<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grizzlies-news-marcus-smart-scary-warning-ja-morant-zach-edey-duo');   ga('set', 'title', 'Marcus Smart sends scary warning about Ja Morant-Zach Edey duo');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grizzlies-news-Marcus-Smart-sends-scary-warning-about-Zach-Edey-Ja-Morant-duo.jpg"></figure><h1>Marcus Smart sends scary warning about Ja Morant-Zach Edey duo</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T18:16:07-07:00">October 9th, 6:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T18:16:07-07:00">October 9th, 6:16pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Memphis Grizzlies plan to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-optimistic-ankle-injury-update-after-scare">be cautious with Ja Morant following an injury scare</a>. The superstar point guard suffered an ankle injury during the team’s preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks, and they need him at full strength. The Grizzlies could have something scary brewing with the Ja Morant and Zach Edey two-man game, at least teammate Marcus Smart thinks so.</p><p>Marcus Smart recently spoke about how the addition of Edey <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/news-it-s-going-deadly-marcus-smart-talks-ja-morant-zach-edey-pick-and-roll-potential-grizzlies-defensive-ceiling-exclusive" rel="noopener">will impact the team</a> on the court this upcoming season, as per Grant Afseth of Sportskeeda.</p><p>“Oh it’s going to be deadly, man. It’s just going to open up things even more for us, especially for Ja. We all know what Ja can do with a little bit of space, so just image what he can do with a lot of space cleared out by a big like Zach.”</p><p>Zach Edey gives the Grizzlies a legit center and size in the frontcourt. The team selected Edey with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft amid concerns about how his game might translate to the NBA. But the former Purdue big man played well in summer league.</p><p>And he played well in the Grizzlies preseason opener against the Mavericks. He finished with six points, seven rebounds, one steal and one blocked shot.</p><h2><b>Ja Morant’s return to the Grizzlies<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Morant-during-preseason.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Ja Morant was suspended for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season, but when he made his season debut he showed no signs of being rusty or out of shape. Unfortunately for the Grizzlies, Morant suffered a shoulder injury that ended up sidelining him for the majority of the year.</p><p>But Morant is back and set to make his return to the Grizzlies lineup. With him in the lineup, the Grizzlies’ ceiling is raised significantly. Last year they did not make the playoffs amid several key injuries. But if fully healthy, this team looks like they could be a factor in the Western Conference standings.</p><p>Morant had been coming off consecutive All-Star seasons before last year. He was only able to appear in nine games for the Grizzlies during 2023-24. He averaged 25.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 8.1 assists with splits of 47.1 percent shooting from the field, 27.5 percent shooting from the three-point line and 81.3 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>One of the next steps in his continued elevation is getting his three-point percentage up to a slightly higher efficiency. He’s a career 31.8 percent shooter from three and the highest percentage he’s ever shot is 34.4 percent. He can shoot the three-ball consistently though.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Marcus Smart sends scary warning about Ja Morant-Zach Edey duo

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-disbelief-nba-gm-poll');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Ja Morant in disbelief after recent NBA GM poll');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ja-Morant-in-disbelief-after-recent-NBA-GM-poll.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Ja Morant in disbelief after recent NBA GM poll</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T12:58:15-07:00">October 9th, 12:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T12:58:15-07:00">October 9th, 12:58pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Earlier this week, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-optimistic-ankle-injury-update-after-scare">Ja Morant avoided an injury scare</a> during the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-not-going-vanilla-preseason-opener-mavericks">Memphis Grizzlies’ preseason opener vs the Dallas Mavericks</a> on the road. Although Morant did suffer an ankle sprain during the contest, it is reportedly not expected to be something that will affect his availability for the regular season.</p><p>Morant and the Grizzlies profile as perhaps an under the radar contender in the Western Conference heading into the 2024-25 campaign, as the team suffered essentially a lost season due to an overwhelming amount of injuries last year, including to Morant himself.</p><p>Recently, the NBA released some of the results from its annual general manager survey, and one of the questions asked was which player is poised for a breakout campaign in 2024-25. Morant’s name, for reasons unknown, somehow made the list despite the fact that he has already established himself as a star in the league, and Morant himself took to X, formerly Twitter, <a href="https://x.com/JaMorant/status/1844074609550975449" rel="noopener">to respond to</a> NBA TV’s report of the poll.</p><p>“respectfully .. why i’m on here?” wondered Morant, alongside a face palm emoji.</p><p>Winning the number one slot with 13 percent of the vote was Jalen Williams of the Oklahoma City Thunder, while Morant was tied with Evan Mobely of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs for second place.</p><h2><b>Can the Grizzlies return to relevance?