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The Memphis Grizzlies have signed wing Lucas Williamson to a second 10-Day contract.

Williamson (6-4, 205) has appeared in five games (one start) and has averaged 9.0 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 28.2 minutes since signing his first 10-Day contract on March 31. The 27-year-old has averaged 16.5 points in his last two games.

The Chicago native competed in 46 games (15 starts) for the Memphis Hustle and Windy City Bulls during the 2025-26 NBA G League Tip-Off Tournament and regular season and averaged 7.2 points in 23.7 minutes. He went unselected in the 2022 NBA Draft following five years at Loyola Chicago, where he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year twice (2021, 2022) and led the Ramblers to the 2018 NCAA Final Four.

The Memphis Grizzlies have signed wing Lucas Williamson to a 10-day contract.

Williamson (6-4, 205) has appeared in 46 games (15 starts) for the Memphis Hustle and Windy City Bulls during the 2025-26 NBA G League Tip-Off Tournament and regular season has averaged 7.2 points, 2.3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.1 steals in 23.7 minutes. The 27-year-old has competed in 139 NBA G League games (46 starts) over four seasons with the Ontario Clippers, Hustle and Bulls.

A native of Chicago, Williamson played five years at Loyola Chicago, where he was named the Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year twice (2021, 2022) and was a member of the Ramblers’ 2018 NCAA Final Four team. He went unselected in the 2022 NBA Draft.

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.