The Memphis Grizzlies are under heavy scrutiny following a controversial decision regarding star guard Ja Morant. As they prepare to face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday night in a game with playoff seeding implications, the franchise has found itself in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant will sit out against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a strained left hamstring.

At least two league executives, however, questioned the demand for Morant in the trade market. And firing Morant’s only coach, while the Grizzlies are headed for the playoffs with just two weeks

Morant reportedly didn’t like that the new system took “the ball out of his hands and removes the screens he likes to use as a ball handler to make plays,” relying instead o

Despite the solid all-around season they have had, the Grizzlies made the decision on Friday to fire head coach Taylor Jenkins. Jenkins has been the head coach in Memphis since the 2019-20 season. With his tenure as the Grizzlies' head coach now over,

Despite speculation that Ja Morant may have been unhappy with some of the developments under Taylor Jenkins, the Memphis Grizzlies star expressed how "tough" it was to see the previous head coach fired.

It caught the Grizzlies players off guard, too. Nobody expected Memphis to fire coach Taylor Jenkins with just a few weeks left in the regular season — the team had slipped in recent months but was still 15 games over .

Ja Morant reportedly has some issues with the Memphis Grizzlies, even after the team's decision to fire head coach Taylor Jenkins. Even before Jenkins'