Ja Morant enters NBA health and safety protocols

Ja Morant’s return to the Memphis Grizzlies could be delayed further as the star guard entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols on Wednesday, the team announced. Morant was not present at shootaround this morning. He’s still recovering from a sprained knee and per coach Taylor Jenkins’ timeline of a “couple of weeks”, he wasn’t expected to return for the Grizzlies’ three remaining games this week.
Source: Evan Barnes @ USA Today Sports

What’s the buzz on Twitter?

Drew Hill @DrewHill_DM
The Grizzlies will miss having @Ja Morant on the sideline with them tonight. Maybe Taylor Jenkins can pick up the vibes by coaching in a tech suit?
“Ja can (convince him),” Jaren Jackson said. “Taylor is just waiting for someone to ask him.” dailymemphian.com/section/sports… – 3:33 PM CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA COVID-19 health and safety protocols tracker: Injured Grizzlies star Ja Morant added to list
https://t.co/T0WYzCpeGN pic.twitter.com/fh4RafiGUu – 1:01 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Ja Morant, already sidelined with an ankle sprain, has entered the league’s health and safety protocols, the Grizzlies announced. He reportedly is vaccinated and has his booster. – 12:50 PM Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
The Grizzlies say Ja Morant, already sidelined indefinitely by a left knee sprain, has entered the NBA’s health and safety protocols.
More NBA from me: marcstein.substack.com – 12:47 PM Chris Mannix @SIChrisMannix
Ja Morant has entered the NBA’s Health & Safety protocols, per Grizzlies. – 12:47 PM Marc J. Spears @MarcJSpears
Grizzlies say injured star guard Ja Morant has entered health and safety protocols. – 12:46 PM Chris Haynes @ChrisBHaynes
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has entered the league’s Health and Safety protocols, the team announces. – 12:45 PM JD Shaw @JShawNBA
Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has entered health and safety protocols, team says. – 12:45 PM Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Grizzlies‘ Ja Morant has entered COVID-19 health and safety protocols, team says. – 12:45 PM Ja Morant @JaMorant
For Day 8 @Hyperice and I wanna hear about groups that support first responders, healthcare workers or youth charities & we’ll hook up one fan and the org you nominate 💪🏽 Tweet me your favorites using #Jas12DaysOfKindness – 12:24 PM Mike Prada @MikePradaNBA
Starting to wonder if this short-term Ja Morant injury ends up being the best thing to happen to the Grizzlies’ future, if only to show them just how good Bane and Jackson can be. – 4:17 PM StatMuse @statmuse
The Grizzlies haven’t trailed in 20 straight quarters.
They have outscored opponents by 129 points in the last 5 games.
Ja Morant hasn’t played a single minute. pic.twitter.com/GI6DSgOviN – 3:51 PM

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Adrian Wojnarowski: Ja Morant is fully vaccinated and has had his booster shot, source tells ESPN. -via Twitter @wojespn / December 8, 2021 Shams Charania: The Bulls now have four players in COVID-19 health and safety protocols — guard Matt Thomas is expected to miss several games, sources said. Thomas joins DeMar DeRozan, Coby White and Javonte Green in protocols. -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / December 8, 2021 Shams Charania: Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan will miss at least 10 days in health and safety protocols, or unless he has two negative tests in 24-hour period moving forward, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. -via Twitter @ShamsCharania / December 7, 2021