Ersan Ilyasova Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

As expected after being listed probable last night Mike Conley and Rudy Gobert will be available for tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. We should expect to see them return to the starting lineup and get their normal minutes. This will likely push Jordan Clarkson back to his bench role and Joe Ingles will likely see his increased usage with Conley and Gobert off the floor return to more normal levels. With Ilyasova ruled out Derrick Favors would not have any competition in making his return to the primary backup center role if he is available to play tonight.

Two mild surprises for the Jazz starting lineup. The first is that Clarkson was starting as opposed to Miye Oni or Matt Thomas; usually the Jazz have kept Clarkson in his sixth man role. The other surprise is that Ilyasova gets the start over Juwan Morgan; Morgan played the second half last game, whereas Ilyasova played the first. This is a slight bump up to Ilyasova for sure.

Hill is a late addition to the Bucks' injury report and has been listed out for Thursday's matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies due to rest purposes, while Ilyasova was downgraded from questionable and is also unavailable for today's contest because of a right elbow strain. The Bucks are also without Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is serving a one-game suspension, so there should be plenty of minutes available at the power forward position for Marvin Williams and D.J. Wilson, though it's highly unlikely head coach Mike Buenholzer allows his starters and regular rotation players to see any more than low-to-mid-20s minutes this afternoon. This makes Wilson, Sterling Brown, Frank Mason, and the other fringe rotation players interesting tournament targets on today's daily fantasy slates.

Ilyasova has been downgraded from questionable on the latest Bucks injury report and won't play in Friday's matchup against the Sacramento Kings due to a sore right knee, while Giannis Antetokonmpo is available to play, as expected, despite continuing to nurse a sore back. Ilyasova has logged fewer than 16 minutes in each of Milwaukee's previous two games, so his absence won't have too much of an impact on the frontcourt rotation, but it should at least allow D.J. Wilson to assume a similar role in the second unit. Wilson has been decent in his limited run this season, but he won't be allocated enough minutes in the second unit to become relevant for daily fantasy formats on tonight's 10-game slate.

Hill is a late addition to the Bucks' injury report and won't play in Monday's matchup against the Utah Jazz due to a sore back, while Ilyasova has been cleared to play following his one-game absence because of a sore left heel. With Khris Middleton sidelined, head coach Mike Budenholzer has really extended his bench at the guard and wing positions with Sterling Brown, Kyle Korver, and Pat Connaughton absorbing substantial playing behind Wesley Matthews and Donte DiVincenzo, while Hill had been logging minutes in the high-teens or low-20s as a backup guard. This amount of depth will make it easy for Budenholzer to disperse Hill's vacated minutes, but Brown may be the largest beneficiary with his ability to man the point for extended stretches of the game.