Grizzlies' Steven Adams to undergo knee surgery, miss season - ESPN

Memphis Grizzlies center Steven Adams will not play this season as he needs to undergo surgery on his injured right posterior cruciate ligament in his knee, the team announced Sunday.

Adams has not played for the Grizzlies since suffering the injury in January, with Memphis saying Sunday that «non-operative rehabilitation did not resolve ongoing knee instability.»

The Grizzlies said they expected Adams to make a full recovery for the 2024-25 season.

Adams was originally expected to miss three to five weeks when he was first injured diving for a loose ball during a game against the Phoenix Suns. But that absence extended into the rest of the 2022-23 season and now all of 2023-24.

The 30-year-old is under contract through 2024-25 after reaching a two-year, $25.2 million extension during training camp last year. He has averaged 7.5 points and 10.6 rebounds per game since joining the Grizzlies in the 2021 offseason.