{"id":529841,"date":"2026-03-18T01:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/529841\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T01:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T01:27:10","slug":"scotty-pippen-jr-santi-aldama-out-for-remainder-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/529841\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotty Pippen Jr., Santi Aldama out for remainder of season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pippen and Aldama join a growing list of Grizzlies players already out for the rest of the 2025-26 season<\/p>\n<p>MEMPHIS, Tenn. \u2014 The Memphis Grizzlies&#8217; front office announced Tuesday, March 17, that two more players will be out for the remainder of the 2025-26 NBA season.<\/p>\n<p>Guard Scotty Pippen Jr. and forward Santi Aldama have both undergone season-ending surgery, according to statements from Grizzlies officials.<\/p>\n<p>Pippen Jr. on Tuesday underwent a successful sesamoidectomy to &#8220;address comfort in his right big toe,&#8221; the statement said. He is expected to make a full recovery in time for the start of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>In his third season out of Vanderbilt, Pippen Jr. averaged 11.4 points and 4.7 assists during the 2025-26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Aldama on Tuesday completed a successful arthroscopic procedure and received an orthobiologic injection to &#8220;address discomfort in the trochlear compartment of his right knee,&#8221; Grizzlies officials said. He is expected to be healthy in time for the start of the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced earlier this season that center Zach Edey and guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope had both undergone season ending surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Guard Ja Morant and forward Brandon Clarke both remain on the Grizzlies&#8217; list of injuried players after already missing significant time this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pippen and Aldama join a growing list of Grizzlies players already out for the rest of the 2025-26&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":529842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-529841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}