Zach Edey Cleared for Full-Speed Action as Grizzlies Finally Get Good Injury News

The Memphis Grizzlies getting positive injury news feels like a typo, but we will take it. General Manager Zach Kleiman confirmed today that center Zach Edey has officially been cleared for full-speed basketball activities following a brutal ankle injury, according to a report relayed by Underdog NBA via @MyMikeCheck.

For a franchise that has spent the last two years treating its medical tent like a VIP lounge, this is massive. Edey is no longer just a theoretical basketball player rehabbing in the background.

"Grizzlies GM Zach Kleiman: Zach Edey (ankle) cleared for full-speed activity."

The massive center had his previous campaign derailed by season-ending ankle surgery. When you are built like a commercial skyscraper, lower-body injuries are terrifying. Add in a random elbow issue and a past trip through the concussion protocol, and Edey’s medical chart was starting to read like a CVS receipt.

Now, he is back on the floor and moving at full speed. You cannot teach size, but you also cannot use size if it is permanently strapped into a walking boot. Memphis desperately needs his gravity in the paint to make their rotation work.

This clearance completely shifts how you have to look at the Grizzlies heading into the fall. Anyone eyeing Memphis futures or early-season player props finally has a concrete reason to factor the big man back into the math without holding their breath.

Edey is now fully on pace to suit up for the October 21 regular-season opener against the Utah Jazz. If his ankles hold up, the rest of the Western Conference is going to have a massive problem to deal with on opening night.