{"id":604573,"date":"2026-02-15T13:26:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604573\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:26:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:26:43","slug":"jaren-jackson-jr-to-undergo-surgery-after-post-trade-mri-reveals-knee-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/604573\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaren Jackson Jr. to undergo surgery after post-trade MRI reveals knee injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr. will undergo surgery after <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/grizzlies-jazz-trade-a001cf67ef5fe0215f9aad6625873d05\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a post-trade physical<\/a> revealed a growth in his left knee, the team announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson consulted with several medical professionals after the localized pigmented villonodular synovitis growth was detected in an MRI. He will undergo surgery during the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nba-allstar-game-weekend-d6034405b7c44fdd5658d0c2cd0f9cab\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA All-Star<\/a> break.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unclear how long Jackson will be out. A team spokesperson said they would provide an update on his return after the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Utah acquired Jackson from Memphis as part of an eight-player deal. A rebuilding Grizzlies team received three first-round picks alongside Georges Niang, Kyle Anderson, Walter Clayton Jr. and Taylor Hendricks. Utah gained Jackson, Jock Landale, John Konchar and Vince Williams Jr.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson was drafted by the Grizzlies with the No. 4 pick in the 2018 draft. He was a two-time All-Star in Memphis and the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson has played in three games for Utah against Orlando, Miami and Sacramento. He helped the Jazz to a 115-111 win against Miami with 22 points and five assists, and a Wednesday night <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/kings-jazz-score-3c92527173ee92dfc2f1c0b049bf18af\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">121-93 rout<\/a> of Sacramento with 23 points and four assists.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson has averaged 19.4 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.4 blocks in 48 games this season.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP NBA: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz forward Jaren Jackson Jr. will undergo surgery after a post-trade physical revealed a growth in his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[17511,3376,17512,17510,2097,7,423,6,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-604573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-ap-online-sports-headlines","9":"tag-ap-top-news","10":"tag-ap-top-news-l-twc-regions","11":"tag-ap-top-news-sports","12":"tag-associated-press","13":"tag-basketball","14":"tag-jazz","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-utah","17":"tag-utah-jazz","18":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116074878522624431","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604573","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=604573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}