{"id":643218,"date":"2026-03-06T13:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/643218\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:33:47","slug":"ja-morant-left-elbow-will-be-reevaluated-in-two-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/643218\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Morant (Left Elbow) Will Be Reevaluated In Two Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moranja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-05_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ja Morant<\/a>, who <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/01\/ja-morant-sidelined-at-least-three-weeks-with-elbow-sprain.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sprained<\/a> the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his left elbow on January 21, continues to experience discomfort in his elbow, the Grizzlies announced in a press release (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GrizzliesPR\/status\/2029716626560413781\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-459529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Ja-Morant-vert-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>According to the team, Morant underwent follow-up imaging on Wednesday, which revealed incomplete healing of his injury. He\u2019s out at least two more weeks, which is the next time he\u2019ll be reevaluated.<\/p>\n<p>Morant has appeared in just 20 games this season and has only been available three times since the start of the new year. Memphis is currently 23-38, six games out of the final play-in spot in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>Morant was one of the top names on the trade market heading into February\u2019s deadline and was reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/post-deadline-rumors-morant-jjj-bulls-missi-celtics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">surprised<\/a> that he didn\u2019t get moved. That was partially due to his lack of availability, as he\u2019s been limited to 79 total games over the past three seasons. His contract also factored in, as teams were reluctant to take on an unreliable player who\u2019s owed $42.4MM and $44.9MM during the next two years.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old\u2019s production has been declining as well. In his 20 appearances this season, the former All-NBA selection has averaged 19.5 points, 8.1 assists (3.6 turnovers), 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 steal in 28.5 minutes per game, with a shooting line of .410\/.235\/.897.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis is <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/no-trades-involving-morant-kawhi-sabonis-zion-more.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expected<\/a> to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/grizzlies-plan-to-trade-ja-morant-in-offseason.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">resume<\/a> its search for a Morant trade this summer, but the return may be limited given the aforementioned factors. The Grizzlies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/post-deadline-rumors-morant-jjj-bulls-missi-celtics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reportedly<\/a> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/grizzlies-reportedly-lower-asking-price-for-ja-morant.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">talked<\/a> to Miami, Minnesota, Sacramento, and Milwaukee about Morant deals prior to the deadline.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Point guard Ja Morant, who sprained the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in his left elbow on January 21,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547002,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,178,293,177,4070,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-643218","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-ja-morant","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116182494656374825","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643218","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=643218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}