Forward Chandler Parsons debut for the Memphis Grizzlies has been bumped up to Sunday afternoons home game against the Portland Trail Blazers. Ryan Miller Jersey .Parsons originally planned to wait until Tuesday night to play, according to league sources, but he was declared ready after a phenomenal pregame workout Friday night.Felt great in workout. Im ready to rock, Parsons told ESPN in a text message. No reason to wait.Memphis signed Parsons, widely considered the most high-profile free-agency addition in franchise history, to a four-year, $94 million maximum contract in July despite his previous two seasons ending prematurely with surgeries on his right knee. Concerns about the knee prompted the Dallas Mavericks to decline to make a serious bid to keep Parsons after he opted out of the final season of his contract last summer.The Grizzlies exercised extreme caution, as Parsons recovered from arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in the knee -- an operation he underwent in March -- less than a year after having a more complicated hybrid microfracture procedure on the knee. Parsons didnt begin full participation in Memphis practices until the week before the regular season began and sat out the Grizzlies first six games.Parsons reported no problems with the knee since he started full-speed workouts, but conditioning is a concern after such a lengthy layoff and with little practice time to work his way back into shape.The Grizzlies are off to a 3-3 start and need the scoring punch and playmaking the 6-foot-10 Parsons can provide. Memphis is averaging 95.0 points per 100 possessions, the leagues fourth-worst offensive rating.Parsons will likely start on a minutes restriction in the low 20s. He got off to a slow start last year when he dealt with strict minutes restrictions early in the season, but the Grizzlies gave him more time to work into a rhythm than he got a year ago, when he pleaded to play in the first week of the season.Parsons played the best basketball of his career last season before reinjuring the knee, averaging 18.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game while shooting 51.9 percent from the floor and 47.7 percent from 3-point range over a two-month span. Michael Del Zotto Jersey . Emery skated the length of the ice and fought an unwilling Holtby during the third period of the Flyers 7-0 loss Friday night in Philadelphia. He was given 29 penalty minutes, including a game misconduct. But Emery did not face even a disciplinary hearing with NHL senior vice president of player safety Brendan Shanahan because rules 46. Nicolas Deslauriers Jersey . Then the Pacers gave Oladipo and his Orlando teammates the cold shoulder. Paul Georges buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter spurred a 21-4 run, finally sending Indiana past the Magic 97-87 in a tougher-than-expected opening night matchup. https://www.cheapducks.com/457c-randy-ladouceur-jersey-ducks.html .J. -- New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz will miss the rest of the season after having surgery on his left knee. KINGSTON, R.I. -- E.C. Matthews scored 22 points and Hassan Martin had 15 points and nine rebounds Monday night to lead No. 21 Rhode Island to a 107-65 victory over Marist in the Hall of Fame Tipoff Tournament.Kuran Iverson and Jared Terrell scored 14 apiece for the Rams (2-0), who are making their first appearance in The Associated Press Top 25 since 2007-08.Khallid Hart scored 19 points and Brian Parker had 18 for Marist (0-2). URI shot 57 percent from 3-point range and outrebounded the Red Foxes 42-21.Marist scored the first five points of the game and led 7-2 before the Rams reeled off 16 in a row. Rhode Island scored six of the last seven points in the first half to open a 25-point lead at the break and tthen added the first five points of the second. Josh Mahura Jersey. IG PICTUREMarist: The Red Foxes opened the season with back-to-back games against ranked teams, losing to No. 1 Duke in their opener on Friday.Rhode Island: This is the easy part for the Rams, who played Dartmouth in the opener. Its all a warmup for No. 24 Cincinnati, followed by either Penn State or Duke, in the Tipoff Tourneys championship round at Mohegan Sun Casino.UP NEXTMarist: Hosts Vermont on Wednesday night.Rhode Island: Plays Brown in Kingston on Wednesday in the second of four games in the Hall of Fame tournament. ' ' '