Former NBA All-Star Penny Hardaway is planning to spend his brief holiday break watching basketball. Just not the NBA.

A mock trade has the Memphis Grizzlies sending Ja Morant to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for three players, including a former Grizzlies guard.

Grizzlies vs Clippers predictions and NBA picks for Monday, December 15. With Ja Morant back, Jaylen Wells & Co. will handle L.A.

Check out the streaming options and the TV channels for the regular-season game between the Timberwolves and the Grizzlies on 7.

The Grizzlies host the Jazz on Friday as 7.5-point favorites with a total of 238.5 points.

Former Vol Jahmai Mashack made his NBA regular-season debut for the Grizzlies. He totaled six points and two rebounds in six minutes. Mashack converted 2-of-4 field goal attempts and 2-of-4 three-point attempts.

Before Morant suffered a right calf strain, the Grizzlies limped to a 4-10 start that felt like a hangover from last season's nightmare. New head coach Tuomas Iisalo brought in a pick-and-roll scheme designed to leverage Morant’s downhill gravity, but the disconnect was immediate.

Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey will be reevaluated in four weeks after being diagnosed with a stress reaction in his left ankle, the team announced on Dec. 11.

Vanderbilt coach Mark Byington is committed to renewing the basketball series against Memphis. Byington stated that teams within Tennessee should compete against each other annually. The Commodores will travel to Memphis for the first game of the renewed series.

Memphis Grizzlies rookie guard Cedric Coward is outperforming his preseason expectations so far this year. Coward, the No. 11 overall pick in the 2025 NBA Draf