Quinten Post Available for Grizzlies After Missing 2 Games

The Memphis Grizzlies cleared Quinten Post to play Wednesday night against the Indiana Pacers at FedExForum. The team posted the update at 6:11 p.m. CT, 49 minutes before tip-off.

Post had been questionable with a right ankle sprain. He has not played since Oct. 29.

That night in Portland, he sprained the ankle and did not return. The team called him doubtful to come back. He left with 10 points and 4 rebounds on 3-of-5 shooting, 2-of-3 from deep, and Memphis won 124-103.

He sat out the Oct. 31 home win over the Sacramento Kings as doubtful. On Monday, he was questionable against New Orleans until a 6:06 p.m. update ruled him out.

Scotty Pippen Jr. is still out with a lumbar disc herniation.

Monday’s 135-134 overtime loss to the Pelicans was the first for the Grizzlies this season. They had opened 6-0, tying the franchise’s best start.

Zach Edey fouled out. He had 6 points and 9 rebounds, and Isaiah Stewart finished one foul short of joining him, with 14 points and 5 rebounds. Ty Jerome scored 40 on 14-of-22 shooting.

Stewart’s own ankle kept him out of the season opener. He sprained the left one two minutes into his Grizzlies debut, an Oct. 5 preseason game in Atlanta.

Back in October, Post was waiting on Stewart to get healthy.

“When I played the Grizzlies last year, I think they had half a big on the roster,” Post said. “So just to have bodies to throw out there, obviously Zach brings a very unique skill set, just size to the game, to the team, and then I bring a different element with my spacing ability, obviously, and then hopefully we’ll get Stew back soon and we’ll have a great rotation.”

Memphis went 25-57 last season.

Post has not started for Memphis. His high is 12 points, on 5-of-6 shooting, in the Oct. 26 win at Utah, and 9 of those came in one third-quarter stretch.

Jerome singled him out afterward in an interview with Grind City Media, the Grizzlies’ in-house outlet.

“That’s who we know that we are,” Jerome said. “Each game has been a little different. Tonight we had everyone step up. Shout out to them. Quinten Post finally had a great game, and he was big for us tonight.”

“Everyone down the line was huge for us tonight,” Jerome continued. “That’s who we are. We’re a deep team. We’ve been saying that all year. And we’re going to try to show something.”

Before that, Post had scored 7 in the opener against Utah, 2 at Golden State, and 7 at Sacramento.

Golden State let him go in restricted free agency. Memphis gave him a three-year, $30 million offer sheet in July, and the Warriors did not match.

They had taken him with the 52nd pick in 2024, out of Boston College, and brought him up through their G League team in Santa Cruz.

“I’m always very grateful to the Warriors organization,” Post said. “They drafted me, they gave me a chance out of the G League. I didn’t start up top. I started in their G League system. And so it’ll always be a place that’s special to me. The city of San Francisco is great.”

“Great organization, but now we’re here, I’m really happy to be here, and tonight I just want to kill them, to be honest,” Post continued.

Last season he played 67 games for the Warriors with 35 starts, averaging 7.7 points and 4.0 rebounds. He made 33.6% of his 3s.

Indiana comes in at 2-6 and on a five-game losing streak. The Pacers used only six players in Monday’s 108-104 home loss to the Atlanta Hawks. Pascal Siakam, who rested that night, is off Wednesday’s injury report, and Ivica Zubac was listed as questionable with a left ankle sprain.

At 6-1, Memphis trails only Houston in the Western Conference. The Rockets are 7-1.

Oklahoma City visits FedExForum on Friday at 7 p.m. CT, and Memphis heads to Toronto for a Monday game.