Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant could be making his season debut in front of a national audience.
The Grizzlies will play their 26th game of the season on Dec. 19 against the New Orleans Pelicans on TNT, according to the NBA schedule released Thursday. It will be the first game Morant is eligible to return after serving a 25-game suspension for conduct detrimental to the league.
Memphis will open the regular season Oct. 25, also against the division rival Pelicans. Like the Grizzlies, the Pelicans are one of the young teams that could make a push in the loaded Western Conference.
It is still unclear when Morant will be allowed to be with the Grizzlies at their team facilities, but the examples of long suspensions of other NBA players indicate he likely will be around the team well before Dec. 19.
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