The Memphis Grizzlies are being bit by the injury bug once again as Ja Morant sprained his elbow and will be out for at least three weeks. Morant's injury prompted NBA.com writer John Schuhmann to move the Grizzlies down four spots in his latest power rankings.
The Memphis Grizzlies have a tough task, visiting the Rockets in Houston. The former didn’t play its scheduled Sunday game against the Denver Nuggets because of the inclement weather conditions in Memphis.
Ja Morant remains available. And Memphis is not pretending otherwise. According to Marc Stein of The Stein Line, the Grizzlies are still open to trade offers for Morant, even as he prepares to miss at least three weeks with an elbow sprain.
It has all gone downhill for Ja Morant on the Memphis Grizzlies since 2023, and he now finds himself in the center of trade talks aplenty as the Grizzlies scour the market for a potential return on someone they deemed to be their franchise cornerstone after drafting him second overall in 2019.
Most NBA players, no matter how successful, are out of the league before the end of their 30s, or even their 20s. That leaves a lot of life left to live, and a good handful of players have made the most of their professional lives after leaving the court.
Less than three hours prior to their scheduled matchup, the Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets had their contest postponed due to inclement weather. The NBA announced it would reschedule the game at a later time.
The NBA trade market is always a game of high-stakes poker, and lately, the cards have been flying between the New Orleans Pelicans and the Memphis Grizzlies.
The Sunday afternoon contest between the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies was postponed due to inclement weather in the Memphis area. The area was hit hard by a winter storm that delivered plenty of snow and ice and made driving treacherous.
The Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies were scheduled to play against each other on Sunday at 3:30 p.m. EST. However, the game was called off due to poor weather.
The Memphis Grizzlies are getting dangerously close to the NBA trade deadline and their mediocre showing in the first half of the season has the team waffling between whether to push for more or to blow it all up.
Charles Bassey will sign a 10-day contract with the Sixers, sources tell Shams Charania of ESPN (Twitter link). The move will give Philadelphia 15 players on standard contracts and will enable the team to continue using two-way players Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker.
The Memphis Grizzlies once again will be in search of a playmaker when they play host to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday. Grizzlies star Ja Morant has been limited by a variety of injuries and has played in only 20 of the team's 43 games.
The latest Ja Morant injury, this time a UCL sprain in his elbow that will keep him out over three weeks, may feel like convenient timing considering the Memphis Grizzlies have him on the trading block.
Ja Morant is headed for another stint on the sidelines, and this one could ripple beyond the court. The Grizzlies announced Morant will miss at least three weeks with a left elbow UCL sprain suffered Wednesday against Atlanta.