The inside line has suffered a large-scale injury wave! Are the Grizzlies falling behind at the beginning of the season?

Sports Weekly All Media Reporter Li Hui

Before the new season began, the Memphis Grizzlies suffered large-scale personnel injuries, especially the team's inside line, which was almost wiped out. According to the famous ESPN reporter Shams Charanie, Grizzlies center Brandon Clark will undergo surgery to deal with knee synovitis and will undergo a comeback in 6 weeks, which means Clark will miss the game at the beginning of the new season.

In addition to Clark, two more important players in the Grizzlies' inside also suffered injuries during the offseason. The Grizzlies announced the team's injury report today, among which Jaren Jackson Jr. will miss 4-6 weeks, and last season's rookie Edie will miss 6-9 weeks.

In this way, the Grizzlies will lack two main insiders at the start of the new season. Now they can play healthily, only Langdale and Hall, among which the latter has no experience in playing in the NBA. It is no exaggeration to say that at the beginning of the new season, the Grizzlies will be the weakest team in the entire league's interior reserves.

Once upon a time, confrontation and height were the advantages of the Grizzlies, but they suffered repeated injuries in the past two seasons. Last season, the Grizzlies barely entered the playoffs and were eventually eliminated by the Thunder. In the new season, the competition in the West is still fierce. Judging from the current situation, it is quite difficult for the Grizzlies to show their competitiveness. During the offseason, the Grizzlies lost their absolute core Desmond Bain for the past few years, and the team added backcourt players such as Pope and Jerome, but they obviously had a hard time replacing Bain's role. The best period for this Grizzlies was 21-23. They won second place in the Western Conference in 2022. At that time, Morant Bain Jackson was the team's iron triangle. With Bain's departure, the strength of this Grizzlies has already declined a lot. In addition, Jackson suffered an injury, Morant's life was destined to not be easy at the beginning of this season. He needs to play a more representative personal performance so that the Grizzlies can avoid being left behind by other teams at the beginning of the season.

In any case, this will be another difficult season for the Grizzlies. Last season, they returned to the playoffs with a relatively complete lineup, but now, they may face the embarrassment of missing the playoffs in three years and two. Once this situation continues, the team will undoubtedly face greater personnel changes, and Morant's departure will not be an alarmist statement.