{"id":563185,"date":"2026-03-25T11:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563185\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T11:10:10","slug":"grizzlies-rule-ja-morants-season-over-due-to-left-elbow-injury-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563185\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies rule Ja Morant’s season over due to left elbow injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tim MacMahonMar 25, 2026, 01:48 PM<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas MavericksAppears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM<\/p>\n

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Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> guard Ja Morant<\/a> has been ruled out for the rest of the season because of an ulnar collateral ligament sprain in his left elbow, the team announced Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Morant, a two-time NBA All-Star, played in only 20 games this campaign. The Grizzlies explored the trade market for him before the February deadline, only to find little interest from other teams.<\/p>\n

Morant suffered the elbow sprain on Jan. 21 in the second game he played following his return from a two-week absence due to calf soreness.<\/p>\n

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According to the team, Morant recently had a consultation on how to deal with his lingering discomfort in the elbow. It was recommended he receive a platelet-rich plasma injection to optimize ligament healing. He is expected to be ready for the start of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n

Morant has played a total of only 79 games over the past three campaigns due to multiple suspensions and a variety of injuries. He has two seasons and $87 million remaining on his contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim MacMahonMar 25, 2026, 01:48 PM CloseJoined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas MavericksAppears regularly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":402793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-563185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/402793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}