The youngest player in the NBA, the Grizzlies’ rookie turned 19 a month ago and has brightened a basketball season filled with injuries and bad news.

NBA box score for Saturday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the New York Knicks.

The severely short-handed Grizzlies lost to the Knicks on Saturday night, but got an impressive effort from rookie GG Jackson

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Box score: Knicks 106, Grizzlies 94

The Grizzlies lost to the Clippers on Friday night, but the concern will be on Desmond Bane’s left ankle, which forced him to exit during the third quarter. 

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Box score: Clippers 128, Grizzlies 119

After the Ja Morant injury, I got a lesson on shoulder surgery

NBA box score for Friday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and L.A. Clippers.

Desmond Bane is the latest Grizzlies player to leave a game due to injury. He cannot return to the game, per NBA rules. 

Here’s what we learned about labrum damage (in easy-to-understand-terms) from a renowned orthopedic surgeon who says, “I spend every day thinking about shoulders.”

Grizzlies hit with another injury, this time to guard Marcus Smart.

Ja Morant had successful surgery on Thursday. Now it’s time for the Grizzlies point guard to look for the rainbow amid the storm. 

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Marcus Smart out six weeks with finger injury

“If clawing back into the postseason still seemed daunting even with Ja Morant back, it seems like something more than a long shot with him gone again. But there are reasons to believe, right?”

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Report: Grizzlies waive Biyombo, sign Vince Williams Jr. to three-year deal

Vince Williams Jr. was rewarded for his strong play this season by signing a three-year standard contract that will make him available for every game this season. 

Tee Morant is hurting for his son Ja, but he vowed Tuesday night that the star point guard will come back and return to the top of the game. 

The Memphis Grizzlies were on fire Tuesday night and took down the Dallas Mavericks despite missing Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr.

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Box score: Grizzlies 120, Mavericks 103

Ja Morant addressed ‘devastated’ Grizzlies after season-ending news

Memphis is gutted for Ja Morant. Let’s hope he can maintain his joy.

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Calkins: Morant is done for the season — and all of Memphis is blue

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Dallas Mavericks at American Airlines Center on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. 

A day after Ja Morant was ruled out for the season, Marcus Smart left the game on Tuesday with a finger injury.

An MRI revealed Ja Morant has a torn labrum, making him ineligible to play the rest of the season. The star point guard encouraged the Grizzlies to continue to focus on the big picture. 

Everything you need to know about the NBA All-Star’s season-ending shoulder injury and its impact on the Grizzlies going forward.

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Drew Hill and Chris Herrington react to the news that Ja Morant is done for the season. What comes next for the Memphis Grizzlies?

Ja Morant is out for the season and Grizzlies fans are mourning a year that just keeps getting worse. As one Memphian put it, succinctly: “I give up.” 

The Grizzlies notched one of their best wins of the season without Morant on Sunday, before the team knew of his fate. Perhaps that will help them carry confidence into a “rest of the season” they now know will continue without him.

Morant will undergo season-ending surgery and is expected to make a full recovery ahead of the 2024-25 season.

In taking down the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday and then the Phoenix Suns on Sunday, Memphis won consecutive games for only the third time this season.

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Grizzlies Insider: Turning the corner? Jackson doesn’t want to ‘jinx’ it

The Memphis Grizzlies are staying humble as they try to climb their way out of the bottom of the West.