One of the NBA’s most impressive young stars, Ja Morant, left Monday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets with an ankle injury.
According to the Memphis Grizzlies, their star point guard has a sprained ankle. X-rays were performed on Morant’s ankle that didn’t show any fractures, but the team will perform an MRI on Tuesday to better understand the severity of the injury.
The 21-year-old sophomore was selected second overall by the Grizzlies in the 2019 NBA Draft and has immediately become a star in the league. Over the first two games of this season, Morant averaged a startling 36 points and eight assists.
He finished last season with an average of 17.8 points, 7.3 assists, and 3.9 rebounds on his way to being named Rookie of the Year.
Morant was able to take the Grizzlies—a team that most experts originally thought would have one of the worst records in the league last year—to the brink of qualifying for a playoff spot in 2020.
Memphis has high expectations and would like to reach the playoffs in 2021, but they won’t be able to do it without a healthy Morant leading the team. Understandably, this is why the Grizzlies will hope that his ankle injury is not a serious one.
