The veteran center was ruled out for the entire season with a knee injury, putting a serious dent in Memphis’s hopes of making a run to the NBA Finals.
. Then, on Sunday, the club released a bit of news that legitimately might knock Memphis from contender status: Starting center Steven Adams, who missed the back half of last season with a right knee injury,That might sound like an overreaction for a talented group like the Grizz, who still have reigning Defensive Player of the Year Jaren Jackson Jr., the ’21-22 Defensive Player of the Year in Marcus Smart and sharpshooter Desmond Bane.
It’s easy enough to assume that little will be lost by simply sliding Jackson over into Adams’s role. But the structure of how Memphis goes about rebounding often looks wholly different depending on whether Adams is on the floor, particularly on offense., a rate that would easily rank as best in the league if it were the Grizzlies’ overall number.
With Morant’s suspension, Adams and Clarke being out, Tyus Jones and Dillon Brooks being with different clubs, and Smart and Derrick Rose being newcomers, this season figures to be a bit of a whirlwind for the Grizzlies. Given that all these things in the flux and Adams is slated to miss the entirety of the campaign, it’s a bit more challenging now to see the Grizzlies truly contending for an NBA crown this season—even if they have managed to hang near the top of the standings with key injuries and off-court issues in the past couple of seasons.
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