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Miller injured his back during Monday’s loss to the Heat and did not see action in Wednesday’s win over the Hawks. While he can provide additional depth on the wing when available, there isn’t much to gain from rostering the former second-round pick. And his continued absence would not affect fantasy basketball.

Miller’s absence frees up additional minutes for Kobe Sanders and Cam Christie, but neither player impacts fantasy basketball. Leave them on the waiver wire.

Miller exited Monday’s loss to the Heat after playing six minutes off the bench. While his availability does not affect fantasy basketball, it does impact the minutes available to Kobe Sanders and Cam Christie. There’s no need to consider either player for streaming on Wednesday’s slate.

Miller played six minutes before exiting with lower back tightness, leaving the Clippers down a rotation wing. Kobe Sanders and Cam Christie are available to absorb the minutes that would have gone to Miller, but neither is a factor in fantasy basketball.

Miller will be back after a seven-game absence, and he had a spot in the rotation prior to his injury. His return could cut into the minutes for Kobe Brown and Kobe Sanders, though Clippers coach Tyronn Lue has relied on the starters heavily recently.

Miller was seeing an uptick in minutes before suffering this hamstring injury that has kept him out since Sunday. Kobe Sanders should see additional minutes now that Derrick Jones Jr. is also out with a knee injury.

The Clippers will be without Jones for at least six weeks after he suffered a Grade 2 MCL sprain during Sunday’s loss to the Celtics. Sanders, a second-round pick out of Nevada who has averaged 13.8 minutes in five appearances, will fill the void on Monday. Given the rookie’s limited production thus far, fantasy managers will be better off adding Sanders to their watchlists instead of going “all in” immediately. Last week, Lue mentioned Sanders, Jordan Miller (who’s currently out with a hamstring injury), Cam Christie and Kobe Brown as players who would play more, so there will be competition for those minutes.

Miller, who injured his hamstring during the preseason, will not return to Sunday’s game due to a left hamstring injury. With Derrick Jones Jr. (knee) also done for the day, the Clippers will be light on wings. Bogdan Bogdanović started the third quarter; he and Kobe Brown are two players whose opportunities would increase if Miller and Jones remain sidelined.

The Clippers are 3-8 and just lost Bradley Beal for the season, so it makes sense that they might start to look to get younger players more minutes. Jordan Miller played 26 minutes in his first game of the season, so he seems set to take on the biggest role. Cam Christie is averaging just 11 minutes per game, Kobe Sanders is averaging 3.7 minutes, and Kobe Brown is averaging 2.1 minutes, so seeing “more playing time” might still not be enough to move the needle for fantasy leagues.

In his first appearance of the season, Miller had a fantastic performance off the bench. He finished with a team-high in three-pointers and utilized that efficiency from beyond the arc to conclude as one of two Clippers players to score 20 or more points. Notably, Miller played more minutes than Cam Christie and Kobe Brown on Wednesday, who are two players who had been in the rotation recently. Miller’s successful outing on Wednesday might lead to more minutes for him in the immediate future.