Grizzlies

Ja Morant Set To Come Off The Bench

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2 years ago

March 22, 2023

Joshua

Ja Morant Set To Come Off The Bench

It has been confirmed by Taylor Jenkins that Ja Morant will be playing tonight from the bench against the Houston Rockets. Memphis will allow Morant more minutes after a couple of games; it’ll gradually go up as time goes on.

Morant’s minute restrictions are to be in the low 20s, why? Well, it is due to conditioning concerns from being away from the team for two weeks. He missed eight games due to his gun incident.

“This was something he brought to the table as well as had been on my mind,” Jenkins said. “So we collectively thought this was the best strategy, at least for the first one or two games. And then we’ll kind of reevaluate after that.”(ESPN)

Brandon Clarke

Brandon Clarke Avoids Knee Surgery

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22 hours ago

April 1, 2025

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According to multiple reports, the Memphis Grizzlies will not have to see Brandon Clarke undergo surgery for his existing knee injury.

Memphis announced on Monday that Clarke received an injection in his knee to be able to avoid surgery, which is always the second option.

Despite suffering a high-grade PCL sprain on March 19th against the Portland Trail Blazers, the team expects him to be ready for next season.

In 64 games this season, the 28-year-old averaged 8.3 points and 5.1 rebounds in 18.9 minutes per game.

Grizzlies

Taylor Jenkins Was Expected To Be Fired In The Offseason

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2 days ago

March 31, 2025

Joshua

Taylor Jenkins Was Expected To Be Fired In The Offseason

According to multiple reports, there was a growing feeling around the league that Taylor Jenkins was going to be fired in the offseason.

The timing was very surprising, but the firing was not for many people associated with the NBA. In fact, it was almost expected he wouldn’t return for the next season.

Why the feeling was growing so much was due to Memphis overhauling his coaching staff and completely cutting him out for the future.

“The anticipation was they’d get bounced in the first round and he’d be fired,” said Tim MacMahon on Monday’s Hoop Collective Podcast. “That’s honestly been the anticipation since last summer. All season long. Like the odds of Taylor Jenkins coming back next year were very slim. But to be fired with nine games left in the season… a playoff team. Yeah, the timing was shocking.”

Jenkins was their head coach for six seasons before getting canned, he was hired back in 2019 to replace current Detroit Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff before they selected Ja Morant with the second overall pick.