Early player news:
Enes Kanter (left knee contusion) will not play on Saturday against the Spurs.
His injury is keeping him out way longer than expected, especially after getting a practice in earlier this week. Kanter should still be back soon and those who have held him for this long should probably keep him around for the next few days. Daniel Theis should get the start again with minutes in the 20s while Robert Williams has some value as a backup.
Coach Mike D'Antoni said that Eric Gordon (hamstring) is "good to go" for Saturday's game vs. the Bulls.
Gordon initially suffered the injury late in Monday's win over Memphis. He did not play on Wednesday against the Warriors, but it appears it will be just a one-game absence. Nonetheless, Gordon has been incredibly inefficient on the offensive end this season, shooting only 27.8% overall, including 23.3% from downtown, and a career-low 66.7% from the free-throw line.
Chandler Hutchison will replace Otto Porter (left foot sprain) in the starting lineup Saturday vs. Houston.
Hutchison started the second half of Wednesday's game in place of Porter and tallied nine points (2-of-6 FGs, 5-of-7 FTs), four rebounds and one assist in 29 minutes. Hutchison started 14 games last season and averaged 6.9 points, 5.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists in 28.0 minutes in those 14 starts.
Otto Porter Jr. (left foot sprain) has been ruled out of Saturday's game vs. the Rockets, and coach Jim Boylen said it’s a soft tissue injury so it's difficult to place a timetable on it.
Porter, who has been dinged up by minor face and ankle injuries this season, checked himself out of Wednesday's game in obvious discomfort due to the foot issue and was able to return to the contest. We'll await an update, but it appears he's likely to miss multiple games. Otto has struggled early on in 2019-20, averaging just 11.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists. Chandler Hutchison will start in his place vs. Houston on Saturday.
That's it for the early news. Check back later. :moneybag::steam_locomotive:
Here is some help data for the day my friends...
MEM: B2b
Usage rate leaders: Ja Morant (29.5%), Jonas Valanciunas (24.4%), Jaren Jackson Jr. (23.1%), Tyus Jones (19.4%), Dillon Brooks (18.7%), Brandon Clarke (17.8%)
Touches per game leaders: Morant (71.6), Valanciunas (48.4), Jones (44.2), Jackson Jr. (41.2), Jae Crowder (43.6), Clarke (43.2), Brooks (34.4)
Potential assists per game leaders: Morant (10.8), Jones (7.4), Crowder (4.8), Clarke (3.8), Brooks (4.6), Jackson Jr. (2.4)
DraftKings points per-minute leaders: Valanciunas (1.34), Morant (1.20), Jackson Jr. (1.00), Clarke (1.14), Jones (0.82), Crowder (0.74), Brooks (0.83)
Warriors from past 4 games only:b2b
Usage rate leaders: D'Angelo Russell (40.2%), Eric Paschall (23.8%), Ky Bowman (17.9%), Damion Lee (22.7%), Willie Cauley-Stein (17.8%), Omari Spellman (14.7%), Jordan Poole (23.6%), Glenn Robinson III (13.4%)
Touches per game leaders: Russell (89), Bowman (76.5) Eric Paschall (69.8), Robinson III (45.3), Lee (50.5), Poole (43.5), Cauley-Stein (30.3)
Potential assists per game leaders: Russell (14), Bowman (8), Paschall (4.3), Poole (4.3), Lee (4.8), Robinson III (4)
DraftKings points per-minute leaders: Russell (1.48), Cauley-Stein (0.99), Lee (0.96) Robinson III (0.76), Paschall (1.03), Bowman (0.74), Poole (0.70)
New Orleans: b2b
Usage rate leaders: Brandon Ingram (28.1%), Frank Jackson (25.2%), JJ Redick (18.9%), Jrue Holiday (20.8%), Jahlil Okafor (23%), Nickeil Alexander-Walker (23.7%), Nicolo Melli (18.6%), Derrick Favors (18.5%), Lonzo Ball (17%), Josh Hart (15.8%)
