{"id":800460,"date":"2026-07-14T03:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800460\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T03:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:10:24","slug":"mavericks-vs-grizzlies-game-preview-and-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/800460\/","title":{"rendered":"Mavericks vs Grizzlies Game Preview and Injury Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Mavericks play their third NBA Summer League game tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies. It\u2019ll be broadcast on ESPN and is likely the last meaningful game for most of the Dallas roster. The Mavericks got waxed by the Los Angeles Lakers so badly on Saturday night that we didn\u2019t really cover it (though Michael did write game grades late at night<\/a> because he\u2019s insane). Hopefully, the Mavericks show up for this one. Here\u2019s the main things to know.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: Ryan Nembhard is missing the game due to illness and Morez will is likely done for the summer with calf soreness.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, it seems like everyone of consequence for both teams is available to play. Cameron Boozer did play in the Utah Summer League, so at this point I\u2019m skeptical he\u2019ll suit up, but I\u2019d really like to see him play. Morez Johnson should also suit up, so if they play, hopefully we\u2019ll see minutes with them guarding one another.<\/p>\n

Of course, Summer League injury information is hard to come by (no one\u2019s asking) but the usual beat reporters for Dallas aren\u2019t reporting anything.<\/p>\n

What I\u2019m looking for in this game is for anyone on the Mavericks to hit a shot. Of the top 7 Mavericks getting minutes, only one (Morez Johnson) is shooting over 40%. So preferably, anyone among the usual guys getting hot would make this game a lot more tolerable. Dallas can\u2019t seem to play any defense either, but I bet if they see some shots going down, we\u2019ll get a better-looking defense as well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m pretty disappointed in the team performance through two games. I know it\u2019s just Summer League, but I really thought this team might be good (for once). If I\u2019m here watching basketball, I\u2019d prefer it not to constantly suck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Mavericks play their third NBA Summer League game tonight against the Memphis Grizzlies. It\u2019ll be broadcast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":800461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,101718,459,82],"class_list":["post-800460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mavericks-game-coverage","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=800460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/800460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/800461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=800460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=800460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=800460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}