The Grizzlies expect Quincy Pondexter (knee) to play against Sacramento on Tuesday.

He's been out with an MCL sprain since December 17, so it's obviously a fairly serious sprain to force him to miss that much time. Pondexter played 22 minutes per game in his games off the bench while minute-eating Rudy Gay was active, so he might be able to get to 24 per night with Tayshaun Prince now holding down the fort at small forward. He can be left on almost all waiver wires.

Quincy Pondexter (sprained MCL) has been cleared to practice without contact.

Pondexter ran full speed and dunked Monday, but there's still no official timeline for his return. He won't do enough when healthy to help fantasy owners, but he will be a nice bench piece for coach Lionel Hollins.

Quincy Pondexter (sprained knee) ran full speed and dunked on Monday, though he remains without a specific return date.

The Grizzlies are 11-8 since he went down in late December, and his return will be a nice boost for the depth chart, especially with Lionel Hollins using a tight eight-man rotation.

Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins indicated that he plans to use an eight-man rotation until Quincy Pondexter (knee) returns.

Newcomers Ed Davis and Austin Daye, who both played just five minutes in their Memphis debut, will have to prove to Hollins that they can be regular contributors. Tayshaun Prince saw a whopping 32 minutes off the bench, and every starter played at least 34 minutes on Friday. It's time to cut bait on Davis if you haven't already, and it doesn't appear Daye is headed for a rebirth in Memphis right now.

Quincy Pondexter (sprained MCL) is set to begin the final phase of his rehab on Monday.

Having been cleared earlier in the week to do light exercises, Pondexter is expected to begin doing more on Monday. He will be allowed to do work on an elliptical machine and treadmill, and he'll also be allowed to do "light shooting." There remains no timetable for his return to action.

Quincy Pondexter (sprained MCL) is targeting to begin "some activity" in about two weeks.

Pondexter has been out since late December with the injury, and it doesn't sound like he'll be back before early February at the soonest. Pondexter's minutes have been absorbed by guys like Tony Allen and Wayne Ellington in the his absence.

An MRI confirmed that Quincy Pondexter has a sprained MCL, and his return date is uncertain.

Pondexter wrote that he hopes to return "in a few weeks," and this is great news after he needed to be carried off the court on Saturday. Wayne Ellington should pick up the most minutes in his absence.

Quincy Pondexter returned to action on Saturday December 29.

Quincy Pondexter injured his knee in the second half of Friday's game.

He was in a lot of pain and needed some help to the locker room. He couldn't put any weight on it and the Grizzlies might have to count on Wayne Ellington to pick up some extra minutes.

Quincy Pondexter missed practice Thursday with a right calf strain.

The injury was termed mild and with the Grizzlies off until Saturday, it's unlikely Pondexter will miss any game action. We're listing him as day-to-day, but check back Friday for another update. However, if Rudy Gay is back in his starting role Saturday, Pondexter's fantasy value will be moot once again.

Quincy Pondexter was added to the starting lineup at the last minute on Wednesday, as Rudy Gay didn't make it back to the Grizzlies from Christmas break in time for the game.

It will be interesting to see if Gay faces any penalties from the Grizzlies, while QP finished with 13 points, five rebounds and three 3-pointers on 3-of-13 shooting. Gay is expected to rejoin the team on Thursday and we expect him to play on Saturday. And if it happens, Pondexter will go back to obscurity.

Quincy Pondexter scored 14 points on 6-of-13 shooting off the Grizzlies bench on Saturday, adding two 3-pointers, two rebounds and one steal in 28 minutes.

This was Pondexter's first game with double-digit points in over two weeks, as he and the rest of the reserves took advantage of extra playing time in a blowout. There's no reason to think QP will build on this performance.

Quincy Pondexter hit all six of his field goal attempts (including four threes) to finish with 16 points, six rebounds, and three assists in 26 minutes off the bench on Friday against the Hornets.

Pondexter does this every once in a while, but especially with Tony Allen (groin) back in the lineup this should be viewed as the exception and not the rule.

Quincy Pondexter admitted that he's searching for consistency.

"My thing is to be consistent," Pondexter said. "The best way to do that is with effort. You're not going to score every game. But I just want to go out and control everything by my effort." Pondexter is averaging 6.5 points, two boards, 1.1 treys and 0.9 steals on 40.9 percent shooting in 24 minutes per game this season.

Quincy Pondexter scored a season-high 16 points with three rebounds, one steal and two 3-pointers against the Suns on Tuesday.

He also played a season-high 37 minutes as he helped fill the void left by Tony Allen (back spasms). Allen shouldn't be out much longer and most owners can leave Pondexter on the wire. The Grizzlies are off until Friday.

Quincy Pondexter put up 14 points off the bench on Monday, hitting 5-of-8 shots (including two threes) with two rebounds and one assist in 22 minutes.

Pondexter has never really produced when given minutes, so we'll need to see some consistency before we advise him for pickup in any format.

The Grizzlies have picked up Quincy Pondexter's fourth-year option.

Pondexter will earn $2.2 million in 2013-14, which will likely be a contract year since (barring unexpected improvement) the Grizzlies probably wouldn't extend a $3.3 million qualifying offer in the summer of 2014. Pondexter has no fantasy value in the Grizzlies' deep rotation.

Quincy Pondexter (knee) returned to action on Thursday, scoring two points in 10 minutes off the bench.

Pondexter could slide into the playoff rotation based on matchups, but isn't going to play an important role, nonetheless.

Quincy Pondexter's (knee) MRI was negative and he'll be listed as day-to-day.

Pondexter avoided any serious injury here and the swingman will return to his typical role in the rotation off the bench when he's healthy enough to play.

Quincy Pondexter left Monday's game during the first half due to a left knee injury and will not return.

Pondexter will have an MRI on Tuesday and with the Grizzlies at full strength, he is just depth for the end of the rotation.