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Morant-during-preseason.jpg"><figcaption>Jerome Miron-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Perhaps there’s been no team in modern NBA history that went from irrelevance, to marquee attention, and then back to being under the radar than the Memphis Grizzlies, who have endured all three of those stages of beings since the turn of the decade.</p><p>While just a year or two ago, Morant was arguably the most exciting young star in the league and the Grizzlies its most entertaining young team, those thrones have now been taken over by squads like the Minnesota Timberwolves and Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>However, Morant remains just 25 years of age and has arguably the deepest roster of his career intact this year, with veterans like Marcus Smart (who was brought in a year ago but missed much of last season due to injury) in the fold to help provide a stabilizing presence.</p><p>While Memphis isn’t expected to be a championship contender by most, it’s certainly not outside the realm of possibility that they could raise some eyebrows in 2024-25.</p><p>The Grizzlies’ season is set to get underway on October 23 on the road vs the Utah Jazz.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant in disbelief after recent NBA GM poll

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-optimistic-ankle-injury-update-after-scare');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Ja Morant receives optimistic ankle injury update after scare');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grizzlies-news-Ja-Morant-receives-optimistic-ankle-injury-update-after-scare.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Ja Morant receives optimistic ankle injury update after scare</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T10:56:31-07:00">October 9th, 10:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T11:16:42-07:00">October 9th, 11:16am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Memphis Grizzlies superstar point guard <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-says-hes-done-after-injury-vs-mavericks">Ja Morant rolled his right ankle</a> in Monday’s preseason game against the Dallas Mavericks. Although he returned to the court and appeared to be fine, Morant again left the game later on and did not return with what the team labeled as an ankle sprain.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Ja Morant rolled his ankle on this play and is heading back to the Grizzlies locker room.</p><p>Hope he's alright 🙏<a href="https://t.co/cfLavw8deq">pic.twitter.com/cfLavw8deq</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1843454869195354361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>There has been a lot of worry coming from Memphis about Morant once again dealing with an injury fresh off his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-season-ending-shoulder-surgery">season-ending shoulder surgery</a>, but head coach Taylor Jenkins delivered an optimistic outlook on his star’s injury on Wednesday.</p><p>While Morant is dealing with a mild ankle sprain and the <a href="https://x.com/DamichaelC/status/1844070492338258328" rel="noopener">team will be cautious</a> with their approach leading up to the start of the season, this injury is not expected to hinder the All-Star’s availability for opening night on October 23 against the Utah Jazz, according to Damichael Cole of the Commercial Appeal.</p><p>After returning to the game following the initial turn of his ankle, Morant appeared to give the “I’m done” sign to the Grizzlies’ bench and medical personnel before checking out of the game. Even before Wednesday’s report that Morant would be fine, Jenkins and the Grizzlies didn’t seem to be worrying all that much about the light tweak their star suffered.</p><p>Regardless of how Morant feels over the course of the next couple of weeks in practice, the Grizzlies are going to monitor him very closely. It would not be a surprise if he plays limited minutes or is simply benched for the rest of the preseason in order to be ready for the start of the regular season.</p><p>The Grizzlies were hit harder than any other team by injuries last season, which is why the organization is going to be cautious with their approach to Morant’s latest mild ankle sprain.</p><p>Morant is a vital part of the Grizzlies’ potential success. After all, the team has won close to 58 percent of their games over the last five seasons when he plays.</p><p>Unfortunately, Morant’s 2023-24 campaign was cut short due to a shoulder injury once he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/when-will-grizzlies-star-ja-morant-return-from-25-game-suspension">reinstated from his suspension to begin the year</a>. In the nine games he played, Morant averaged 25.1 points and 8.1 assists per game while shooting 47.1 percent from the floor.</p><p>Playoff expectations once again exist in Memphis, which is why Morant’s health comes before anything else for this franchise. The team will provide further updates on Morant’s availability through the remainder of the preseason on a day-to-day basis.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant receives optimistic ankle injury update after scare

