<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-speak-new-minute-allocations-taylor-jenkins-zach-edey');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson sound off on big minutes change');   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/2024/12/Grizzlies-Ja-Morant-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson sound off on big minutes change</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-17T11:59:47-08:00">December 17th, 11:59am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-17T11:59:47-08:00">December 17th, 11:59am</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Memphis Grizzlies</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Taylor Jenkins was looking at a problem all NBA coaches wished they had during training camp. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-great-value-trio-nba-sixth-man-of-the-year-candidates-jake-laravia-scotty-pippen-jr-santi-aldama">Memphis Grizzlies had more talent on the bench</a> than minutes available in a game even with GG Jackson in a walking boot. Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-zach-edey-injury-update-lakers-clash">Zach Edey being unavailable for week-long stretches</a> created opportunities for Santi Aldama, Jay Huff, and Jaren Jackson Jr. to stand out in different ways. However, getting back into a normal routine built around the Big Three was always the plan.</p><p>Morant, Jackson Jr., and Bane have been logging more minutes lately. The trio got 33+ minutes each in a historic road win over the Boston Celtics (December 7). Jenkins trimmed the workload slightly a week later in a road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers (Dec. 15). The Big Three split the difference in a revenge win at home over the Brooklyn Nets, which is where ClutchPoints <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1867799770741584258" rel="noopener">caught up with All-Stars</a> to see how they were adjusting to the new normal.</p><p>“It was great man,” Jackson Jr. admitted. “The more minutes we can get together the more chemistry we are going to build. It does not really matter who is out there but we’ve actually not logged a lot of minutes together in comparison to how long we’ve played together. But I don’t think that has hurt our chemistry or changed anything. I mean, I’m seeing these dudes every day so yeah, chemistry builds in a lot of ways.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaren Jackson Jr. postgame:<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrindCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GrindCity</a> <a href="https://t.co/bLATDXCm2v">pic.twitter.com/bLATDXCm2v</a></p><p>— Dodson (@DoingItDodson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1867799770741584258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Morant stuck with <a href="https://x.com/DoingItDodson/status/1867792883665055889" rel="noopener">letting the coaching staff do their job</a> while making sure to be ready for his.</p><p>“(How many minutes we play) is the coach’s decision,” Morant stated. “If we get the win, I’ll feel pretty good but whatever we’ve got to do, whatever Coach and them decide for us, then that is what we do. We just waiting for our number to be called.”</p><p>However, Jaren Jackson Jr. was initially stumped when asked about any new dynamic that has lifted the Grizzlies’ ceiling.</p><p>“I don’t think it’s…I don’t know. That’s a good question,” Jackson Jr. replied. “That’s a great question but I don’t think anything changes. I don’t think anything is different. I think everything stays the same and that’s why we have the success we have. We can’t change because other things are changing.”</p><p>Jay Huff was quick with an answer and had a different perspective. Unlike Jaren Jackson Jr., the reserve big man has seen some changes while stepping in as a crucial rotational piece during Zach Edey’s absence.</p><p>“I think we’ve been gelling a little bit more as a team since the start of the season,” Huff admitted. “Like Coach said, it’s more about doing more of what we do well. Typically, early on we’re finding out what’s working then later on put ourselves in those situations.”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Ja-Morant-jogs-happy.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Still, when it comes to confidence and closing out games, Ja Morant echoed Jenkins after a revenge win over the Nets.</p><p>“(The game) could be tied, we could be down two,” Ja Morant stated. “I’ll never think the game is in question when we are rolling. We’ve won 10 out of 11 (before losing to the Lakers). That tells you what type of team we are right now. The team we are trying to get to, obviously, we don’t want you to think the game is in question. We’ve got to be better in that area, playing 48 minutes. As long as we are staying connected and together, we’ll always feel like the odds are in our favor.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson sound off on big minutes change

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-taylor-jenkins-heartfelt-message-after-coaching-milestone');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaren Jackson Jr. sends Taylor Jenkins heartfelt message after Grizzlies coaching milestone');   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/2024/11/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-sends-Taylor-Jenkins-heartfelt-message-after-coaching-milestone.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaren Jackson Jr. sends Taylor Jenkins heartfelt message after Grizzlies coaching milestone</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-21T06:12:56-08:00">November 21st, 6:12am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-21T06:12:56-08:00">November 21st, 6:12am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/bingeable">Sonny Giuliano</a>Sonny Giuliano is an experienced sports writer for ClutchPoints who has been covering the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and NCAA Basketball for well over a decade. Originally from the small town of Elba, New York, Sonny received his degree from Florida Gulf Coast University and currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Memphis Grizzlies</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Behind an effort in which Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane combined for 46 points and 14 rebounds, the Memphis Grizzlies improved to 9-7 on Wednesday night with a 117-111 win over <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nba-insider-dallas-cowboys-nba-insult-latest-drama">the reeling Philadelphia 76ers</a>, keeping pace with the rest of the Western Conference which currently boasts 11 teams with winning records.</p><p>Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins has something to boast about as well after this most recent victory. With his 215th career win, Jenkins surpassed Lionel Hollins on <a href="https://x.com/memgrizz/status/1859448995120115731" rel="noopener">the list of most accomplished coaches</a> in Grizzlies history. Hollins does remain the only coach in Grizzlies franchise history who has a winning record in the postseason, but with one deep postseason run, Jenkins can change that.</p><p>After notching his sixth game of the season with at least 25 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. took to social media to <a href="https://x.com/jarenjacksonjr/status/1859465323734331861" rel="noopener">send some love</a> to his record-setting head coach.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">n he’s in your corner when it’s war time</p><p>more to come <a href="https://t.co/SBqzwpfcQp">https://t.co/SBqzwpfcQp</a></p><p>— JJJ (@jarenjacksonjr) <a href="https://twitter.com/jarenjacksonjr/status/1859465323734331861?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Taylor Jenkins keeps Grizzlies on track during ‘war time’ </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Taylor-Jenkins-gives-a-thumbs-up-from-the-Grizzlies-bench.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It’s been a relatively tumultuous run for Jenkins in Memphis, and yet the 40-year-old head coach has managed a .528 winning percentage in his tenure. He took over the Grizzlies in the 2019-20 COVID shortened season, and nearly led the team to the postseason, losing in what would come to be the first ever official NBA Play-In Game inside of the Bubble.</p><p>Since then, Jenkins has had to navigate all of Ja Morant’s off-court issues, championship expectations, and an injury-plagued 2023-24 season in which Memphis used a record-setting 51 different starting lineups. Through all of that, he remains firmly entrenched as the man in charge in Memphis.</p><p>Even this year, which has been relatively tame compared to recent seasons, Jenkins and the Grizzlies have had to work through injuries to both Ja Morant and 7-foot-4 rookie Zach Edey. Marcus Smart has missed half of Memphis’ games, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-gg-jackson-suffers-broken-foot-before-training-camp">the Grizzlies haven’t had GG Jackson</a>, a pleasant surprise from the 2023-24 season, at all this year due to a broken foot.</p><p>If the Grizzlies ever manage to get right, the pieces are there for this team to be a serious contender in the Western Conference, as they’ve resembled at times over the last few years. And yes, one of those pieces is the head coach, who is, as Jaren Jackson Jr. said, ready for war.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaren Jackson Jr. sends Taylor Jenkins heartfelt message after Grizzlies coaching milestone

