Category: Memphis Grizzlies Blog

The Memphis Grizzlies today announced that guard Scotty Pippen Jr. underwent a successful sesamoidectomy today to address discomfort in his right big toe.

Pippen Jr. will miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season but is expected to make a full recovery in advance of the 2026-27 season.

The Memphis Grizzlies today announced the team signed guard DeJon Jarreau to a 10-day contract.

Jarreau (6-5, 185) has appeared in 10 regular season games in two NBA seasons with the Grizzlies and Indiana Pacers and has averaged 4.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 15.1 minutes. He competed in nine games for Memphis during the 2023-24 season.

This season, the 28-year-old has played 19 regular season games (seven starts) for the Grizzlies’ NBA G League affiliate, the Memphis Hustle, and has averaged 15.2 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.1 assists in 22.7 minutes. He has appeared in 63 career regular season games (31 starts) for the NBA G League’s Hustle, Fort Wayne Mad Ants, Texas Legends and Capital City Go-Go and has recorded 12 double-doubles, including four triple-doubles (all with the Hustle).

The New Orleans native, who joined the Grizzlies for the 2025 preseason, went unselected in the 2021 NBA Draft following his senior year at Houston, where he was named the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

he Memphis Grizzlies today announced the following medical updates:

Brandon Clarke is progressing well in his rehabilitation of a Grade 2 right calf strain that was sustained on Dec. 20 against the Washington Wizards. Clarke is expected to return to play in 4-6 weeks, and further updates will be provided as appropriate.

Zach Edey continues to recover from a stress reaction in his left ankle initially diagnosed on Dec. 11. Based on the unanimous recommendation of consulting experts, Edey will continue on his current plan of offloading and rehabilitation, with a reevaluation to follow in approximately six weeks.

Scotty Pippen Jr. is progressing well in his recovery from a sesamoidectomy that was performed on Oct. 21 to address discomfort in his left great toe. Pippen Jr. is expected to return to play in 4-6 weeks, and further updates will be provided as appropriate.

The Memphis Grizzlies have re-signed forward Santi Aldama to a multi-year contract.

Aldama (6-11, 224) appeared in 65 games (16 starts) and set career highs by averaging 12.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.9 assists in 25.5 minutes while shooting 48.3 percent from the field and 36.8 percent from 3-point range with the Grizzlies last season. He has increased his scoring, rebounding and assist averages year-over-year in all four seasons since he was acquired by the Grizzlies with the 30th overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

The 24-year-old scored at least 20 points 10 times last season, including a career-high 29 points on January 17, 2025, at San Antonio. He also posted single-game career highs with 17 rebounds on November 25, 2024, vs. Portland and 11 assists on March 1, 2025, vs. San Antonio. His 10 double-doubles set a single-season career best, and his six double-doubles off the bench tied the third-most by an NBA reserve last season.

The Memphis Grizzlies have signed center Jock Landale.

Landale (6-11, 255) has appeared in 221 games (11 starts) and has averaged 5.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 12.8 minutes in four seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets. He also has competed in eight postseason games for the Suns and Rockets. He played 42 games (three starts) and averaged 4.8 points and 3.3 rebounds in 11.9 minutes for Houston last season.

The 29-year-old went unselected in the 2018 NBA Draft following a four-year collegiate career at Saint Mary’s, where he was named the 2017-18 West Coast Conference Player of the Year after leading the conference in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage. He played professionally in Serbia, Lithuania and his native Australia before making his NBA debut with the Spurs during the 2021-22 season.

Landale helped Australia earn bronze, the country’s first Olympic men’s basketball medal, at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He was the team’s second-leading scorer with 12.8 points.

The Memphis Grizzlies have signed guard Ty Jerome to a multi-year contract.

Jerome (6-5, 200) finished third in the NBA Sixth Man of the Year voting last season after averaging a career-high 12.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 19.9 minutes in 70 games (three starts) for the Cleveland Cavaliers. He averaged 11.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists in nine playoff games during the Cavaliers’ run to the Eastern Conference Semifinals and scored 28 points (10-15 FG, 5-8 3P) in his postseason debut in Game 1 of the First Round against the Miami Heat.

The 28-year-old shot 51.6 percent from the field and 43.9 percent from 3-point range – both career bests – and made 87.2 percent of his free throw attempts. He ranked fourth in the NBA in 3-point percentage and was the NBA’s only qualifying player during the 2024-25 regular season to post a 50-40-87 shooting split.

The Memphis Grizzlies have re-signed guard Cam Spencer to a multi-year contract.

Spencer (6-3, 201) appeared in 25 games (one start) as a rookie for Memphis last season and averaged 4.2 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 10.1 minutes. He set career highs with 23 points and seven assists in 37 minutes in his lone start on April 13 vs. Dallas.

The 25-year-old Maryland native also started eight NBA G League games for the Memphis Hustle during the Tip-Off Tournament and regular season and averaged 23.5 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 32.2 minutes while shooting 53.8 percent from the field, 49.3 percent from 3-point range and 76.5 percent from the free throw line. He scored 51 points (18-24 FG, 12-15 3P, 1-1 FT) in a Tip-Off Tournament contest on December 2 vs. Birmingham.

The Memphis Grizzlies have named Tuomas Iisalo (twa-mas EE-za-low) as head coach.

“I have full confidence in Tuomas serving as head coach of the Memphis Grizzlies going forward,” said Grizzlies President and General Manager of Basketball Operations Zachary Z. Kleiman. “Tuomas’ teams at every level have been disciplined, tenacious and connected on both ends of the floor, consistently exceeding expectations. We look forward to the same in Memphis.”

Iisalo was appointed interim head coach on March 28, 2025, and guided the Grizzlies to the NBA Playoffs as the eighth seed in the Western Conference. He originally was hired by Memphis on July 7, 2024, as the lead assistant coach following a decorated coaching career in Europe.

Before coming to Memphis, Iisalo captured the 2023-24 EuroCup championship and EuroCup Coach of the Year award in his first season as head coach of Paris Basketball. The architect of the top offense in competition history, Iisalo led Paris to a 20-1 record and the title in the club’s second EuroCup season.