Memphis middle Steven Adams will probably be out for just a few extra weeks to get better from the sprained ligament in his proper knee, the workforce mentioned on Thursday.
Adams damage the posterior cruciate ligament in his knee on January 22 in a recreation towards Phoenix when diving for a free ball within the last seconds.
Initially, the Grizzlies mentioned he would miss three to 5 weeks. But Adams had a stem cell injection on Wednesday and can “be reevaluated in approximately four weeks,” the workforce mentioned in an announcement.
Adams was main the NBA in offensive rebounds when he was injured and averaging 8.6 factors and 11.5 rebounds per recreation.
The Grizzlies are additionally with out guard Ja Morant, who is not going to face expenses in Colorado associated to a livestreamed video wherein he gave the impression to be displaying a gun in a strip membership. The workforce mentioned on Wednesday that the earliest Morant might play is March 17 at San Antonio — and there’s no assure that’ll occur.