<!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', '/why-grizzlies-jaren-jackson-jr-takes-responsiblity-egregious-changes-offense-stats');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. takes responsiblity for ‘egregious changes’');   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/2024/11/Grizzlies-news-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-takes-responsiblity-for-egregious-changes-in-offensive-consistency.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. takes responsiblity for ‘egregious changes’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-20T16:38:17-08:00">November 20th, 4:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-20T16:54:59-08:00">November 20th, 4:54pm</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Memphis Grizzlies</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The injury-ravaged <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-taylor-jenkins-reacts-to-draymond-greens-softie-claim">Memphis Grizzlies and Taylor Jenkins have not had a smooth start</a> to the 2024-25 NBA season. Ja Morant, Desmond Bane, GG Jackson, and Zach Edey are all on the injury report. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaylen-wells-waves-off-fandom-miami-heat-talking-weird-nba-moments-jimmy-butler-taj-gibson">Jaylen Wells is working out</a> well enough for a rookie. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-jaren-jackson-jr-explains-santi-aldama-saucy-side-amid-breakout-season">Santi Aldama has been sensational in spurts</a>, but the team’s results have<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-all-nba-start-season-offense-defense-versatility"> largely fallen on Jaren Jackson Jr.’s shoulders</a>. For better or for worse, Jackson Jr. is rolling with the punches amid an All-NBA caliber campaign.</p><p>Jackson Jr. talked about the highs and lows of the season after a tough NBA Cup loss against the Denver Nuggets.</p><p>“A lot of things are going to fall on guys who are playing heavy minutes and who are getting a lot of attention. A lot of credit when we win. When we lose, it is the same thing,” Jackson Jr. stated. “If we are not consistent, our team is not going to be consistent. That’s definitely going to fall on my shoulders for sure. I’ve got to take responsibility for that overall. It’s about being consistent in everything I’m doing and not having any egregious changes of pace in my games. Just be even.”</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaren-Jackson-Jr-1.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>It is tough to lead a team when not every face is familiar. Thankfully, the Grizzlies’ rotations have had some regularity over the first month of the season, unlike last year. Scotty Pippen Jr. has done well manning the point, Desmond Bane is back in action, and Aldama has been on an All-Star ascension.</p><p>Those are just a few reasons why Jackson Jr. is not worried about how Taylor Jenkins juggles the Grizzlies’ lineups while Zach Edey (ankle) and Ja Morant (hip) are out. Jaren Jackson Jr. also admitted to ClutchPoints that there<a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1859363522632679664"> will be no excuses either.</a></p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaren Jackson Jr. on how the Grizzlies will approach the 76ers (missing Joel Embiid) a night after losing to the Nuggets (missing Nikola Jokic):<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrindCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GrindCity</a> <a href="https://t.co/HAyDhXXoE4">pic.twitter.com/HAyDhXXoE4</a></p><p>— Dodson (@DoingItDodson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1859363522632679664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Shoot. Just whoever is out there man. Whoever is out there, we just got to bring it together,” stressed Jackson Jr. “We are missing Zach right now but dudes are stepping up. Whatever lineup is out there is going to work well together with the offense we got in place.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. takes responsiblity for ‘egregious changes’

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-explains-santi-aldama-saucy-side-amid-breakout-season');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. explains Santi Aldama’s ‘saucy’ side amid breakout season');   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/2024/11/Grizzlies-news-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-explains-Santi-Aldamas-saucy-side-amid-breakout-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. explains Santi Aldama’s ‘saucy’ side amid breakout season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-20T16:11:35-08:00">November 20th, 4:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-20T16:11:35-08:00">November 20th, 4:11pm</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Memphis Grizzlies</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-scotty-pippen-jr-jake-laravia-celebrating-moving-grooving-offense-without-ja-morant-jaren-jackson-jr">Memphis Grizzlies are going with a next-man-up mentality</a> as Thanksgiving Day dinner plans become more set in stone. Much like parents and children fighting over a refusal to eat certain vegetables, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-cryptic-injury-update-taylor-jenkins-gg-jackson">Ja Morant and the Grizzlies have had little choice</a> in the matter. Taylor Jenkins has had to mix and match the lineups as Morant, Desmond Bane, GG Jackson, and Zach Edey have shuffled from the court to the injury report. Thankfully, Santi Aldama has seized the opportunity that comes with an expanded role, helping Jaren Jackson Jr. keep this season on an NBA Playoffs track.</p><p>Jackson Jr. talked about watching Aldama <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1859372463030743449" rel="noopener">grow as a person and player</a> before a big matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers.</p><p>“I think he is still Santi. He is still going to throw a behind-the-back pass. He’s still going to be saucy (after those plays) but he is just really in control of his body, of his movements. He is stronger but that is what happens. He is still like, what, 22 years old I think so, yeah.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaren Jackson Jr. on Santi Aldama’s growth as a player and adding ‘saucy’ touches to team.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GrindCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#GrindCity</a> <a href="https://t.co/eWb9Y6Hg7k">pic.twitter.com/eWb9Y6Hg7k</a></p><p>— Dodson (@DoingItDodson) <a href="https://twitter.com/DoingItDodson/status/1859372463030743449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Grizzlies know Aldama’s floor now. His ceiling might be closer to a possible All-Star than most around the league expected three years ago. Jackson Jr. explained how solid fundamentals have led to some fun, highly efficient offensive explosions by the Spanish sensation.</p><p>“(Aldama) has been great. He has been getting better and better every year, he’s just being more physical this year,” Jackson Jr. shared. “He is staying on his path when he drives. He is not getting pushed off and being able to finish over guys at a high level right now. Shooting the ball well even with a hand up. He is just making sound plays.”</p><h2><b>Grizzlies giving Santi Aldama room to grow</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Santi-Aldama-1.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Consistency, especially with a  27.4% three-point shot, is perhaps the last piece of the puzzle for Santi Aldama. He has scored in double figures in 10 of 10 games this season. However, he posted two points in two games, four in another, and six points in a win over the Denver Nuggets (November 17). There was also a nine-point night in a two-point loss to the Brooklyn Nets. In fact, Memphis is 1-4 in games where Aldama does not hit double-digit points.</p><p>Credit <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-all-nba-start-season-offense-defense-versatility">Jaren Jackson Jr. with carrying the Grizzlies</a> but Memphis is 7-3 when Aldama gets to 10 or more points. The Grizzlies have lost only twice when Aldama manages more than a dozen points. He has five nights with nine rebounds or more but was not in the starting lineup in an NBA Cup rematch loss to the Nuggets (November 19). Taylor Jenkins needs Aldama to be flirting with double-doubles every night not once every other week though.</p><p>Six of the next eight games are at home and the Grizzlies should be favored over the Portland Trail Blazers, Detroit Pistons, New Orleans Pelicans, and Indiana Pacers after a trip to face the Chicago Bulls. Aldama, Jackson Jr., and Jenkins will have a great opportunity to move into the Western Conference’s upper echelon before the calendar flips to December.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. explains Santi Aldama’s ‘saucy’ side amid breakout season

