{"id":571219,"date":"2026-01-30T18:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/571219\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T18:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T18:22:16","slug":"will-ty-jerome-make-season-debut-vs-pelicans-latest-injury-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/571219\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Ty Jerome make season debut vs. Pelicans? Latest injury update"},"content":{"rendered":"

As fans have been awaiting injury updates for Memphis Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome<\/a>, who has yet to play in the regular season for the team, the next chance comes on Friday against the New Orleans Pelicans. With Jerome looking to reach\u00a0<\/a>his full potential with the Grizzlies,<\/a> it hasn’t been shown yet due to a right calf strain, though recent events suggest\u00a0he is likely close to a return.<\/p>\n

Here’s everything we know about Ty Jerome’s injury and his playing status vs. the Pelicans.<\/p>\n

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Jerome’s status for the Grizzlies doesn’t look good for Friday’s status in New Orleans, as he is listed as \u201cdoubtful\u201d<\/a> for the contest, which comes after being designated as questionable with the calf strain. The game is the first of a back-to-back that continues tomorrow, where the team goes back home to host the Minnesota Timberwolves, which could be part of his missing Friday’s game.<\/p>\n

Still, Jerome appears to be close, as discussed last week<\/a> by head coach Tuomas Iisalo<\/a>, with The Commercial Appeal noting that the 28-year-old’s return is a week or two away.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe’s already progressed to 5-on-5 live,\u201d Iisalo said. \u201cSo we’re very close. I think the evaluation is somewhere within one or two weeks, something like this. He still needs to build a little bit of load before the actual games. But he’s doing great. He’s progressing really well and in high spirits.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jerome would even record a practice session<\/a> with the Grizzlies’ G League affiliate in the Memphis Hustle, which is a positive sign.<\/p>\n

\u201cJerome got a practice session in with the Hustle on Wednesday before being recalled to the NBA, which is an encouraging sign that he may make his season debut soon,\u201d CBS Sports wrote.<\/p>\n

It remains to be seen when he will officially return, but for the question of whether Ty Jerome is playing tonight vs. the Pelicans, the answer is probably not.<\/p>\n

Grizzlies injury report<\/p>\n

Aldama, Santi OUT Injury\/Illness \u2013 Right Knee; Injury Management<\/p>\n

Clarke, Brandon OUT Injury\/Illness \u2013 Right Calf; Strain<\/p>\n

Edey, Zach OUT Injury\/Illness \u2013 Left Ankle; Stress Reaction<\/p>\n

Jerome, Ty DOUBTFUL Injury\/Illness \u2013 Right Calf; Strain<\/p>\n

Morant, Ja OUT Injury\/Illness \u2013 Left Elbow; UCL Sprain<\/p>\n

Pippen Jr., Scotty OUT Injury\/Illness \u2013 Left Great Toe; Surgery Recovery<\/p>\n

Pelicans injury report<\/p>\n

Alexander, Trey OUT G League \u2013 Two-Way<\/p>\n

Dickinson, Hunter OUT G League \u2013 Two-Way<\/p>\n

Murray, Dejounte OUT Injury\/Illness \u2013 Right Achilles; Rupture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As fans have been awaiting injury updates for Memphis Grizzlies guard Ty Jerome, who has yet to play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3796],"tags":[7,178,177,6,14502,478,470,4073,4072,675,1139,1201],"class_list":{"0":"post-571219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-orleans-pelicans","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ja-morant","10":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-injury","13":"tag-new-orleans","14":"tag-new-orleans-pelicans","15":"tag-neworleans","16":"tag-neworleanspelicans","17":"tag-pelicans","18":"tag-tuomas-iisalo","19":"tag-ty-jerome"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115985446103074009","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571219","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=571219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}