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NBA NEWS 01/17 notes
ATL: Treveon Graham - OUT
ATL: Jeff Teague - OUT
ATL: Jabari Parker - OUT
ATL: Alex Len - OUT
• Fernando and Jones will take care of Len's minutes
CHI: Chandler Hutchison - Questionable
CHI: Daniel Gafford - OUT
CHI: Wendell Carter - OUT
• Luke Kornet should get a ton of minutes here
CLE: Ante Zizic - OUT
CLE: Brandon Knight - OUT
• Dante Exum could get extra run off the bench with Knight out
DAL: Kristaps Porzingis - Questionable - UPDATE Out now
• Kleber and Powell get bumps with Porzingis out
MEM: Jae Crowder - Questionable
• Kyle Anderson will start if Crowder can not play
MIA: Justise Winslow - OUT
MIA: Tyler Herro - OUT
• Butler, Nunn, Dragic get bumps here
MIN: Allen Crabbe - OUT
MIN: Karl Anthony Towns - Questionable UPDATE as of 5:31pm. KAT is playing.
• Dieng starts for KAT, Wiggins gets the usage bump as I'm assuming KAT is out until I hear something otherwise
OKC: Nerlens Noel - Questionable
• Big minutes for Steven Adams while Noel is out UPDATE: S. Adams is on the injury report as Questionable. Mike Muscala could be the guy here. Stay tuned.
PHI: Joel Embid - OUT
• big bumps for Simmons, Horford, Harris and Richardson with Embid off the floor
TOR: Fred VanVleet - Questionable --- UPDATE: He is now out as of 5:24pm.
• big bump for Lowry with VanVleet out
SAS: Rudy Gay it OUT. Look to Demare Carrol off the bench.
Late updates:
POR - Damian Lillard listed as Questionable now
• major upgrade for CJ McCollum if Lillard were to miss the game
• Anfernee Simons would become an elite value option across the industry if Lillard is out
• this game is the last game of the slate so we may don’t know what will happen.
OKC Nerlens Noel will play
he should play plenty of minutes with Adams out
Here are my Showdown/Captain notes for the later night.
MIAMI @ OKLAHOMA CITY
Captain: C. Paul
UTLs: SGA, Gallanari, Jimmy B, Bam, Gallanari, Leonard, Dragic or Nunn, which is looking more like Nunn will start along with Noel starting for S. Adams.
GPP Pivots: Shroder, James Johnson, Derrick Jones, Mike Muscala, D. Robinson
PORTLAND @ DALLAS
Captain: Luka or Lillard/McCollum if Healthy
We are waiting for the status of Dame Lillard tonight as he has an upper respiratory illness. Does not look good.
UTLs: , Hardaway, Lillard, McCollum, Whiteside, Anthony, Powell, McCollum, Simons.
GPP Pivots: Jalen Brunson for only 1K!, Gary Trent, Anthony Tolliver, M. Hezonja for 1K, and Marjanovich at Center.
