Isaiah Stewart on Edey, Post Absences: ‘Next Man Up Mentality’

By admin — In News — November 14, 2026

   ​Zach Edey and Quinten Post are both out Friday night for the Memphis Grizzlies at the New Orleans Pelicans, and Isaiah Stewart is not on the team’s injury report. Edey is listed with left ankle injury management. Post remains in the concussion protocol.Grind City Media’s Michael Wallace posted Stewart’s shootaround interview Friday, hours before the 7 p.m. CT game at Smoothie King Center. Scotty Pippen Jr., Richie Saunders, Karim López, and Jahmai Mashack are also out for Memphis. López is on a G League assignment, and Mashack is listed with a two-way G League designation.Stewart on Stepping Up for Edey and Post”Next man up mentality, you know, is very important,” Stewart said. “You know, when you have a soldier down, you got to step up and, you know, be able to, you know, take care of, you know, whatever your job is that’s going to help the team win.””So just trying to, you know, go out there and, you know, do that tonight, you know, step up and, you know, obviously next guy that’s coming in after me, you know, be ready to do his job as well,” Stewart continued.Post has been out since Monday in Toronto, where he took an elbow to the face while defending a Jamison Battle drive and left for good at the 4:03 mark of the first quarter. Edey played 22:45 in that 118-102 win over the Raptors and was on the floor for 9:07 of the fourth quarter. He had 8 points and 9 rebounds.”Zach always does great,” Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo said. “It doesn’t always show up on the box score, but his impact is felt every night.”Taylor Hendricks got a bigger share of the minutes in Toronto, too. He had been averaging 4.3 minutes over his previous four appearances, then played 15:41 and went 4-of-5 for 9 points.Stewart missed that game and the one before it with a right knee bone bruise. He was back Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets, played 18:03, and fouled five times, finishing with 3 points, 1 rebound, and 2 assists. Iisalo had him out there with Edey for the last 13.9 seconds of a 123-118 loss. Edey logged 19:33 that night and had 2 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 block.Stewart on Matching the Road Record at HomeMemphis is 5-0 away from FedExForum and 2-4 at home, where it has lost four straight.”Just, you know, just try to take care of business, you know, come and do our job, you know, follow the assignment and game plan,” Stewart explained. “And, you know, we need to bring that back home and, you know, do the same thing at home court as well.”Stewart got to Memphis in June. The Grizzlies sent three future second-round picks to the Detroit Pistons for him on June 24, and those were the same three picks Detroit had sent Memphis a night earlier, when the Grizzlies moved back to No. 21 and drafted López. Detroit had kept him longer than anyone else on its roster.In 8 games with Memphis, the 6-foot-8 forward-center is averaging 10.8 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 0.8 assists.Stewart scored 14 points the last time the Grizzlies saw New Orleans, a 135-134 overtime loss on   

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