APRIL 27 • NBA.COM
What's next for Grizzlies after 1st-round playoff exit Memphis now faces coaching decisions and addressing its late-season collapse.
After being swept, Ja Morant argues he figured the Thunder out before injury After being swept, Ja Morant argues he figured the Oklahoma City Thunder out before injury.
APRIL 27 • USATODAY.COM
After first-round round sweep, the Grizzlies now face big decisions for their future
Grizzlies president Zach Kleiman had an extremely frank assessment of Memphis' late-season collapse, a change in head coaches and questions about where the franchise goes from hereAPRIL 27 • Associated Press
Ja Morant - Season ends Saturday Morant (hip) finished the 2024-25 campaign with averages of 23.2 points, 7.3 assists, 4.1 rebounds and 1.2 steals across 30.4 minutes per game in 50 regular-season appearances.
Impact Morant missed Saturday's elimination game loss to the Thunder due to a hip injury. He finished the first-round series with averages of 18.3 points, 5.0 assists and 2.0 rebounds across 27.3 minutes per contest in three appearances. The star point guard dealt with several injuries throughout the season after playing only nine games during the 2023-24 campaign. Morant recorded 13 games with a double-double and one with a triple-double in the 2024-25 season, during which he also supplied shooting splits of 45.4/30.9/82.4 while averaging a career-high 1.8 three-pointers per game.
APRIL 27 • ROTOWIRE
GG Jackson II - Absent from brief playoff run Jackson did not play in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Thunder.
Impact Jackson was ruled out for Game 1 due to personal reasons, but he was available off the bench for the final three games of the series. The 2023 second-rounder missed the first three months of the season while recovering from a procedure to repair a broken fifth metatarsal in his right foot. Jackson saw some action in the G League but spent most of the regular season with Memphis, and across 29 games (three starts) he averaged 7.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists over 15.8 minutes per game, all of which were lower than his numbers in his rookie season.
APRIL 27 • ROTOWIRE
Lamar Stevens - Quiet end to season in loss Stevens ended with no counting stats over zero minutes during Saturday's 117-115 loss to Oklahoma City in Game 4 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Impact Stevens briefly checked in and committed a foul in the final seconds of Saturday's elimination game loss. The 27-year-old forward totaled four points, four rebounds and an assist across 12 minutes in two appearances during the first-round series. Stevens is slated to be an unrestricted free agent during the offseason, and he finished the 2024-25 campaign with averages of 4.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 0.5 assists across 9.1 minutes per game in 17 regular-season outings (one start).
APRIL 27 • ROTOWIRE
Marvin Bagley III - Idle in final two playoff games Bagley did not play in Game 3 or 4 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs against the Thunder.
Impact Bagley saw extended playing time in a Game 1 blowout, finishing with 17 points, five rebounds, two steals and one block over 16 minutes, but he proceeded to record only one rebound over 11 minutes in Game 2. Bagley started the regular season with the Wizards but was traded to the Grizzlies in early February. He appeared in just 12 regular-season games (one start) for Memphis due to an ankle injury and concussion, averaging 3.6 points and 2.3 rebounds over 8.3 minutes. The 2018 first-round pick out of Duke will enter the offseason as an unrestricted free agent.
APRIL 27 • ROTOWIRE
