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MINNEAPOLIS --- Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph will miss up to eight weeks after magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed that he suffered a slight tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee, sources with knowledge of the situation told The Commercial Appeal.

The injury will not require surgery and doctors will re-evaluate Randolph in two weeks.

Randolph was believed to only have a bruised MCL. He did not travel with the team for its road game tonight against the Minnesota Timberwolves. He remained in Memphis and is wearing a knee brace.

Randolph suffered the injury after teammate O.J. Mayo inadvertently fell into his legs during the Grizzlies’ 40-point loss Sunday at Chicago. Randolph left the game with a minute left in the first quarter and he didn’t return.

Last season, Randolph missed four games after suffering a deep tailbone bruise in the season-opener.

Esohny wrote:Mike Conley also day-to-day. Haven't seen if he's likely to play tonight yet.

Esohny wrote:Mike Conley also day-to-day. Haven't seen if he's likely to play tonight yet.

funkatron101 wrote:

Esohny wrote:Mike Conley also day-to-day. Haven't seen if he's likely to play tonight yet.

He played last night, didn't he?

funkatron101 wrote:

Esohny wrote:Mike Conley also day-to-day. Haven't seen if he's likely to play tonight yet.

He played last night, didn't he?

cpfsf wrote:This month we play two games against Memphis without Z-Bo and we're not going to have to worry about Manu Ginobili on the 27th.

weasel wrote:

funkatron101 wrote:

Esohny wrote:Mike Conley also day-to-day. Haven't seen if he's likely to play tonight yet.

He played last night, didn't he?

He played 22+ minutes last night.

B Calrissian wrote:Not that it is the same situation but Barea is list as day to day and he sat out one game, played 16min the next, then sat out the one after. Hopefully the Grizz think we will be easy to beat and rest Conley.

shrink wrote:8 weeks? Man - maybe they'll have to do something about their size.

Do you think they'd consider reducing the protection on their pick in exchange for size?

B Calrissian wrote:Not that it is the same situation but Barea is list as day to day and he sat out one game, played 16min the next, then sat out the one after. Hopefully the Grizz think we will be easy to beat and rest Conley.

theGreatRC wrote:This isn't an automatic win for us. They still have a #1 option in Gay when they lost their #1 option in Z-BO.

I really want this win tonight with the thrashing they gave us last year, especially when Marc Gasol hit that 3

funkatron101 wrote:

theGreatRC wrote:This isn't an automatic win for us. They still have a #1 option in Gay when they lost their #1 option in Z-BO.

I really want this win tonight with the thrashing they gave us last year, especially when Marc Gasol hit that 3

I'm not going to say that for any game this year.

Love has been held in check in eight career games against the Grizzlies, averaging 13.4 points and 9.4 rebounds - his lowest rebounding mark against any Western Conference opponent.

WesJ4 wrote:It would be tempting to run out a big frontcourt at them all night, but we have to be able to cover Gay. I don't think missing Randolph will hurt them as much as people think.

theGreatRC wrote:

funkatron101 wrote:

theGreatRC wrote:This isn't an automatic win for us. They still have a #1 option in Gay when they lost their #1 option in Z-BO.

I really want this win tonight with the thrashing they gave us last year, especially when Marc Gasol hit that 3

I'm not going to say that for any game this year.

True, i'm actually really worried about the Cavs game after this.

Anyway,

Love has been held in check in eight career games against the Grizzlies, averaging 13.4 points and 9.4 rebounds - his lowest rebounding mark against any Western Conference opponent.