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-all-nba-start-season-offense-defense-versatility');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. is deflecting credit amid All-NBA start to season');   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/2024/11/Why-Grizzlies-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-is-deflecting-credit-amid-All-NBA-start-to-season.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. is deflecting credit amid All-NBA start to season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-19T07:47:18-08:00">November 19th, 7:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-19T07:47:18-08:00">November 19th, 7:47am</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Memphis Grizzlies</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-cryptic-injury-update-taylor-jenkins-gg-jackson">Memphis Grizzlies are still waiting on Ja Morant’s latest imaging</a> results but Taylor Jenkins has the patchwork rotations roaring along in top gear. Jaren Jackson Jr. has played a huge part in keeping the Grizzlies competitive in the unforgiving Western Conference playoff race. However, the 25-year-old former NBA Defensive Player of the Year is deflecting the praise despite leading the shorthanded Grizzlies this season.</p><p>One stat brought a smile and some longwinded answers from the former All-Star. In fact, hearing that the Grizzlies got 18 first-half assists in a win over the Denver Nuggets brought a grin to whoever heard the stat. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-scotty-pippen-jr-jake-laravia-celebrating-moving-grooving-offense-without-ja-morant-jaren-jackson-jr">Grizzlies reserves Jake LaRavia and Scotty Pippen Jr. perked up immediately</a> for example. Jackson Jr. told ClutchPoints the shared successes go beyond the court, and he hopes the trend can continue in the upcoming NBA Cup game which is also a rematch against the visiting Nuggets.</p><p>“That’s great. We love it when we get assists. That means everybody is eating and the ball is moving,” Jackson Jr. replied. “It was great (against the Nuggets) and we wanted to keep that going in the second half.  When the ball gets stagnant is when teams come back on us but we are growing together (on and off the court).”</p><p>Jackson Jr. may need some help against Nikola Jokic (personal reasons) should the NBA MVP return from a leave of absence. Zach Edey (ankle) <a href="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2024/11/18/zach-edey-injusry-update-ja-morant-memphis-grizzlies-nikola-jokic/76413538007/" rel="noopener">has been ruled out</a>, meaning Jay Huff will have to step up in a big way when Jackson Jr. takes a rest. However, there are times when Tayor Jenkins may pair Jackson Jr. with Huff to pull off a twin-towers look. Jackson Jr. is ready, never worried, when those situations come along.</p><p>“I feel like I can play with anybody.,” Jackson Jr. stressed. “I feel like I can mesh with any other big well.”</p><p>Jaylen Wells, Vince Williams Jr., and Scotty Pippen Jr. as the trio tries to fill the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-teases-good-injury-update-coming-soon">void left by Ja Morant</a>, Marcus Smart, and Desmond Bane. The entire squad is thankful that no strangers are rotating through the squad as was the case last season. Jackson Jr. explained why he appreciates the effort, energy, and consistency coming off the bench this year.</p><p>“They want to prove their worth, they want to win games, but (the players) were just meeting each other,” Jackson Jr. noted. “This year it’s like we are playing a bunch of guys but it is kind of a set team. Not everybody is flying in and out of the rotations. I think the mentality now is guys will go harder in shorter stints because we know we have backup and that’s the way we are coached to play. You have to really give it your all at all times.”</p><h2><b>Grizzlies give Jaren Jackson Jr. freedom to fire away</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.jpg"><figcaption>Petre Thomas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The mentality on display from the reserves has lightened the load on Jackson Jr., who is making an early case for All-NBA consideration. Jaren Jackson Jr. is averaging 28 points<a href="https://www.nba.com/stats/players/traditional?TeamID=1610612763&amp;LastNGames=5" rel="noopener"> over the last five games</a>, largely due to a lack of concern on the other end of the court. There are fewer fires to put out on defense, leading to more scoring opportunities on offense.</p><p>“What takes the pressure off of us is the fact that those same people guard really well,” Jackson Jr. boasted. “When I think of Scotty, Jaylen, Vince, and even Des though he has other responsibilities offensively, we’ve got dudes out there that really take the pressure off of us defensively.”</p><p>“I don’t know the percentages but talent, effort is a big part. How it’s done and how we do it is the other part. I think it is all of that combined,” Jackson Jr. added. “A lot of player movement is designed in the offense but without the right personnel, things can get stagnant. I think everybody in this locker room can bring different things. We are very versatile.”</p><p>Jaren Jackson Jr.’s most recognizable change to the game is usually seen in transition. Top of the key trailing three-pointers have become a staple of the Grizzlies offense for all three big men. Jenkins needs Jackson Jr. to lead by example, but that did not sound like it would be a problem after a November 17 win over the Nuggets.</p><p>“I’m going to keep taking them,” Jackson Jr. declared. “And I’ve got to make more of them, that’s really what I have to do…I’ve got to have (that three-point shot) because people are going to end up backing up. They want to take the paint away from me and don’t want me to get downhill, turn the corner, or back down in the paint.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. is deflecting credit amid All-NBA start to season

<!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-sends-hilarious-demand-jaren-jackson-jr-after-win-jazz');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Ja Morant sends hilarious 3-word demand to Jaren Jackson Jr. after win vs. Jazz');   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-sends-hilarious-3-word-demand-to-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Ja Morant sends hilarious 3-word demand to Jaren Jackson Jr. after win vs. Jazz</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-23T23:58:08-07:00">October 23rd, 11:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-23T23:58:08-07:00">October 23rd, 11:58pm</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a Memphis Grizzlies beat reporter for ClutchPoints who has also covered the New Orleans Pelicans. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-drops-special-zach-edey-admission">Memphis Grizzlies needed something special</a> on opening night and they got it from the most likely source. Ja Morant’s heroics pulled off a 116-114 road win over the Utah Jazz to start the regular season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-fans-flame-zach-edey-fouling-out-nba-debut">Rookie big man Zach Edey got heckled</a> by the home crowd but the visitors occupied the celebratory locker room. Morant did not want to stay in Utah too long though, and let his teammates know it. Jaren Jackson Jr. was even <a href="https://x.com/JaMorant/status/1849313830725411183" rel="noopener">called out on social media.</a></p><p>“Hurry tf up,” Morant demanded.</p><p>That post on X (formerly Twitter) was in response to Jackson Jr.’s <a href="https://x.com/jarenjacksonjr/status/1849310176110576075" rel="noopener">“We’re so back”</a> message to Grizzlies fans. It took about 15 minutes for Morant to lose patience with how the night was dragging on going by each tweet’s time stamps.