The Memphis Grizzlies are 10-7 this season and 1-3 of their final 4 video games. On Friday evening, Grizzlies all-star PG Ja Morant suffered a Grade 1 sprain to his left ankle within the groups win vs the Thunder. Now, he’s listed as questionable to play tonight and the league appears to be suspicious of Morant returning so shortly.
Initially, Morant was listed as week-to-week with the damage he suffered on Friday evening. He’s recovered a lot faster than anybody anticipated and he’s now questionable to play tonight vs the Kings. Simply yesterday the Grizzlies had him listed as uncertain and there appears to be some controversy on Morant being again so fast.
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.@memgrizz standing replace: Ja Morant (LT Ankle Sprain) has been upgraded to QUESTIONABLE for tonight’s recreation in opposition to the @SacramentoKings. https://t.co/SfPKoEw0ME
— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) November 22, 2022
Ja Morant listed as questionable for tonight’s recreation
Morant’s return got here earlier than anybody anticipated him too and that’s the place the difficulty is. Memphis beat writers requested Ja how he was ready to do that, and his reply was peculiar.
“A cyborg. I’m only a distinctive dude, man. I don’t suppose I’m human. I bought to do some lab testing or one thing to see what is admittedly behind it. The league is doing the identical. I’ve a drug take a look at proper after this.” – Ja Morant
Clearly the younger famous person was simply joking with the reporters, however he has come again from Grade 1 sprain in his left ankle a lot faster than anybody imagined. That’s possible why the league wished to provide Morant a drug take a look at to verify he was clear.
A typical restoration time for a Grade 1 sprain is within the vary of 3-5 weeks. If Morant performs in tonight’s recreation, he’ll have returned in 3-5 days. It’s attainable that Morant may have been given an inaccurate studying of his damage, or possibly at 23, he can simply heal faster than some gamers who’ve performed within the league longer than he has.