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/team-usa-news-zion-williamson-ja-morant-get-urgent-message-2028-olympics');   ga('set', 'title', 'Zion Williamson, Ja Morant get urgent message about 2028 Olympics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Zion-Williamson-Ja-Morant-get-urgent-message-about-2028-Olympics.jpg"></figure><h1>Zion Williamson, Ja Morant get urgent message about 2028 Olympics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-08T12:11:09-07:00">October 8th, 12:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-08T12:11:38-07:00">October 8th, 12:11pm</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team USA is going to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/predicting-team-usa-womens-basketball-roster-2028-los-angeles-olympics">look much different</a> in the 2028 Olympics. With Stephen Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant likely headed to retirement by then, there will be some new faces on that squad. Two players getting a lot of buzz to fill the roster are Zion Williamson and Ja Morant.</p><p>Many analysts feel those two players are the key to the success of the Team USA 2028 Olympics basketball team.</p><p>“We will still have a great chance to win gold, but <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5825604/2024/10/08/zion-williamson-ja-morant-usa-basketball-void-pelicans-grizzlies/" rel="noopener">it won’t be easy</a>,” one USA Basketball source said, per The Athletic. “Ja and Zion need to be in the mix. Moving forward, hopefully they can get on track and stay on track.”</p><p>Williamson and Morant were both out of the mix for the 2024 Team USA squad. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/team-usa-news-tyrese-haliburton-coming-off-the-bench-for-america">That squad was loaded</a> with veteran talent, and ended up winning the gold medal at the Paris Olympics.</p><p>“If they (Team USA) would have called, you know, I would definitely have picked up, but I guess it wasn’t my time, which is OK,” Williamson said. “They went and went out there and brought gold home, which was great for the country. Hopefully in 2028, I’ll be ready.”</p><h2>There will be pressure on Team USA basketball to win the 2028 Olympics</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Derrick-White-celebrating-a-gold-medal-with-Team-USA-teammates.jpg"><figcaption>© Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The 2028 Olympics will be in Los Angeles, so Team USA will be defending their home floor in a way. The men’s basketball as well as women’s basketball competitions in recent Olympics have been carried by the Americans. Team USA has won gold going back to the 2004 games, when the squad took bronze.</p><p>Williamson and Morant will have a lot of talent around them in 2028. While it’s not certain if Joel Embiid will return, Team USA should still have Anthony Davis, Anthony Edwards, and Jayson Tatum just to name a few. Team USA fans are quite excited to see what so many younger faces will do.</p><p>There will be competition for the gold medal in the 2028 games. Serbia pushed the American squad in Paris, and former NBA star Carmelo Anthony is openly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/team-usa-news-carmelo-anthony-france-canada-warning-olympics">a fan of several other countries</a>. Even South Sudan gave Team USA all they wanted in warm-up game before the 2024 Paris Olympics.</p><p>Of course, there are still years to go before the 2028 Olympics. First and foremost, Williamson and Morant have to worry about the upcoming NBA season. Williamson is expected to be a key contributor for the New Orleans Pelicans, where he averaged nearly 23 points last season. Morant is a key part of the Memphis Grizzlies, averaging nearly 23 points in his career.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Zion Williamson, Ja Morant get urgent message about 2028 Olympics

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The Aurora, Illinois native earned a degree in philosophy from Creighton University, where he also competed as a Division 1 Cross Country runner.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Memphis Grizzlies <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-not-going-vanilla-preseason-opener-mavericks">engaged the Dallas Mavericks in an intense NBA preseason matchup</a> on Monday night. Memphis held a 93-90 advantage over the Mavs by the end of the third quarter. However, the Grizzlies took note of an injury concern from Ja Morant after he rolled his ankle for the second time during the game.</p><p>Morant first tweaked his ankle during the second quarter while defending a two-on-one fastbreak. Then, he returned and suffered another ankle ailment after a cut and dunk to the basket in the third. He looked at the Grizzlies athletic trainer and <a href="https://x.com/NickVanExit/status/1843464575506620429" rel="noopener">gave the “I’m done” sign</a> after the second occurrence, per Nick Angstadt of the Locked On Network.</p><p>After the game, Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said Morant <a href="https://x.com/espn_macmahon/status/1843483784936861858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1843483784936861858%7Ctwgr%5Ebde8cd79a338fd13b4d76b566876c6fffeb45820%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.redditmedia.com%2Fmediaembed%2F1fypw8w%2F%3Fresponsive%3Dtrueis_nightmode%3Dfalse" rel="noopener">will be evaluated</a>, per ESPN’s Tim MacMahon, but the early signs are this “minor ankle tweak” is not serious. Morant himself said he’s “good” and that there was no reason to push things in the preseason.</p><p>Hopefully, Ja Morant will undergo a safe and speedy injury recovery. He finished the game with 13 points, four rebounds, and three assists. The Grizzlies will need the star point guard healthy if they want to avenge their 2023-24 showing.</p><p>Morant missed the latter half of the season due to a serious shoulder injury. Before that, he averaged 25.1 points, 8.1 assists, and 5.6 rebounds in nine appearances. Memphis is looking forward to having Morant’s services back, although, he might need to use a bit of extra caution with his dunks.</p><p>Still, anyone who knows Ja Morant knows he is a competitor who will not back down, not even from his own teammates. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-hilarious-zach-edey-response-dunk-question">Morant named fellow Grizzlies teammate Zach Edey</a> as one of the NBA players he has not dunked on yet that he would like to.</p><p>The Grizzlies held on to defeat the Mavericks 121-116 in their preseason opener. Before the game, Jenkins spoke about how the team prepared for Dallas’ potent offense. The Grizzlies did something right on Monday night, given their victory. They will need to continue that same kind of execution early during the 2024-25 season and get out to a hot start.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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