</p><p>Head coach Taylor Jenkins and the active players were obligated to go through the postgame media scrums. Morant knows the drill even after sitting out most of last season. Still, an out-injured Jackson Jr. (hamstring) was apparently taking too long to complete the postgame process for someone who did not need to shower.</p><h2><b>Ja Morant’s go-go Grizzlies like the new-look offense</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Ja-Morant-sends-hilarious-3-word-demand-to-Jaren-Jackson-Jr-2.jpg"><figcaption>Chris Nicoll-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Morant contributed 22 points and 10 assists on 7-for-12 shooting in 28 very encouraging minutes for the Grizzlies. Jackson Jr. finished with no excuses for missing the bus considering the injured big man watched the entire game from the sidelines. However, Morant could not be faulted for being anxious after spending most of the year doing rehab instead of running the show.</p><p>Grind City Media’s Michael Wallace <a href="https://x.com/grindcitymedia/status/1849309560097346004" rel="noopener">got immediate reactions</a>.</p><p>“I was just excited to be back out there,” Morant said. “These guys trust and believe in me every time I’m out there on the floor, so it’s only right I go out there and play free.”</p><p>The Grizzlies are about to go through a six games in nine days stretch. Rest and recuperation are two key components of a successful season. Good luck getting Morant to slow down though. The only person able to do that during the season-opening win was Jenkins whenever Morant was <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxZbe4AQURE" rel="noopener">substituted out for a breather.</a></p><p>“He only played 28 minutes tonight, but those were hard-playing 28 minutes,” Jenkins admitted. “That was the biggest takeaway from this summer is the investment in his body, knowing we’re going to continue to push him even more than we’ve done in the past. He responded in game one. We’re going to need it for many, many more games moving forward.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Ja Morant sends hilarious 3-word demand to Jaren Jackson Jr. after win vs. Jazz

<!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', '/why-jaren-jackson-jr-made-right-call-decling-grizzlies-106-million-contract-offer');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Jaren Jackson Jr. made right call decling Grizzlies’ $106 million contract offer');   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/Why-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-made-right-call-decling-Grizzlies-150-million-contract-offer.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Jaren Jackson Jr. made right call decling Grizzlies’ $106 million contract offer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-21T18:38:59-07:00">October 21st, 6:38pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-21T18:38:59-07:00">October 21st, 6:38pm</time><address><a>Chris Dodson</a>Chris Dodson is a New Orleans Pelicans beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He has covered Louisiana high school and college basketball in spurts for over a decade. A basketball lifer from the bayou, his gumbo-stirring form matches his elbow jumper celebrations. Fast enough for varsity hoops, tall enough for a soccer scholarship. He has words and will travel, just not on the court.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-gets-positive-injury-update-season-opener">Memphis Grizzlies got some good Ja Morant news</a> in the days leading up to the NBA’s 2024-25 regular season. There were also some sour notes to end the preseason, especially on the injury report. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-miss-season-opener-hamstring-injury">The Grizzlies will be missing Jaren Jackson Jr.</a> to start the 82-game slog, but that did not stop the big man from making a huge $150 million bet on a successful season.</p><p>Jackson Jr. has two years and just under $50 million left on a rookie scale extension signed back in 2022. Memphis is bound to make room on the salary cap to keep Jackson Jr. and Morant paired up. That is why the NBA All-Defense dynamo declined to sign a three-year $106 million extension this offseason. Setting himself up for a four-year, $147 million extension next summer means a jump from $35.5 million to $36.75 million in average annual value.</p><p>Adding an extra year of security, with a player option to keep free agency in three years an open possibility, pairs well with an extra $41 million in the bank. That is just the starting point for the Grizzlies stalwart though. Jackson Jr. would be eligible to sign a five-year $345 million super-max extension by making an All-NBA team, winning the MVP, or earning another Defensive Player of the Year trophy.</p><p>Rudy Gobert is yesterday’s news when it comes to future DPOY votes. Victor Wembanyama might have to wait at least one more season, and that’s before considering any future bang-up injuries to the Frenchman. Jackson was named Defensive Player of the Year in 2023 and has been selected to an NBA All-Defense team twice. The supermax is possible and that is where things can get complicated.</p><h2><b>Grizzlies, Jaren Jackson Jr. contract talks get tricky</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-and-the-Grizzlies.jpg"><figcaption>Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jaren Jackson Jr. has improved every year, averaging 17.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 2.0 blocks, and one steal over a 333-game (6 seasons) career. He produced 22.5 points, 5.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.6 blocks, and 1.2 steals in 66 games last season. Those numbers should get a boost if the Grizzlies are healthy.</p><p>But that’s the key qualifier: if healthy. Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins <a href="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2024/10/21/jaren-jackson-jr-injury-update-hamstring-memphis-grizzlies/75734757007/" rel="noopener">gave a guarded answer</a> when addressing Jackson Jr.’s return from a hamstring strain.</p><p>“Hamstring’s in a good spot, he’s been progressing well,” Jenkins said. “We’re going to be cautious, have him get a little more five-on-five in the next couple of days and probably trend more towards later in the week when he’ll return.”</p><p>Still, declining a $35.5 million tack-on now keeps the carrot of a $69 million per year contract dangled for Jackson Jr. to chase. The floor is set as far as the franchise is concerned. However, the over $30 million a year difference in the supermax and the $100 million extension Jackson Jr. passed on cannot be ignored by the Grizzlies.</p><p>When it comes to the ceiling, Memphis will make good with the money if Jackson Jr. joins that rare two-time DPOY club or wins an MVP. Qualifying for a supermax via a Third-Team All-NBA award will make things a bit trickier, but Jackson Jr. would still clear well over another $15 million per season. That is why passing on the short-term security now was the smart decision.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Jaren Jackson Jr. made right call decling Grizzlies’ $106 million contract offer

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-miss-season-opener-hamstring-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. to miss season opener with hamstring injury');   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-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-to-miss-season-opener-with-hamstring-injury.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. to miss season opener with hamstring injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-21T12:10:37-07:00">October 21st, 12:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-21T12:10:37-07:00">October 21st, 12:10pm</time><address><a>Matt De Lima</a>Matt De Lima is an Associate Editor for NFL and college football at ClutchPoints. He has been covering sports for over 12 years at sites like Sports Illustrated, The Game Day, and countless others. Born and raised in California, he is a graduate of Virginia Tech and a diehard Hokies fan who now resides in southern Maryland.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-hamstring-concern-during-practice">ongoing hamstring injury recovery</a> for Memphis Grizzlies power forward Jaren Jackson Jr. will continue into the regular season. Jackson Jr. <a href="https://x.com/DamichaelC/status/1848432230307135597" rel="noopener">will miss</a> the Grizzlies season opener against the Utah Jazz, per Damichael Cole of Memphis News.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-hamstring-concern-during-practice">Jackson initially injured his hamstring</a> on the first day of training camp. First described as tightness, he later went for testing and the Grizzlies determined he would likely need to sit for most of October, per The Athletic’s Joe Vardon.