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Nba today NBA NEWS 01/15/20
BKN Wilson Chandler - Will play
BKN Garrett Temple - Questionable
• Harris and Prince will get plenty of minutes if these two are out again
Kyrie should be good to go, however he may not get full 32 min. run as speculated.
PHI Joel Embid – OUT
• Mike Scott will start again but we are not super interested in him
• Harris, Horford, Richardson and Simmons all get the bumps with Embid off the floor
BOS Daniel Theis - IN, UPDATE as of 5:44pm
• Enes Kanter will start again if Theis is out,
Jason Tatum Ruled out as of 11:40am. Drastic change from the original Probably tag as it appears they don't want to take any risks with him.
CHI Wendell Carter - OUT
• Markkanen, Young and Kornet will pick up Carter's minutes
DAL Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable UPDATE: as of 1:42 pm he is expected to play and start, however with min. limit
• boost to Luka Doncic if Porzingis is out and a boost for Powell and Kleber
DEN Gary Harris - Questionable. The Nuggs may play it safe here and sit him. see below.
DEN Paul Millsap - OUT
DEN Jamal Murray - Questionable - side not: He is working to correct his 3 point struggles, so if he plays we'll see if it pays off.
• Will Barton gets a major bump if Harris is out
• Malik Beasley gets a boost if Murray is out and would be a solid value play today
• Jeremi Grant will start for Paul Millsap
DET Christian Wood - Questionable
• Doumbouya and Morris will pick up his minutes
IND Domantas Sabonis - Questionable
• Turner and Warren get the biggest bumps if Sabonis is out
LAL Rajon Rondo - OUT
LAL Anthony Davis - UPDATE: cofirmed OUT
• major boost for LeBron as Davis is out again
• boost for Kuzma, Howard and McGee as well if Davis is out
MIA Justise Winslow - OUT
• Nunn and Dragic gets the boost with Winslow out
UPDATE: Herro is out.
MIN Karl Anthony Towns - UPDATE: confirmed OUT as of 5:44pm
• Dieng will start and Wiggins gets the usage boost with Towns out.
OKC Abdel Nader - OUT
OKC Nerlens Noel - OUT
• Steven Adams will play a ton of minutes while Noel is out
ORL Michael Carter Wiliams - UPDATE OUT
ORL DJ Augustin OUT
Fournier - OUT
• Fultz gets a major bump if both of these guys are out, alos Ross and looking at Birch today as maybe non-chalk best value option.
Boost for A. Gordon
POR Mario Hezonja - Questionable
• Carmelo Anthony gets the minutes bump with Hezonja out
Hou: Tucker shows up on the injury report and is a GTD. There is no shootaround scheduled to see whether he is leaning one way or another.
SAC Bogdan Bogdanovic - Doubtful
SAC Richaun Holmes - OUT
• Bjelica, Barnes and Ariza get more minutes in this situation
Bagley is questionable as far as min. Restrictions
TOR Fred VanVleet - OUT
TOR Marc Gasol - Probable
• Lowry gets the major bump here with VanVleet out
• Marc Gasol coming back hurts Serge Ibaka
WAS Garrison Matthews - OUT
Beal GTD - UPDATE as of 5:44pm Dangerous play her GPP only
• Brown and McRae get bumps here with Matthews out
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