Touches per game leaders: Holiday (76), Ball (75), Ingram (60), Hart (44.3), Favors (44.7), Jackson (32.5), Redick (27.7)
Potential assists per game leaders: Holiday (13.8), Ball (12.3), Ingram (6.2), Alexander-Walker (5.5), Hart (3.8)
DraftKings points per-minute leaders: Ingram (1.39), Okafor (1.21), Alexander-Walker (1.04), Ball (1.06), Favors (1.00), Hart (0.92), Melli (0.89), Jackson (0.91), Holiday (0.91), Redick (0.66)
Dall: b2b
Usage rate leaders -- Luka Doncic (31.8%), Kristaps Porzingis (27.6%), Tim Hardaway (19.1%), Dwight Powell (17.7%), Seth Curry (15.7%), Jalen Brunson (18.7%), Delon Wright (13.7%)
Touches per game leaders: Doncic (104), Porzingis (62.3), Delon Wright (45.5), Brunson (41.3), Maxi Kleber (40.8)
Potential assists per game leaders; Doncic (16.8), Wright (8.8), Hardaway (4.3), Porzingis (3.3), Kleber (3)
DraftKings points per-minute leaders -- Doncic (1.60), Porzingis (1.25), Wright (1.00), Kleber (0.85), Powell (0.66), Curry (0.78)
HOU:
Usage rate leaders: James Harden (40.1%), Russell Westbrook (27.5%), Clint Capela (18.8%), Eric Gordon (17.1%)
Touches per game leaders: Harden (81.2), Westbrook (79), Capela (47.2), PJ Tucker (43.7), Gordon (29)
Potential assists per game leaders; Westbrook (19.2), Harden (15.2), Tucker (2.3), Gordon (2.5)
DraftKings points per-minute leaders; Westbrook (1.54), Harden (1.50), Capela (1.12), Tucker (0.81), Danuel House (0.82), Gordon (0.47)
CHI:
Usage rate leaders: Zach LaVine (29.7%), Lauri Markkanen (23.4%), Coby White (25.3%), Thaddeus Young (20.9%), Wendell Carter (18.9%), Otto Porter (19%)
Touches per game leaders: LaVine (61), Markkanen (45.6), Satoransky (43.2), Carter (41.6), Kris Dunn (31.8), White (32.5), Porter (29.8)
Potential assists per game leaders: LaVine (9.3), Satoransky (8.9), Dunn (3.6), White (3.2), Markkanen (3.2)
DraftKings points per-minute leaders; LaVine (1.08), Markkanen (1.01), White (0.91), Carter (1.01), Young (0.94), Dunn (0.82), Satoransky (0.78), Porter (0.77)
Cha:
Terry Rozier 24.8%
Dwayne Bacon 23.5%
Devonte' Graham 23.2%
Cody Zeller 20.0%
Malik Monk 19.4%
OKC:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 25.7 %
Danilo Gallinari 25.4%
Chris Paul 23%
Hamidou Diallo 21.3%
Steven Adams 16.6%
Fantasy Points Per Dollar Breakdown: Very important to also start the day with along with the salary on Fantasy Draft placed in order of salary:
James Harden
SG HOU @ CHI $21000 2.74
Luka Doncic
PG DAL @ MEM $17200 2.97
Russell Westbrook
PG HOU @ CHI $16600 2.93
D'Angelo Russell
PG GS @ OKC $15700 2.33
Brandon Ingram
SF NO @ CHA $14700 2.93
Jrue Holiday
PG NO @ CHA $14400 2.7
Clint Capela Probable today to play
C HOU @ CHI $14400 2.71
Kristaps Porzingis
PF DAL @ MEM $13800 2.77
Zach LaVine
SG CHI vs HOU $13700 2.79
Ja Morant
PG MEM vs DAL $13400 2.66
Terry Rozier
PG CHA vs NO $13400 2.86
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
PG OKC vs GS $13000 2.9
Danilo Gallinari
SF OKC vs GS $12700 2.65
Lauri Markkanen
PF CHI vs HOU $12700 2.52
Chris Paul
PG OKC vs GS $12600 2.77
Salary Savers High Value!:
Jonas Valanciunas
none
C MEM vs DAL $12000 2.74
Wendell Carter Jr.
C CHI vs HOU $10800 2.69
Dwight Powell
PF DAL @ MEM $9500 2.7
Jaren Jackson Jr.
PF MEM vs DAL $9000 2.86
Alec Burks
SG GS @ OKC $8700 2.73
Coby White
PG CHI vs HOU $8300 2.71
Thaddeus Young
PF CHI vs HOU $8200 2.84
Willie Cauley-Stein
C GS @ OKC $7600 2.72
Jahlil Okafor
C NO @ CHA $7300 2.98