</p><p>“If the diagnosis confirmed what Jenkins said the Grizzlies are expecting — a hamstring strain for the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year — Jackson would likely miss a substantial portion of Memphis’ preseason and, potentially, Memphis’ season opener Oct. 23 against Utah, depending on the severity of the strain,” Vardon said.</p><p>With a couple of back-to-backs to start the season, the Grizzlies may opt to wait until November, when their schedule is less compact, to allow Jackson more time to rest between games.</p><h2><b>Grizzlies can take West by storm</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Grizzlies-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-bringing-the-ball-up-court.jpg"><figcaption>© Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Expectations are a bit low for the Grizzlies. The 2023-24 season was overrun by Ja Morant’s off-court drama, but with this team close to fully healthy, they can make a proper run at a title.</p><p>Desmond Bane has blossomed into one of the league’s best No. 2 scorers. He averaged just shy of 24 points per game last year and would be a difference-maker if available for more than just half the season.</p><p>Morant, who only played nine games last year, has also been resting an ankle injury this preseason and should be back at <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-gets-positive-injury-update-season-opener">100 percent to start the season</a>, per Grizzlies.com’s Michael Wallace</p><p>“Word is Ja Morant is likely to return for tonight’s preseason finale vs Heat after sitting out last 3 games to rest sore ankle,” Wallace reported. “Ja returns to a [Grizzlies] offense making strides in adjustments to a higher-paced scheme. He’s talked about how the tweaks positively impact his game.”</p><p>Morant believes this offense is <a href="https://x.com/MyMikeCheck/status/1847312957371240823" rel="noopener">adapting to his strengths</a>, per Wallace.</p><p>“[It’s] a lot different. Not too much stagnant offense. Not too much watch a guy. It’s a lot of movement,” Morant said. “I’m seeing a lot of different looks. Now, I’m getting a lot of catch-and-shoot opportunities, back-cuts, catches on the run. So, I felt like it played right into my hands and allows me to get better looks and don’t have to dribble too much.”</p><p>The Grizzlies open the regular season against the Utah Jazz on Wednesday, October 23 at 9:00 p.m. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. to miss season opener with hamstring injury

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He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a rough 2023<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/memphis-grizzlies-3-bold-predictions-2022-23-nba-season"> season, the Memphis Grizzlies </a>are an easy pick to be one of the NBA’s most improved squads this year. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-breaks-silence-ja-morant-saga">big man Jaren Jackson Jr</a>. already got some bad news.</p><p>Jackson got hurt on the <a href="https://x.com/espn_macmahon/status/1841219934547853688" rel="noopener">first day of training camp</a>, via ESPN’s Tim MacMahon.</p><p>“Grizzlies PF/C Jaren Jackson Jr. experienced hamstring tightness during the first practice of camp. He will get imaging,” McMahon reported.</p><p>Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins said that it might be a strain, and there’s no timetable for Jackson to return yet.</p><p>Jackson <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5810551/2024/10/01/jaren-jackson-injury-grizzlies-hamstring/" rel="noopener">could miss most of October</a>, via The Athletic’s Joe Vardon.</p><p>“If the diagnosis confirmed what Jenkins said the Grizzlies are expecting — a hamstring strain for the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year — Jackson would likely miss a substantial portion of Memphis’ preseason and, potentially, Memphis’ season opener Oct. 23 against Utah, depending on the severity of the strain,” Vardon said.</p><p>While a strained hamstring isn’t a death sentence, it can also be a nagging ailment throughout the season. A compromised Jackson would be a blow to Memphis, as the two-time NBA All-Defensive first-teamer is one of its best players on both ends.</p><h2><b>Grizzlies can ill-afford to lose Jaren Jackson</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-at-the-NBA-Awards.jpg"><figcaption>Benny Sieu-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. dealt hamstring concern during first practice

<!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', '/jaren-jackson-jr-net-worth');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024');   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/2023/10/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.s-net-worth-in-20241.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-30T15:05:26-07:00">September 30th, 3:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-30T15:08:35-07:00">September 30th, 3:08pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024 is $15 million. Jackson is a professional basketball player who currently plays for the Memphis Grizzlies and is one of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-top-100-player-rankings-for-2023-24-season-50-41" rel="noopener">top players in the NBA today</a>.</p><p>He is an NBA All-Star, a two-time All-Defensive First Team selection, led the NBA in blocks twice, an All-Rookie First Team player, and the 2022-23 Defensive Player of the Year. Here’s a closer look at Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024.</p><h2><b>What is Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024?: $15 million </b><b>(estimate)</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.s-net-worth-in-2024-2.jpg"></figure><p>Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024 <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/basketball/jaren-jackson-jr-net-worth#:~:text=FAQs-,Jaren%20Jackson%20Jr's%20Net%20Worth%202023,in%202021%20with%20the%20Grizzlies." rel="noopener">is $15 million</a>. This is according to reputable outlets such as Sportskeeda.</p><p>Jackson was born on Sept. 15, 1999, in Plainfield, N.J., just a few months after his father, Jaren Jackson, Sr. won a ring while coming off the bench for the San Antonio Spurs.</p><p>Jaren Jackson Jrl, attended Park Tudor School, where he kickstarted his amateur basketball career. While playing for Park Tudor School, he <a href="https://www.maxpreps.com/athlete/jaren-jackson/543Mzlz0EeOzMAAmVebBJg/gendersport/basketball-stats.htm" rel="noopener">averaged 10.0 points</a>, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per outing. But during his senior year, Jackson opted to transfer to La Lumiere High School, where he teamed up with eventual NBA champion Jordan Poole.</p><h2><b>Jaren Jackson Jr. plays for Michigan State</b></h2><p>Coming out of high school, Jackson was considered to be a five-star recruit by <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-sports/basketball/recruiting/player/_/id/207895/jaren-jackson" rel="noopener">ESPN</a>. The 6-foot-10 center received offers from several college basketball programs. These included Xavier, Texas A&amp;M, Texas, Stanford, Purdue, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Michigan, Maryland, Kansas, IUPUI, Indiana, Illinois, Georgetown, Butler, Arkansas, Alabama, and Michigan State. Jackson eventually decided to commit to Michigan State.</p><p>Jackson would be a one-and-done talent for Michigan State. With the Spartans, Jackson powered the team by averaging 10.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks per game. Furthermore, he helped the Spartans finish with a 30-5 win-loss record.</p><p>They defeated Bucknell, 82-78 in the Midwest first round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to Syracuse on a 55-53 heartbreaker in the Midwest second round. But for Jackson’s performance, he received multiple college distinctions such as Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Big Ten Freshman of the Year, and McDonald’s All-American. In addition to these awards, Jackson was also part of the Third Team All-Big Ten and the Big Ten All-Freshman Team.</p><h2><b>Jaren Jackson Jr. is drafted by the Grizzlies</b></h2><p>After his lone season in the NCAA, Jackson opted to forego his remaining years of college eligibility by announcing his intention to join the 2018 NBA Draft. During draft night, the Memphis Grizzlies selected Jackson in the first round with the fourth overall pick. Shortly after, he signed a four-year rookie contract, worth $29.3 million, based on <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/memphis-grizzlies/jaren-jackson-jr-26970/transactions/" rel="noopener">Spotrac</a>.