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In the Grizzlies home contest against the Atlanta Hawks, the team’s starting point guard left the game with an apparent leg injury. 

Towards the end of the first quarter, Morant was trying to find his way past the Hawks’ Kevin Huerter and seemed to injury his left leg as he started moving out towards the 3-point line with a limp without wanting to put any pressure on his left leg.  

Here’s all we know about Morant’s injury:

What is Ja Morant’s injury? 

After subbing out at the 3:12 mark of the first period, Morant remained on the floor next to the team bench and was later helped back to the locker room by the training camp. 

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When he exited the contest, Morant had two points, an assist and a rebound to his name as the Grizzlies trailed 21-15. 

Coming into this game, the 22-year-old was averaging career-highs of 25.3 points and 5.8 rebounds while his 7.1 assists average rank 11th-best in the league. 

How long is Ja Morant ruled out? 

Morant is set to undergo an MRI to know the severity of the injury although it is currently unclear how long he is ruled out.

As per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the team is calling it a left knee injury. 

He did return to the bench in a black hoodie and although he was limping, he wasn’t on crutches.

What is Ja Morant injury history?

The 6-foot-3 point guard has been relatively healthy, having only missed 15 games over the past two seasons for the Grizzlies. 

Having said that, he did miss close to nine games in the 2020-21 season with a Grade 2 ankle sprain, seemingly in the same leg that he has injured against the Hawks. 

Grizzlies upcoming schedule

Following this Hawks game, the Grizzlies have a mixture of home and away games upcoming.

David Moyes feels West Ham must not look for a “quick fix” cash injection as they aim to hold their own in the Premier League and Europe.

West Ham head to Manchester City on Sunday looking to cement their place in the top four, having responded to defeat at Wolves by booking a place in the knockout stages of the Europa League with victory at Rapid Vienna on Thursday night.

Since returning to the London Stadium in December 2019, Moyes has overseen steady progress, from a successful survival battle to finishing sixth last term, above both Tottenham and Arsenal.

But the Hammers boss wants the focus to be on sustaining that over the long term, rather than just going on a January spending spree to chase Champions League football.

“The team, in truth, is a long way away from the real big boys on the pitch, but we are making a really good fist of trying to do it,” he said.

“The players have done a brilliant job in getting to that level if you think that two years ago we were talking about how we were going to avoid relegation.

“It has been a really quick turnaround and we have now got to build on it.”

Earlier this month, Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky completed his purchase of a 27 per cent stake in West Ham.

Kretinsky, who owns Czech club Sparta Prague, and his colleague Pavel Horsky have been appointed to the board at the London Stadium alongside joint chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold and vice-chair Karren Brady.

Documents submitted to Companies House show a “put and call agreement” is in place, meaning majority stakeholder Sullivan can sell his shares to Kretinsky at an already agreed price and Kretinsky also holds the option to buy those shares as well as Gold’s holding.

It is understood these are options held by both parties, only in place for a certain time and not an obligation or a deal agreed for any takeover.

Moyes hopes any new investment will be used wisely and with the bigger picture in mind.

“I really liked Daniel’s words the other day when he talked about looking to build the club and how he would like to take it on,” said Moyes.

“Personally, I don’t think there is a quick fix in building a football club.

“You have to take it through the stages of trying to get a better team, get consistency and edge your players on as you go along.

“If you try to do it too quick, then it fails.”

Moyes added: “You look at Manchester City and the funds they have got, they have taken things on greatly, but even that took time – they are still trying to win the Champions League.

“There are things in football you just cannot buy and I am thrilled it is that way because I would hate to think it was just money that got me success.

“I hope the results are down to good recruitment, good coaching and doing things correctly.”

Posted on 11/26/2021

By: Sean Crose

Brandon Figueroa can put his punches together. He can also maintain range very effectively. He can also end a fight early, as three of his last four opponents can tell you. Yet the undefeated, 22-0-1, 24 year old WBC super bantamweight champion may have his hands full Saturday night at the Park Theater in Las Vegas when he faces the undefeated 19-0 WBO super bantamweight champion Stephen Fulton. Known as “Cool Boy Steph,” Fulton can simultaneously push the action while also employing high end defense – a rare feat. What’s more, he can work the body like it’s no one’s business.

Not that Figueroa can’t work the body himself. Just ask his last opponent, Luis Nery, who he took out with a perfectly placed gut shot in the seventh. What makes this weekend’s title unifier interesting is it’s hard to tell who is going to assert himself more effectively. Both men have heart and each man can go in for the long haul during a bout. The twenty-seven year old Fulton, for instance, fights out of Philly, which means he comes out of a boxing culture born out of grittiness. Figueroa, on the other hand, is the brother of former titlist Omar Figueroa, which means he’s from a boxing family. They may have things in common, but it may well be the little differences that will make all the difference when Fulton and Figueroa do battle in their scheduled 12 rounder tomorrow night.

The undefeated, 18-0, super bantamweight Raeese Aleem will also be appearing on this weekend’s card when he faces off against the 20-1-2 Eduardo Baez in a scheduled 10 rounder. Aleem has dusted his last three opponents within the distance, the most recent being Vic Basillas, who Aleem stopped in the eleventh. As for Baez, his only loss came at the gloved fists of Maricia Lara a full thirteen fights ago. Baez’ latest battle ended in his favor via a second round stoppage over Arcadio Salazar.

Lastly, the 18-0 Gary Antonio Russell will face the 24-2-5 Alexandro Santiago on Saturday in a scheduled 10 rounder at bantamweight. The 28 year old Russell’s last fight was ruled a no contest between he and Emmanuel Rodriguez thanks to an accidental head butt that occurred 16 seconds into the first round. As for Rodriguez, the 25 year old emerged victorious from his last battle – a second round knockout of Juan Gabriel Medina.

The Figueroa – Fulton card will be aired live on Showtime starting at 10 pm eastern time Saturday night.

Posted on 11/26/2021

By: Hans Themistode

After months of back and forth trash talk, protracted preparations, and a long list of outside delays that are now extraneous, both Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos Jr. are now officially set to square off.

With only their ceremonial weigh-in standing in the way of their highly anticipated contest, neither man appeared to be struggling on the scales.

As tempered continued to flare all week long, Kambosos Jr. stepped onto the podium first. The Australian native smiled slyly as his team and supporters cheered loudly. Moments later, it was announced that he officially weighed in at 134.4 pounds.

A shirtless Kambosos Jr. paced back and forth as he waited for Lopez to make his way to the stage. Despite team Lopez stating on numerous occasions that 135 was becoming extremely arduous to make, the unified lightweight titlist appeared to be just fine on the scales. He stood stoically while flexing as it was announced that he weighed in at 135 pounds on the nose.

For both sides, their off again, on again contest is finally set to come to an end. After winning the IBF, WBO, WBA, and WBC Franchise titles in his unification showdown against Vasyl Lomachenko late last year, Lopez has sat sequestered on the sidelines. The New York native had long been hoping to return to the ring at a much sooner date. By all accounts, Lopez was on the verge of doing just that.

Originally, the unified lightweight champion and Kambosos Jr. was on the brink of facing off several months ago under the promotional company Triller, who won their purse bid with an offer of over $6 million. However, the pair would endure several delays due to a combination of COVID-19, and unprecedented pushbacks due to Triller attempting to steer clear of competition in the form of NFL football and other sports.

Thanks to the uncertainty of the event altogether, Triller was found to be in default. From there, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom were given the rights to their contest which will now take place this Saturday night at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.