Memphis Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant will make his return against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night after missing eight games with a hip

After taking a hard fall in a game against the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this month, Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant suffered a right hip subluxation and pelv

Ja Morant is expected to make his return to the Memphis Grizzlies Monday night against the Portland Trail Blazers, NBA reporter Chris Haynes reports. Morant has missed the last eight Grizzlies games with a hip injury. He suffered the injury on a fall on Nov. 6 against the Los Angeles Lakers and was initially listed as week-to-week.

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant was upgraded on the latest injury report ahead of Monday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers.

T he Memphis Grizzlies are hosting the Portland Trail Blazers in the second meeting of their regular-season series tonight. The last time these two faced off it ended in a blowout

Morant has been out since November 6, having missed Memphis’ past eight games due to what the team referred to as a posterior hip subluxation (without dislocation) along with multiple associated Grade 1 pelvic muscle strains. He suffered the injury when he fell awkwardly to the court after trying to catch an alley-oop pass.

He's surpisingly only played in eight games for the Grizzlies this season, on even equally surpisingly low numbers. On the season, Morant is averaging 20.6 points, 9.1 assists, and 5.0 rebounds on 45/26/83 shooting from the field.