Jusuf Nurkic In Starting Lineup Friday
4 years agoPortland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic is making his anticipated return to the lineup on Friday against the Magic. Nurkic has missed the majority of the season after suffering a fractured wrist on January 14-though he'll be back- albeit on a minutes restriction, with head coach Terry Stotts saying that he'll only play five minutes at a time. Nurkic's return will push Enes Kanter back to the bench, meaning he'll have lesser value after rattling off monster double-doubles in recent games. Nurkic won't be an incredible play in his first few games, but he could do enough in a limited role against a Nikola Vucevic-less Magic frontcourt to warrant starting him in DFS.
Source: Jamie Hudson
Source: Jamie Hudson