{"id":618895,"date":"2026-02-23T01:10:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/618895\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T01:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T01:10:35","slug":"grizzlies-sign-former-trail-blazers-guard-after-all-star-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/618895\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies sign former Trail Blazers guard after All-Star break"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grizzlies sign former Trail Blazers guard after All-Star break<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> are not having a great 2025-26 NBA season, and it did not get better for them on Saturday, when they lost to the Miami Heat on the road to the tune of a 136-120 score.<\/p>\n

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A big reason for the Grizzlies\u2019 struggles in the campaign is the injuries they are dealing with.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Memphis reportedly made a move to add a healthy body to the roster<\/a>, as they added a former Portland Trail Blazers player to the team, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.<\/p>\n

From Charania on X (formerly Twitter): \u201cThe Memphis Grizzlies are signing former Portland Trail Blazers guard Rayan Rupert to a 10-day contract, sources tell ESPN. The former second-round pick joins the Grizzlies after playing 139 games across 2-plus seasons in Portland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old Rupert entered the league in 2023, when the Trail Blazers used their No. 43 pick on him<\/a> in that year\u2019s NBA draft. In 139 games played for Portland through two-plus seasons, Rupert averaged 3.2 points, 1.8 rebounds and 0.9 assists while shooting only 36.7 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from behind the arc.<\/p>\n

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The 6-foot-7 Rupert played his final game in Portland uniform last Thursday, against the Utah Jazz on the road, scoring two points, grabbing four rebounds and recording a steal with two turnovers in 16 minutes of action in a 135-119 win. The following day, the Trail Blazers decided to waive him to create space on the 15-man roster after promoting Sidy Cissoko.<\/p>\n

The move to the Grizzlies presents an opportunity for Rupert, who has a fully guaranteed $2.2 million contract in the 2025-26 season, to see a bigger role on the court.<\/p>\n

Related: Grizzlies\u2019 Scotty Pippen Jr keeps it real on Myron Garner altercation: \u2018He needed a hug\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Scottie Pippen Jr pushes Myron Gardner into the stands in Grizzlies-Heat showdown<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grizzlies sign former Trail Blazers guard after All-Star break appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":618896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,293,177,4070,189,6,471,7217,567,12018,181,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-618895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-grizzlies","10":"tag-memphis","11":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","12":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","13":"tag-miami-heat","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-portland-trail-blazers","16":"tag-rayan-rupert","17":"tag-shams-charania","18":"tag-sidy-cissoko","19":"tag-the-grizzlies","20":"tag-utah-jazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116117282720320689","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618895","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=618895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}