Officially confirmed! He was injured just after signing the maximum salary, the Grizzlies took a look, and another parallel contract in the NBA may be born

As we all know, in the past few years, the Grizzlies have been at the forefront of the Western Conference under the leadership of Morant, Bain and Jaren Jr., but due to Morant's injury attributes, the three giants have been unable to achieve their expected results in the playoffs, and were swept out by the Thunder 4-0 last season. The team has lost many years and the management has completely lost patience. The team took the lead in firing the first shot in the trading market during the offseason. They exchanged the second leader Bain for the Magic's Pope, Anthony Jr. and multiple draft picks, improving the team's outside defense while further strengthening the depth of the lineup. Just when the outside world agreed that the Grizzlies would continue to push for the lineup change, they actually reached a five-year, 240 million max salary contract with Jeren Jr.

It is worth mentioning that Jerry Jr.'s contract is the highest-paid among the Grizzlies' Big Three, and even the boss Morant is less than 200 million. However, just when the Grizzlies officially decided to continue to build a championship lineup around them, Jaren Jr. unexpectedly withdrew due to injury. The Grizzlies took a look and another parallel contract in the NBA was born.

It is reported that Jerry Jr. was accidentally injured while playing jungle ball outside during the offseason. The Grizzlies then officially announced that his injury needed surgical treatment and his injury will be reviewed in three months. But according to NBA reporter Brian Windhorst, it takes 4-5 months for Jerry Jr. to recover, which also means that Jerry Jr. will withdraw from the entire summer league and the NBA 2025-26 preseason and cannot play.

was seriously injured when he signed the maximum salary. The Grizzlies management once again took a look. If he had known that he shouldn't have offered him such a maximum salary today, and even said that he shouldn't have traded Bain, and the person who should have sent it away was Jialun. Last season, Jialun Jr. played 74 regular season games for the Grizzlies, and averaged 22 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game. Putting aside his scoring ability, he is also worthy of the Grizzlies' betting on the future in terms of defensive contributions.

But as a defensive player, this sudden injury has really disrupted the team's deployment of the new season. After all, although the toe injury is not a serious injury for a professional player, it is also very likely to recur the old injuries. Therefore, I think that the contract extension between the Grizzlies and Jaren Jr. may become another garbage contract in the NBA. After all, I was injured just after getting the maximum salary, and the Grizzlies are too miserable.