him for 12 games. With the star point guard sidelined, backups Tyus Jones and De’Anthony Melton should see an uptick in minutes. “They’re doing that right now.

Tee Morant is Ja Morant's biggest supporter and, well, hater. The father of the Grizzlies star keeps pushing his son to become even better.

And I think Ja is on the way to that. The father of the Memphis Grizzlies star keeps pushing his son to become even better, making sure that he’s not being complacent with what he has achieved. Ja Morant’s rise to superstardom has been incredible to watch.

Memphis' rebuild following the Grit n' Grind era was supposed to take time. But as is the case with Ja Morant and his teammates, these Grizzlies like to ...

Of that group of playoff team, only the 2011 Oklahoma City Thunder -- who outlasted Memphis in a seven-game matchup in the second round -- won a series. And while the Grizzlies lost in five games to the Jazz, their young core getting a taste of the playoffs set the stage. This season, there are five teams that young including the Grizzlies and Minnesota Timberwolves, both of whom are on track to make the playoffs. Of the 59 teams in NBA history that have had an average weighted age of less than 25 at season's end, just six have advanced to the playoffs (a group that already includes last season's Memphis team). The Suns thought he was headed to Phoenix in a three-team deal. The Grizzlies thought they were moving MarShon Brooks, a journeyman guard who has played in China since that season. A year later, despite fears of regression, Memphis was right back in the play-in tournament with young talent in key roles. The Conley trade yielded a 2019 first-round pick Memphis parlayed into Gonzaga big man Brandon Clarke. A year later, the Grizzlies were busy on draft night, acquiring the 30th pick to select TCU wing Desmond Bane and taking Jackson's former Michigan State teammate Xavier Tillman in the second round -- both in exchange for second-round picks. Even with Morant and Jackson as promising young stars, the Grizzlies seemed headed toward a multiyear rebuild. The Memphis basketball renaissance has its roots in the end of the Grit 'n Grind era. Some critics, including veterans around the league, feel that the confidence bordering on arrogance is premature for a group that has yet to win a playoff series. The Grizzlies have gone from being perceived as a fun, young team on the rise to one with a target on it.

Mark Giannotto: Asked Taylor Jenkins about Ja Morant's knee injury being called “soreness,” if he had MRI/X-Ray: “They're doing that right now.

The Memphis Grizzlies are one of the best teams in the NBA this season, and it's not necessarily solely because of Ja Morant.

In the process, the Grizzlies improved to 15-2 without Morant this season. Nonetheless, it is definitely comforting for the whole franchise to know that they are not a team dependent on just their star player. It also shows how deep the squad is and the strong “next man up” mentality they have.

The Memphis Grizzlies were without Ja Morant but Dillon Brooks, De'Anthony Melton and Desmond Bane led the way against the Nets.

The Grizzlies outscored the Nets 29-16 in the fourth quarter. The answer came as the Grizzlies took a five-point lead by the seven-minute mark of the fourth quarter, and the confirmation was a dominant finish. The question was how would the Grizzlies respond. Durant (33) and Irving (33) combined for 66 points through three quarters as the Nets took a one-point lead. The Grizzlies (50-23) shot out of the gates with a 40-point fourth quarter and a 76-point half. Desmond Bane, Dillon Brooks and De'Anthony Melton combined for 67 points as the Grizzlies took down the Nets 132-120 at FedExForum.

Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant will be sidelined for their matchup against the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday.

With Morant sidelined, the Nets will still need to account for the Grizzlies’ tough defense. The Grizzlies recently got Dillon Brooks back into their lineup after a two-month absence due to an ankle injury. The Grizzlies are expected to start Tyus Jones in Morant’s place.

Ja Morant has been ruled out for Wednesday's game between the Brooklyn Nets and Memphis Grizzlies.

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