Grizzlies’s star Jaren Jackson Jr. suffers a grass injury, needs a procedure after having ink a new Max agreement from $ 240 million

Memphis Grizzlies’s star, Jaren Jackson Jr., went down with an injury to the finger of the foot that needs a repair procedure, the same day when he ink a new maximum extension with the franchise.

The Grizzlies announced on Tuesday evening Acckson “suffered a grass foot injury in the right foot” while participating in a basketball escape from the team structure. Further details on the injury are not known, but it will undergo a procedure to repair it.

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There is still no temporal sequence for his return, but it is expected that he will resume completely. It has several months before the start of the 2025-26 campaign, so there is a lot of time to return.

The news came about 24 hours after the Grizzlies hit a new maximum extension of five years, $ 240 million with Jackson at the beginning of the free agency. Jackson’s New Deal is provided with a player option for the 2029-30 campaign and will pay him about $ 48 million a year.

Jackson spent his entire career with the Grizzlies. He marked an average of 22.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per game last season while earning his second nod of All-Star. He was ready to enter the last year of a four -year agreement with the Grizzlies this autumn, which would have made him a free agent next summer. Now, however, it is under contract until the end of the decade.

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The move was one of the many grizzies made on Monday. They also signed three -year agreements with Santi Aldama and the former Cleveland Cavaliers Ty Jerome guard. The Grizzlies went 48-34 last season and carried out the playoffs through the play-in tournament after separating the longtime coach Taylor Jenkins, but they fell in the first round. Since then they have promoted Tuomas Lisci from his temporary post to replace Jenkins.

While Jackson’s injury seems less and there is a lot of time for him to recover, the times only one day removed from the reception of a maximum contract are certainly not exceptional.