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Bal joins the long list of Grizzlies players who won’t be available for Sunday’s regular-season finale. The rookie was on a 10-day contract, and he hopes that his play was good enough to earn a summer league opportunity with the Grizzlies or another NBA team.

While Clayton and Prosper did not play in Friday’s loss to the Jazz, Bal started and logged 38 minutes. Getting Clayton and Prosper back on Sunday would do wonders for the Grizzlies, who played just six players due to injuries. Lucas Williamson and Jahmai Mashack played all 48 minutes on Friday.

The Grizzlies are extremely light on bodies for Friday’s game, and they’re rolling out another new starting lineup. Mashack and Okani are the only holdovers from Wednesday’s loss to the Nuggets, with Williamson, Whitehead and Bal moving from the bench to the starting five.

Clayton is on the injury report for Saturday’s game after playing 23 minutes off the bench in Friday’s loss to the Rockets. Memphis reportedly signed Adama Bal to a 10-day contract earlier Saturday, and he may play rotation minutes due to the Grizzlies’ injuries on the perimeter. However, he should not be streamed in any fantasy league.

Bal, an undrafted rookie who played his college basketball at Santa Clara, has been with the Westchester Knicks of the NBA G League this season. In 29 games for the Knicks, the 6-foot-7 guard averaged 7.4 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.0 assists in 18.4 minutes.