NBA Player News

While the Spurs made life difficult for Gilgeous-Alexander in some ways, he still extended his streak of games with at least 20 points to 97. The reigning MVP shot 1-of-7 from beyond the arc, and he committed a season-high five turnovers. Entering Saturday, SGA had just two games this season with at least four turnovers. Unfortunately for fantasy managers, the Thunder don’t have a good Week 9 schedule. They play twice, with a back-to-back on Thursday/Friday against the Clippers and Timberwolves.

Williams is set to miss another game with right heel bursitis. The 25-year-old power forward’s absence isn’t enough to impact fantasy basketball for the Thunder’s rotation much with Isaiah Hartenstein off the injury report.

Wiggins has had some good performances lately with Luguentz Dort and Alex Caruso out of the lineup. With both of those guys back now, Wiggins is still in the Thunder’s rotation, but won’t play enough to be worth rostering in most fantasy leagues.

Mitchell is in line to start and should see additional usage with Tyler Herro (toe) already ruled out. The 27-year-old point guard has had at least seven assists in four of his last five games.

Hart looks like he’ll be available after sitting out the Knicks’ first game of a back-to-back against the Pacers on Thursday. The 30-year-old shooting guard will be one of the Knicks’ main rotation players and might even find his way into the starting lineup.

Wiggins popped up on the injury report Friday afternoon with lower back pain. The 30-year-old small forward’s availability is legitimately up in the air given his questionable listing. With Tyler Herro (toe) already ruled out, Wiggins is in line for solid usage if he’s cleared to play.

Embiid hasn’t had a setback with his knee, but he’ll still miss Friday’s game against the Knicks with an illness. In the 31-year-old center’s absence, Andre Drummond should move into the starting lineup and be a streaming option in most fantasy leagues.

Towns got the night of Thursday against the Pacers, the Knicks’ first game since winning the NBA Cup on Tuesday. The 30-year-old center appears poised to make his return Friday against the 76ers given his probable listing. Ariel Hukporti, who started and played 27 minutes Thursday, will head back to the bench.

No surprise here after Young returned from a knee injury and played 20 minutes against the Hornets on Thursday. The Hawks will give the 27-year-old point guard the night off for right knee injury management reasons rather than put him back on the floor for the second game of a back-to-back. Young’s next chance to play will come Sunday against the Bulls. Dyson Daniels and Jalen Johnson will have more playmaking responsibilities in his absence Friday.

Clark was added to the injury report as questionable with an illness early Friday afternoon. The 24-year-old shooting guard will have the rest of the afternoon to get over his illness before the matchup with the Thunder on Friday night. Clark’s availability doesn’t significantly impact fantasy basketball either way.

Good news for Jones as he’s been upgraded to probable ahead of the Bulls matchup with the Cavaliers on Friday. The 25-year-old point guard had 11 points and 11 assists in the win over the Cavaliers on Wednesday. Even with Ayo Dosunmu (thumb) expected back, Jones should see 20-25 minutes off the bench and he’s been productive lately.