Allen Crabbe Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Crabbe has officially been ruled out and won't play in Monday's matchup against the Dallas Mavericks due to personal reasons that have now forced him to miss two games, while Jake Layman has surprisingly been upgraded to probable after missing 41 games with a sprained left toe. D'Angelo Russell was excluded from the Timberwolves initial injury report and is set to return from a one-game absence for rest purposes in Sunday's loss, which will send Jordan McLaughlin back to the bench to resume his usual backup point guard duties following a stellar fantasy performance in just under 34 minutes as a starter in the aforementioned contest. Even though Layman will likely be eased back into game action if he's cleared to return, his mere presence could through a wrench into the minute floors of several Minnesota forwards like James Johnson, Juancho Hernangomez, and Kelan Martin moving forward.

Crabbe is a late addition to the Timberwolves' injury report and won't play in Sunday's matchup against the Denver Nuggets due to personal reasons, while D'Angelo Russell was already ruled out as part of a rest management plan and joins Karl-Anthony Towns on the inactive list for tonight's contest. In Russell's absence, Jordan McLaughlin will receive the starting nod at the point guard position and should have a realistic route to a heavy minute workload with James Johnson expected to handle the second unit point guard responsibilities this evening. The last time Russell was unavailable and the Timberwolves were shorthanded, McLaughlin logged 37 minutes of action and was phenomenal for fantasy purposes, which makes him an elite option for all daily fantasy formats on a six-game slate since he has a solid 29.7% assist rate and is averaging 0.92 DraftKings and 0.92 FanDuel points per minute on the season thus far.

As expected, Crabbe will be available to make his Timberwolves debut in Monday’s matchup against the Denver Nuggets after missing one game due to an illness, while Jake Layman remains sidelined with a sprained left toe and is still without a timetable for a return. Without Crabbe available for the previous two games, head coach Ryan Saunders condensed his rotation to just nine players, but Andrew Wiggins, Jarret Culver, and Robert Covington were still the only starters to eclipse the 30-minute mark over this span, and now that Crabbe is cleared to play, he should begin siphoning playing time from the likes of Jordan McLaughlin, Keita Bates-Diop, and Josh Okogie moving forward. Meanwhile, Karl-Anthony Towns still hasn’t logged more than 28 minutes in either contest since returning from a 15-game injury layoff, so he’ll be a difficult player to trust in any daily fantasy format until the Timberwolves show they’re willing to extend him to his normal minute workload prior to the aforementioned absence.

Crabbe has officially been downgraded from questionable and won't play in Saturday’s second leg of a back-to-back set against the Toronto Raptors due to an illness, while Karl-Anthony Towns has finally been removed from the injury report after returning from a 15-game absence because of a sprained left knee in Friday’s loss. Towns managed to put together a solid real-life performance and logged 28 minutes in his first game back from an extended layoff, but it remains unclear if he’ll be allowed to see that amount of playing time on back-to-back days. Without Crabbe available for last night’s contest, head coach Ryan Saunders condensed his rotation to just nine players, but Andrew Wiggins, Jarret Culver, and Robert Covington were still the only starters to eclipse the 30-minute mark, and once Crabbe is cleared to play, he’ll likely siphon playing time from the likes of Jordan McLaughlin, Keita Bates-Diop, and Josh Okogie moving forward.

Hunter has officially been upgraded from questionable and will play off the bench in Sunday's matchup against the Charlotte Hornets after missing one game due to a dislocated right index finger, while Crabbe will also be good to go, as expected. Head coach Lloyd Pierce already confirmed that Cam Reddish and Kevin Huerter will receive the starts on the wing, but both Huerter and Crabbe will be subject to restrictions of 25-minutes apiece. However, the Hawks have already demonstrated plenty of times this season that these limitations aren't indicative of how much playing time a specific player will receive on a given night, and it will be difficult for all three of Crabbe, Huerter, and Hunter to approach the 25-minute mark this evening.

As expected, Crabbe won't play in Monday’s matchup against the Golden State Warriors due to flu-like symptoms, while Reddish will be available to play off the bench after missing one game due to a sprained right wrist. The Hawks got blown out of the gym in Saturday’s loss, so every player other the Trae Young and De’Andre Hunter recorded fewer than 24 minutes of action, but Crabbe was one of few that saw over 20 minutes, which should open up a substantial amount of playing time on the wing for Reddish and DeAndre Bembry since Evan Turner seems to still be on a restriction of 15 minutes nine games into his season. Bembry remains extremely cheap on FanDuel, so he’ll become a great value option with his projected minute median as a starter with Crabbe unable to suit up this evening.