‘The hope was this would never have happened’: Grizzlies discuss steps for Morant return

Safe to say none of us expected this from one of the most anticipated games of the season. The Warriors first game back in the bluff city since last year's playoffs. But while Golden State has its best player back from injury, Steph Curry, the Grizzlies are nowhere close to 100%. We know John Morant continues to be away from the team for his off the court problems. And now we find out that big man Steven Adams, who looked to be inching closer to return will miss the next four weeks after needing a stem cell injection into that troublesome right knee. That means Steve always likely out for the rest of the regular season. And let's not forget that his top backup Brandon Clark is out for the year with a torn Achilles.

Taylor Jenkins tonight with what John needs to do to return to the team. There's definitely steps are gonna have to be met, you know, personally and professionally as he deals with some stuff personally to get better. And then obviously the expectations on the team. He's gonna have some things that he's gonna have to clear again. He's out at least the next four games. You know, no one wants to know what's this gonna be. It's the hot topic for sure.

But he's taking time, his responsibility to get better. Um, you know, personally, that's a big factor in this. And also as his responsibility, the team is something that we're addressing with him that, you know, he's fully on board.

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