</p><p>Jackson confessed that his first move after getting his rookie deal was putting away $200,000 for his future. However, the former Michigan State standout <a href="https://www.sportscasting.com/jaren-jackson-jr-golden-first-purchase-29-million-contract/" rel="noopener">also spent $50,000</a> to pick up a golden watch and other jewelry worth $100,000. Jackson also spent another $70,000 to give back to his family and friends that helped him fulfill his NBA dreams.</p><p>During his first season with the Grizzlies, Jackson didn’t disappoint. He averaged 13.8 points, 4.7 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks per game. For his performance, Jackson was named to the All-Rookie First Team. He was also a silver lining to the Grizzlies’ lowly 33-49 campaign.</p><p>In his sophomore year in the NBA, Jackson improved his production to 17.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 1.4 rejections per outing in his second straight season as a starting center for the Grizzlies. Unfortunately, he also suffered a torn meniscus in the NBA Bubble, sidelining him for the rest of the 2019-20 season and a chunk of the 2020-21 season.</p><h2><b>Jaren Jackson Jr. signs contract extension with the Grizzlies</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jaren Jackson Jr.’s reaction to winning the Defensive Player of the Year award is so wholesome 🥺🏆<a href="https://t.co/QHDHMmmghj">pic.twitter.com/QHDHMmmghj</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1648103054649196545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In the 2020-21 season, Jackson managed to make a successful return. He put up 14.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game in just 11 games. Despite coming off an injury, the Grizzlies were convinced that Jackson was part of their big picture. As a result, the franchise rewarded <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-agrees-to-massive-4-year-105-million-extension-with-memphis" rel="noopener">Jackson with a four-year contract</a> extension worth $105 million.</p><p>Since inking the contract extension, Jackson has emerged as one of the best big men in the NBA. In the 2021-22 season, he averaged 16.3 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 2.3 blocks per game. His blocks production would be enough to lead the entire NBA. Moreover, his efforts on the defensive end earned him a slot in the All-Defensive First Team selection.</p><p>In the 2022-2023 season, Jackson made the All-Defensive First Team and led the NBA in blocks for the second straight year, this time by averaging 3.0 a game. By anchoring the defense for the Grizzlies, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-beats-evan-mobley-brook-lopez-for-dpoy-plum" rel="noopener">Jackson was crowned</a> Defensive Player of the Year. Furthermore, he also made his first-ever All-Star Game appearance.</p><p>Jackson averaged a career-high 22.5 points per game in 2023-24, but the Grizzlies struggled through injuries and suspensions and finished at just 27-55.</p><h2><b>Jaren Jackson Jr. representing Team USA</b></h2><p>Fresh from being crowned as the Defensive Player of the Year in the NBA, Jackson was called up to play for Team USA. At the 2023 FIBA World Cup, Jackson struggled to contain opposing international big men.</p><p>He averaged 8.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 0.9 blocks per game while shooting 62 percent from the field. After failing to adjust to the international style of play, Jackson drew criticism for his play at the world meet.</p><p>But worse, Jackson could hardly make his presence felt in the paint. As a result, Team USA failed to even finish at the podium at the 2023 FIBA World Cup after losses to Lithuania, Germany, and Canada, whom they lost at the bronze-medal game.</p><p>But despite a disappointing campaign, Team USA still came away with <a href="https://thegame-onemega.com/how-much-money-do-fiba-world-cup-champions-take-home/" rel="noopener">some prize money</a>. For being part of the event, the entire team received $53,000.</p><p>With Team USA advancing all the way to the bronze-medal game, they received an additional $107,000 for making it to the second round and an additional $1.2 million for placing fourth. Jackson did not participate in the 2024 Olympics.</p><p>Nevertheless, were you at all stunned by Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaren Jackson Jr.’s net worth in 2024

<!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', '/mavs-news-jaren-jackson-jr-luka-doncic-impression-myth-nba-draft-bus');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaren Jackson Jr. reveals Luka Doncic first impression ‘myth’ from NBA draft bus');   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/2024/08/Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-reveals-Luka-Doncic-first-impression-myth-from-NBA-draft-bus.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Jaren Jackson Jr. reveals Luka Doncic first impression ‘myth’ from NBA draft bus</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-27T14:59:06-07:00">August 27th, 2:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-27T14:59:06-07:00">August 27th, 2:59pm</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As Luka Doncic stepped into the NBA, anticipation surged not only among fans and analysts but also among his future peers, including <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-jaren-jackson-jr-gives-kevin-durant-his-flowers-with-favorite-player-admission">Memphis Grizzlies All-Star Jaren Jackson Jr.</a> Even before the 2018 draft, Doncic had already built a formidable reputation in European basketball, dominating the EuroLeague as a teenager.</p><p>Despite this, questions lingered about how his skills would translate to the NBA. Known as a prodigious talent in Europe, the transition to the NBA is never guaranteed, and like many, Jackson was uncertain of what to expect from Doncic.</p><p>Many shared the skepticism, but for Jaren Jackson Jr., it became personal when he encountered Doncic on the draft bus. Speaking on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-qZOQRYBQA" rel="noopener">“The Old Man and The Three” podcast</a>, Jackson candidly reflected, “I didn’t know who he was, well I knew who he was. When he got on the draft bus… It’s like your first time seeing this guy everyone’s talking about, like this myth. It’s just like, oh wow, okay.”</p><h2><b>Luka Doncic’s rapid ascent stuns NBA peers, including Grizzlies’ star Jaren Jackson Jr.</b></h2><p>That first impression on the draft bus was just the beginning of an eye-opening experience for Jackson. The weeks and months following would quickly alter any remaining doubts.</p><p>“Then a month later, you’re fine, everything else has just been insane. He looks like he’s been in the league like 100 years,” Jackson said, expressing his amazement at Doncic’s rapid adjustment and the immediate impact he had in the league.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“When he got on the draft bus… It’s like your first time seeing this guy everyone’s talking about, like this myth… Everything else has just been insane. He looks like he’s been in the league [for] like 100 years.”</p><p>Jaren Jackson Jr. on Luka Doncic 😅<a href="https://t.co/rYor4OExh4">pic.twitter.com/rYor4OExh4</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1828208770171720156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><p>Both Jackson and Doncic were top picks in the talent-rich 2018 NBA Draft, with Doncic going third overall to the Atlanta Hawks, then immediately traded to the Dallas Mavericks, and Jackson selected fourth by the Memphis Grizzlies. While Jackson was also highly touted, Doncic’s transition from European sensation to NBA standout was meteoric.</p><p>From his very first games, Doncic demonstrated a veteran’s poise and a game sense that seemed beyond his years. His ability to read plays, make decisive passes, and score with ease quickly set him apart from other rookies and even seasoned players. Jackson’s observations, along with those of many around the league, underscored that Doncic not only met but exceeded the lofty expectations set before him.</p><h2><b>Doncic redefines rookie expectations, emerges as generational talent</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Dallas-Mavericks-guard-Luka-Doncic-77-shoots-the-ball-against-the-Boston-Celtics-during-the-third-quarter-in-game-five-of-the-2024-NBA-Finals-at-TD-Garden.jpg"><figcaption>© Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The performance of Doncic during his rookie season not only captivated his peers but also set a high benchmark for what a newcomer can achieve in the NBA. His arrival signaled the emergence of a generational talent, a narrative that was quickly forming as he continued to impress with each game.</p><p>As Doncic continues to build his legacy, the depth of talent in the 2018 draft becomes even more apparent, affirming his early career in Europe as a clear indicator of his potential. The initial doubts have transformed into widespread recognition of his skills and potential for greatness.</p><p>For Jaren Jackson Jr. and the rest of the league, witnessing the evolution of Luka Doncic from a “myth” discussed in whispers to a dominant force on the court has been nothing short of spectacular. The journey from his mythical status on the draft bus to NBA stardom is a testament to Doncic’s unparalleled skill and dedication to the game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaren Jackson Jr. reveals Luka Doncic first impression ‘myth’ from NBA draft bus

