The Memphis Grizzlies revealed on Monday night that Morant will need season-ending surgery in the coming days due to a ruptured labrum in his right shoulder. The club said that Morant suffered the injury during a Saturday training session, and on Monday, an MRI verified the ailment.

The precise incident in practice that resulted in the injury is unknown. When the next season begins, it is anticipated that the 24-year-old will be completely healed.

This season, Morant only appeared in nine Grizzlies games due to a 25-game ban he received in June for publicly displaying a pistol on social media. This was merely Morant’s second off-court incident in as many months. After flashing what seemed to be a pistol at a Colorado nightclub and being connected to events in which he reportedly beat a youngster at home and threatened the head of security at a Memphis mall, he received an eight-game suspension the previous season. After a heated game the previous season, his group reportedly threatened Indiana Pacers employees as well.

Last month, after serving his ban, Morant led the Grizzlies to victory against the New Orleans Pelicans with a game-winning basket and 34 points. In his nine games this season, Morant has averaged 25.1 points, 8.1 assists, and 5.6 rebounds.

“They got on my ass a little bit, too, but it was necessary,” Morant said of his group of friends during his suspension last month. “Obviously, take a lesson from me since a lot of people in this world make blunders. Have another opportunity to learn from your mistakes and become a better version of yourself.

“Ja, I’m proud of you with how you carry yourself,” is something I hear and see from them often, and I can see how it has affected them as well. .. That, in my opinion, was the positive outcome of this exercise. We really elevated myself, my family, and my team to new heights, even if I really don’t want it to have occurred.

Despite having just a 13-23 record going into their game against the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, the Grizzlies have won three of their last four games. Without Julius Randant, who was out due to right shoulder pain, they defeated the Phoenix Suns 121-115 on Sunday.