Ja Morant is hurt. Now what?
The next month could get adventurous for the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies.
It will be up to coach Taylor Jenkins to navigate his piling injury report and unusual rotation.
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When the Grizzlies take on the Boston Celtics Wednesday night, the team will be without three of its expected starters, including Ja Morant, who is out 3-to-5 weeks with a Grade 2 ankle sprain, Jaren Jackson Jr. (meniscus recovery) and Justise Winslow (hip displacement). Enter a cast of role players to make up for the lost star power, starting with Kyle Anderson, who is averaging 13.5 points and 12 rebounds in the first three games.
Daily Memphian beat writer Drew Hill and columnist Chris Herrington discuss Anderson’s impact moving forward and how much the Morant injury will mean to Memphis over the course of the regular season. Are the Grizzlies still playoff hopefuls? Could Morant miss more time than expected? How much of Anderson and Desmond Bane’s productivity is repeatable?
The Grizzlies have a lot of questions to answer at the start of 2021.
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
Chris Herrington
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 and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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