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-gives-kevin-durant-his-flowers-with-favorite-player-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. gives Kevin Durant his flowers with ‘favorite player’ admission');   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/2024/08/Grizzlies-news-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. gives Kevin Durant his flowers with ‘favorite player’ admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-27T08:40:26-07:00">August 27th, 8:40am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-27T08:40:26-07:00">August 27th, 8:40am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kevin Durant may be the NBA player whose reputation among his peers differ the most from how fans perceive him. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/anthony-edwards-perfect-reaction-to-playing-with-idol-kevin-durant-on-team-usa">Durant is beloved</a> in the NBA community, with his game being such a delight to watch from the moment he stepped foot in the league back in 2007. As for Memphis Grizzlies star Jaren Jackson Jr., part of his formative years as an NBA fan was watching Durant tear up the nets in the association, having done so for 11 years before he entered the league as the fourth overall pick of the 2018 NBA Draft.</p><p>In fact, the Grizzlies big man and former Defensive Player of the Year admitted how highly he regards Durant and that the Phoenix Suns star is his favorite player and has been for quite some time.</p><p>“KD’s been doing this for a long time. He was my favorite player growing up,” Jackson said in an appearance on the Old Man &amp; The Three Podcast. “I saw KD go 13-14, all pull-ups. In Memphis. I wasn’t playing. They were all pull-ups, that rim stuff is just boring for him. He’s just trying to have fun.”</p><p>The game Jaren Jackson Jr. is talking about appears to the Grizzlies’<a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/game/3-27-2019-gsw-at-mem-69291" rel="noopener"> March 27, 2019 matchup</a> against Kevin Durant’s old team, the Golden State Warriors. Jackson was not active during that night, and Durant proceeded to torch the Grizzlies by making his first 11 shots. Although, contrary to Jackson’s recollection, they were not all pull-up jumpshots.</p><p>According to ESPN’s <a href="https://www.espn.ph/nba/playbyplay/_/gameId/401071791" rel="noopener">play-by-play</a>, Durant made three dunks and one layup. Moreover, Durant did not miss his first shot — he missed his penultimate shot attempt, an 11-foot pull-up two. He also finished the game 12-13 from the floor, not 13-14 like the Grizzlies big man said.</p><p>Nonetheless, that game was over five years ago, and no one should fault Jackson for not having a completely accurate recollection of the game. The main takeaway is that Durant is a stone-cold killer who makes a living in the midrange. The current Suns star might be the best, purest three-level scorer the game has ever seen, and year-in, year-out, he manages to impress his peers — and deservedly so.</p><h2>Why is Kevin Durant beloved by Grizzlies star Jaren Jackson Jr., NBA colleagues</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Anthony-Edwards-and-Kevin-Durant-celebrating.jpg"></figure><p>From 2007 to 2016, Kevin Durant was so beloved among fans and peers alike. Durant was the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-kevin-durant-reveals-why-time-with-oklahoma-city-was-favorite-era">star of a small-market team</a>, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and they defied their budget constraints by being one of the most consistent contending teams in the league for the majority of the early 2010s. However, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-charles-barkley-clears-the-air-over-kevin-durant-bus-rider-comments">fans’ perception of Durant changed</a> when he joined forces with the Warriors.</p><p>The decision to join the Warriors, however, clearly hasn’t changed how his contemporaries view him. Durant makes the game of basketball look so effortless and his love for the game is almost unparalleled that players like Grizzlies big man Jaren Jackson Jr. revere him as basketball royalty.</p><p>Durant has received plenty of flowers, so to speak, from his colleagues due to how he approaches the game and how he has managed to become comfortable in who he is once more. The Suns star’s legacy is also helped by the fact that he has delivered time and time again for Team USA, winning his fourth gold medal in Paris.</p><p>There may never be a greater encyclopedic definition of “true hooper” than Kevin Durant. And with him approaching the wrong side of 30, fans better appreciate him as much as they can.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. gives Kevin Durant his flowers with ‘favorite player’ admission

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-gets-100-real-on-ja-morants-previous-off-the-court-concerns');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. gets 100% real on Ja Morant’s previous off-the-court concerns');   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/2024/05/Grizzlies-Jaren-Jackson-Jr.-gets-100-real-on-Ja-Morants-previous-off-the-court-concerns.jpg"></figure><h1>Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. gets 100% real on Ja Morant’s previous off-the-court concerns</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-05-08T23:18:58-07:00">May 8th, 11:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-05-08T23:18:58-07:00">May 8th, 11:18pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2023-24 season was a lost one for the Memphis Grizzlies. After three straight seasons of making the playoffs, everything that could go wrong for them went wrong. Ja Morant already began the season on the sidelines after the league <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-star-ja-morant-takes-accountability-after-eye-opening-therapy">suspended him for 25 games</a> for his off-court troubles, and then just as the Grizzlies were looking to make a run in January, they lost Morant to a season-ending shoulder injury. In the end, the Grizzlies finished 13th in the Western Conference with a ghastly 27-55 record.</p><p>Morant became too big of a distraction for the Grizzlies to end the 2022-23 season, as his eight-game suspension in March 2023 cast a huge cloud on the team — a cloud they would not be able to recover from as they suffered a first-round exit at the hands of the Los Angeles Lakers. But for Jaren Jackson Jr., <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ByD7h1Jqz8" rel="noopener">nothing is going to change</a> the brotherhood he has with Morant even though he went through plenty of battles away from the hardwood.</p><p>“That’s our brother. It’s way different than just being someone’s teammate,” Jackson said in a guest appearance on TNT’s Inside the NBA.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>There is always an adjustment period that comes with all the fame and fortune of being one of the most well-known professional athletes on the planet. But now that Ja Morant’s off-court troubles appear to be over and done with, they can now turn their attention to bouncing back next season after injuries ravaged Morant and the rest of the Grizzlies’ season.</p><p>“Sometimes, you make mistakes and stuff happens. But injuries are part of the game, unfortunately, and I’ve been there. [Ja]’s never had an injury like that. He handled it really well. He was still a voice at all times, he never stopped working out. I’m proud of him for that,” Jackson added. “Injuries is part of it. But now that’s over with. We have time to get it back together, and we look ahead.”</p><h2><b>Ja Morant’s 2023 — a year to forget</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ja-Morant-and-Jaren-Jackson.jpg"></figure><p>Ja Morant landed in hot water in March 2023 after he engaged in a pattern of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/ja-morant-timeline-after-grizzlies-star-flashes-gun-instagram-live">concerning off-court behavior</a>. He and his entourage were reportedly caught harassing an employee at a mall, he reportedly punched a 17-year old boy in the face during a pickup basketball game, and then a car allegedly containing Morant and his entourage pointed a laser from a gun towards an Indiana Pacers team bus following a game between them and the Grizzlies.