Overview

• Team officials said Morant injured his left ankle in Sunday’s practice and is considered week-to-week, with no detailed severity disclosed.
• Reporting indicates he is likely to miss most or all of the preseason, and the team has not set a return timeline.
• Memphis faces early roster strain as Jaren Jackson Jr., Zach Edey and Brandon Clarke are sidelined or ramping back.
• If Morant sits to start the season, Tuomas Iisalo could lean on Scotty Pippen Jr. and Ty Jerome at point guard.
• Morant’s extended availability issues, alongside the offseason trade of Desmond Bane to Orlando for Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and draft picks, heighten pressure on the reworked roster.