{"id":659637,"date":"2026-03-15T13:08:50","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/659637\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T13:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T13:08:50","slug":"grizzlies-pippen-to-undergo-toe-surgery-wont-return-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/659637\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies\u2019 Pippen To Undergo Toe Surgery, Won\u2019t Return This Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARCH 13: Pippen is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season, sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeAScotto\/status\/2032467527893143661\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>MARCH 12: Fourth-year guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/pippesc02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-12_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Scotty Pippen Jr.<\/a> is undergoing a sesamoidectomy to address pain in his right big toe, the Grizzlies announced in a press release (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GrizzliesPR\/status\/2032299410609041645\" rel=\"nofollow\">Twitter link<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-450064\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Scotty-Pippen-Jr-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>A return timeline for Pippen will be established after the procedure, per the team, but the 25-year-old is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re experiencing a bit of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu, you\u2019re not alone. Pippen underwent a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2025\/10\/grizzlies-pippen-undergoing-toe-surgery-out-at-least-12-weeks.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sesamoidectomy<\/a> back in October to deal with discomfort in his big toe, but that was on his left foot, not his right.<\/p>\n<p>Pippen wound up missing 15-plus weeks of action following his initial toe surgery, having made his season debut on February 6. Given how long he was out after the first procedure, it\u2019s probably safe to say he\u2019ll miss the rest of the season following this one.<\/p>\n<p>In 10 appearances (21.2 minutes per game) for Memphis in 2025\/26, Pippen averaged 11.4 points, 4.7 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 1.9 steals on .448\/.313\/.783 shooting splits. He was a key reserve for the Grizzlies last season, appearing in a career-high 79 games while averaging 9.9 PPG, 4.4 APG, 3.3 RPG and 1.3 SPG in 21.3 MPG. He posted a shooting slash line of .480\/.397\/.713.<\/p>\n<p>The Grizzlies have been ravaged by injuries again in \u201925\/26, with Pippen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jeromty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-13_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ty Jerome<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/edeyza01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-13_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Zach Edey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/clarkbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-13_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brandon Clarke<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/moranja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-13_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ja Morant<\/a> all missing the majority of the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/caldwke01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-13_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kentavious Caldwell-Pope<\/a> was also ruled out for the remainder of \u201925\/26 last month after undergoing <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/kentavious-caldwell-pope-finger-surgery-out-for-season.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">finger surgery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis was granted a hardship exception on Thursday and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/03\/grizzlies-adding-tyler-burton-on-10-day-hardship-deal.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">used it<\/a> to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burtoty01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-03-13_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tyler Burton<\/a> to a 10-day deal. The 26-year-old wing has spent this season in the G League with the Grizzlies\u2019 affiliate club, the Memphis Hustle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARCH 13: Pippen is expected to miss the remainder of the regular season, sources tell Michael Scotto of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659638,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,294,293,177,4070,6,627],"class_list":{"0":"post-659637","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-nba","14":"tag-scotty-pippen-jr"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116233354148238920","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659637","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=659637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}