Grizzlies center Brandon Clarke out for the season with Achilles tear / News - Basketnews.com

Brandon Clarke suffered the injury in the Grizzlies-Nuggets game on Friday night. He will miss the rest of the season.

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In the middle of the Ja Morant controversy, the Memphis Grizzlies received bad news on the injury front.

Brandon Clarke

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According to Adrian Wojnarowski from ESPN, big man Brandon Clarke will miss the remainder of the season with an Achilles tear.

Clarke has spent his entire four-year NBA career with the Grizzlies. This season, the center averages 10 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 1.3 assists.

The player suffered the injury in the Grizzlies-Nuggets game on Friday night. Clarke went down grabbing the back of his left leg at the end of the first quarter. He was helped to the locker room after a non-contact injury.

The team later ruled him out for the rest of the game. Clarke was seen moving through Denver's arena premises on a golf cart.

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