Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell was all ready to play in Sunday's Game 1 against the Memphis Grizzlies. He declared Thursday he was preparing to return from his ankle injury after going through practice. His name soon disappeared from the injury report. He said Sunday morning he was “ready to go.”

Then, all of a sudden, Mitchell was ruled out with the ankle injury that kept him out of the final 16 games of the regular season. Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said Mitchell met with the medical staff before the game and they ruled him out, leaving the All-Star extremely unhappy.

After the Grizzlies stunned the Jazz in Game 1, Mitchell posted a cryptic tweet about his situation:

Just what the heck happened here? It's understandable the Jazz want to be as cautious as possible with one of their star player, but it was so bizarre to see him go from definitely ready to play to being out. You toss in this cryptic tweet and it's clear there's a major disconnect between the medical staff and player.

Perhaps Donovan Mitchell's ankle got worse after shootaround and it was determined he shouldn't play. There are times where medical staffs have to protect a player from himself. The Jazz also may have thought they could afford to be more cautious because they thought they'd win Game 1 without him.

But as of right now, it's unclear why Mitchell didn't play, and he's mad about it. This isn't a good look for Utah:

Teams are often weirdly secretive about injuries, but the Jazz need to be transparent about what's going on here. They need to fix whatever disconnect is there with Donovan Mitchell, because pissing off a star player is a good way to ruin an amazing season.

This all looks way worse with the Jazz losing Game 1 in stunning fashion. Mitchell's teammates were clearly surprised that he wasn't able to play. While that doesn't excuse blowing an early 14-point lead against an 8-seed, it had to have impacted their overall mindset.

It will be interesting to see when Donovan Mitchell actually returns to the court. Game 2 isn't until Wednesday, so he has several more days to recover. If he doesn't play in that game, this will become even more bizarre.

The Jazz should still win this series regardless, but they probably weren't expecting this early drama after finishing the regular season with the best record in the NBA.