</p><p>However, the low point in Morant’s career was the time he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-under-police-investigation-for-ig-gun-scandal">flashed a gun</a> on his Instagram live while being in an adult club in Colorado. This immediately drew the attention of the league as the Grizzlies reported that their star point guard was taking time off the team. The league then suspended Morant for eight games.</p><p>But Morant’s troubles <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-breaks-silence-after-2nd-gun-scandal">did not end there</a>. He was caught brandishing a gun on Instagram live for the second time in three months, and the Grizzlies promptly suspended him from participating in team activities while the league took its time in determining which punishment fit Morant’s actions. The league settled on a 25-game suspension, putting the Grizzlies on the backfoot from the get-go of the 2023-24 season.</p><p>Since then, it seems like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-adam-silver-positive-ja-morant-update-troubling-year">Morant has learned his lesson</a>. No reports about any concerning activity of his has come out since then. Now, the Grizzlies can put the distractions away with hopes of restoring the team to its rightful place in the Western Conference.</p><h2><b>Grizzlies’ season from hell</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Lakers-forward-LeBron-James-23-dunks.jpg"></figure><p>Just to put in perspective how decimated by injuries the Grizzlies were, a total of 33 players suited up for the team this past season. This <a href="https://twitter.com/Grizzlies_szn/status/1788043552825426278" rel="noopener">set the record</a> for most players to suit up for a single team in a single season in NBA history.</p><p>They also fielded 51 different starting lineups as they lost Ja Morant for a total of 73 games, Desmond Bane for 40, and Marcus Smart, the team’s major offseason acquisition, for 62. In a bit of a plot twist, it was Jaren Jackson Jr., a player who missed plenty of time early in his career due to injuries, who led the team in games played with 66.</p><p>The Grizzlies had no semblance of continuity, although they did unearth a few gems that should make them an even deeper team come next season. GG Jackson, their 2023 second-round pick, looked like a keeper thanks to his athleticism and penchant for scoring the basketball. Vince Williams is a do-it-all, playmaking wing who can defend at a high level. Scotty Pippen Jr. looks like a solid bench piece.</p><p>The hope now for the Grizzlies is that they avoid the injury bug in the 2024-25 season and avoid falling into off-court troubles once more.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr. gets 100% real on Ja Morant’s previous off-the-court concerns

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He has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren was forced to exit Monday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies after he collided with Jaren Jackson Jr.</p><p>Duren <a href="https://x.com/DimeUPROXX/status/1774951554782503053?s=20" rel="noopener">lost a tooth</a> in the collision, per Dime:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jalen Duren is out for the rest of Grizzlies-Pistons after he lost a tooth from colliding with Jaren Jackson Jr.<a href="https://t.co/P4aMmKRC8v">pic.twitter.com/P4aMmKRC8v</a></p><p>— Dime (@DimeUPROXX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DimeUPROXX/status/1774951554782503053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 2, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The incident happened with just under seven minutes remaining in the first quarter of the game. The Pistons big man was defending Jackson Jr. as he attempted to drive. Jackson and Duren collided head-to-head, and both players were shaken up on the play.</p><p>Reaction was swift on social media.</p><p>“Oh great, just what we all needed – a toothless basketball match #NBAinjuries #GrizzliesvsPistons #SeriouslyThough,” Majesty Dakota Gray wrote.</p><p>X user Josh’wa Nelson added, “Out with a lost tooth? Shieetttt, rinse that shit out and get back out there.”</p><p>Another commented named Captain Price said, “Status Alert: Jalen Duren (tooth fairy) will NOT return to Monday’s game.”</p><p>“Jalen Duren losing a tooth wasn’t a great start to his 13 boards and 15 points I’m needing. But if the Hornets, and Trailblazers can win, I wouldn’t be upset,” Devin Hill added.</p><p>“Yoooo Jalen Duren, If you reading this, DONT come back. Fanduel will void you, so we’re good. IF YOU DO COME BACK, YOU BETTTA GET 9 MORE FKN REBS!!” X account 21PHX21 furthered.</p><p>Duren has played well for the Pistons this season, averaging 13.9 points and 12.0 rebounds a night in his 56 games played.</p><p>A couple of weeks ago, Jalen Duren had a dominant performance for the Pistons against the Toronto Raptors. He finished the night scoring 24 points, missing just one shot while going 8-of-9 from the field. He also grabbed 23 rebounds and dished five assists in his stat-stuffing performance on March 15.</p><p>After that game, Pistons teammate Isaiah Stewart had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-jalen-duren-dominates-raptors-for-detroits-second-straight-victory">high praise for Duren</a>.</p><p>“The sky is the limit for him. I tell him every day, everybody tells him every day the sky is the limit for him. I’m excited for what the future holds for him,” Stewart said of Duren. “That performance he did tonight, that’s what I expect out of him every night because he’s capable of doing it every single night. That should be his next goal, just doing it every single night because he’s a man-child. I love JD, that’s my little bro so I’m proud of the way he played tonight.”</p><p>No word on how much time the Pistons may be without Duren.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Pistons’ Jalen Duren loses tooth, out vs. Grizzlies after nasty Jaren Jackson Jr. collision

<!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-jaren-jackson-jr-s-latest-injury-update-should-please-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaren Jackson Jr.’s latest injury update should please fans');   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/2024/03/Grizzlies-news-Jaren-Jackson-Jr-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaren Jackson Jr.’s latest injury update should please fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-15T20:48:55-07:00">March 15th, 8:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-15T20:48:55-07:00">March 15th, 8:48pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Memphis Grizzlies have been plagued with <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-ja-morants-reaction-roster-turnover-injury-riddled-season" rel="noopener">injury issues</a> this season. They’ve had one of the lengthiest injury reports in the NBA and have needed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-gg-jackson-plan-will-fire-up-fantasy-basketball-managers" rel="noopener">some of their rookies</a> and two-way contract players to play major minutes so they can field a roster. But as the season winds down, they’re slowly but surely getting players back in the lineup. In addition to Desmond Bane, the Grizzlies are expected to have Jaren Jackson Jr. <a href="https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/sports/nba/grizzlies/2024/03/15/desmond-bane-injury-update-memphis-grizzlies-jaren-jackson-jr-santi-aldama/72962990007/" rel="noopener">back from a quad injury</a> on Saturday as per Damichael Cole of The Memphis Commercial Appeal.</p><p>Jaren Jackson Jr. has missed the last two games for the Grizzlies as he’s dealt with a quad injury. Despite the Grizzlies injury woes, Jackson has been one of the more relatively healthy players on the roster. He’s suited up in 57 games this season at exactly 32 minutes per game. He’s also in the midst of having one of his best seasons.</p><p>Jackson had been averaging a career high 22.4 points per game, 5.6 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.6 blocked shots with splits of 44.4 percent shooting from the field, 32.6 percent shooting from the three point line and 80.9 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>The No. 4 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft, Jackson has become one of the better defensive players in the NBA. He had a tough outing though in the offseason as part of Team USA during their disappointing finish at the FIBA World Cup.</p><p>Jackson figures to be a major piece for the Grizzlies next season when they’re healthy and ready for playoff contention.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2024-25 SEASON STATS
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