Forward Chandler Parsons plans to make his Memphis Grizzlies debut on Tuesday, multiple league sources told ESPN.

Parsons' first game in a Grizzlies uniform will come in Memphis' eighth game of the season, a home date against the Denver Nuggets, sources said.

Memphis signed Parsons, 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 due to 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 didn't 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.

Parsons, a 6-foot-10 forward with rare playmaking ability for a player his size, got off to a slow start last year when he dealt with strict minutes restrictions early in the season.

However, he played the best basketball of his career 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.