{"id":512656,"date":"2026-01-02T22:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512656\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T22:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T22:39:17","slug":"memphis-grizzlies-bringing-back-christian-koloko-for-10-day-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/512656\/","title":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies bringing back Christian Koloko for 10-day contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies <\/a>are bringing back center Christian Koloko on a second 10-day contract, the team announced on Jan. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Koloko played in five games and made one start during his first 10-day contract. He averaged two points, 3.6 rebounds and 1.2 blocks in 18.6 minutes per game.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Memphis is signing Koloko by using an injury hardship exception. Injuries to Brandon Clarke, Zach Edey, Scotty Pippen Jr. and John Konchar make Memphis eligible for the injury exception.<\/p>\n<p>Clarke and Edey&#8217;s absences have limited the options at center. Koloko&#8217;s rim protection and rebounding have helped Memphis navigate without its top two options at center.<\/p>\n<p>Koloko will be eligible to play in the next six Grizzlies games. His 10-day contract will expire after a Jan. 11 matchup with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/brooklyn-nets\/17\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brooklyn Nets;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Brooklyn Nets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis will start that stretch with a road game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> on Jan. 2 (9:30 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network).<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Damichael Cole is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at damichael.cole@commercialappeal.com. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2026\/01\/02\/memphis-grizzlies-sign-christian-koloko-10-day-contract\/87996074007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies sign Christian Koloko to second 10-day contract;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies sign Christian Koloko to second 10-day contract<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Memphis Grizzlies are bringing back center Christian Koloko on a second 10-day contract, the team announced on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512657,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,2710,247,31,294,8396,150,293,177,4070,6,627,1083],"class_list":{"0":"post-512656","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brandon-clarke","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-christian-koloko","12":"tag-grizzlies","13":"tag-john-konchar","14":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","15":"tag-memphis","16":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","17":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","18":"tag-nba","19":"tag-scotty-pippen-jr","20":"tag-zach-edey"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115827911145504194","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512656"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512656\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}