Joe Johnson Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Johnson has officially been ruled out and won't suit up for tonight's game against the Chicago Bulls after previously being listed as questionable on the Utah Jazz injury report with right wrist instability, while Jonas Jerebko will be available to play following his earlier probable designation due to a minor illness. Additionally, Rodney Hood has been cleared to play after missing seven consecutive games with a sore left ankle, and Raul Neto has officially been ruled out with a concussion. Hood told reporters at shootaround that he expects to have a minute restriction for his return but is still unsure of the exact amount. Prior to his injury, Hood had been demoted to the bench in favor of Donovan Mitchell and is more than likely to remain in that role given the emergence of Mitchell in the early portion of this young season. In Hood's absence, Alec Burks ended up being the largest beneficiary since he was able to assume the role as the primary scoring option off the bench and now he and Hood are expected to lead the second unit and serve as the primary guards off the bench behind Mitchell and Ricky Rubio in the frontcourt, effectively limiting each player's overall floor and ceiling combination on a nightly basis.

Hood has been cleared to play and will suit up for tomorrow's game against the Chicago Bulls after missing seven consecutive games with a sore left ankle, while the Utah Jazz have hit injury report bingo with Raul Neto listed as doubtful, Joe Johnson listed as questionable, and Jonas Jerebko listed as probable due to their respective ailments. Prior to his injury, Hood had been demoted to the bench in favor of Donovan Mitchell and is more than likely to remain in that role given the emergence of Mitchell in the early portion of the season. In Hood's absence, Alec Burks ended up being the largest beneficiary since he was able to assume the role as the primary scoring option off the bench and now he and Hood are expected to lead the second unit and serve as the primary guards off the bench behind Mitchell and Ricky Rubio in the frontcourt, effectively limiting player's overall floor and ceiling combination on a nightly basis.

There was an earlier erroneous report from a Utah Jazz beat writer that Joe Johnson had been upgraded to a game-time decision for tonight's game against the Denver Nuggets after being sidelined for 13 consecutive games with a right wrist injury, however, Johnson had actually already been ruled out and will officially miss his 14th straight game with the said wrist injury.

Coach Quin Snyder wanted to slow everything down in Game 3 so he reinserted Boris Diaw in the starting lineup in place of Joe Johnson. In doing so the Jazz were able to bring the pace to 94.54 from the 97.78 average over the first two meetings. Diaw also helped improve their defensive rating to 109.5 from their 113.3 rating in the two games Johnson started. Diaw finished with 26 minutes to Johnson’s 24. It would make sense for Snyder to employ a similar strategy tonight as it was their best game of the series and the only one in which they held a lead. Diaw scored ten points in Game 3 and collected a personal playoff-high five rebounds. His scoring seems a little suspect as his 12 FGAs doubles his previous postseason high and he only attempted two in 20 minutes of Game 1. Overall, he’s averaging 0.69 FD points in this series, but that’s an improvement of 0.10 over his normal production.

Gobert will miss his second straight game for the Jazz on Friday as the team has ruled him out with a knee injury he suffered this past weekend. He's considered day-to-day moving forward. Derrick Favors will be the likely starter in his absence and is a viable DFS option along with Joe Johnson who sees an increased role and usage with Gobert out.

Favors will miss his ninth consecutive game due to a knee issue. Favors has been dealing with this injury since preseason and has seemed to get hurt every time the team ramps up the minutes. Boris Diaw started on Wednesday against the Knicks but only played 14 minutes. Joe Johnson was being used as the starting forward and still ended up playing about 23 minutes. Johnson has been consistent since Favors went down but lacks elite tournament upside. Shelvin Mack has been out since the All-Star break and will likely be eased back into the rotation if he plays. George Hill has been logging over 35 minutes lately and will be more of a GPP play against the Clippers on Saturday.