Isaiah Canaan Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Head coach Igor Kokoskov is playing the matchups and has opted to start Bridges at the shooting guard position in Monday's game against the Philadelphia 76ers, which slides Devin Booker over to point guard to handle a majority of the ball-handling responsibilities and sends Canaan to the bench to assume a reserve role. Bridges has logged at least 25 minutes in each of the last three games while Trevor Ariza was away from the team dealing with a personal matter, and he figures to see a similar minute workload in a homecoming game in Philadelphia this evening. Bridges only has a 17.3% usage rate on the year, but he remains cheap enough across the daily fantasy industry to be utilized as a punt option in tournaments.

Canaan confirmed with reporters at shootaround that he will play in Friday's matchup against the Toronto Raptors after missing one game due to a sprained right ankle. Meanwhile, Booker has officially been listed as probable with a strained left hamstring, but he is still expected to be a game-time decision as the team wants to ensure he's able to go through pregame warmups without any setbacks prior to making a decision on his status. Canaan is likely to overtake his starting point guard role from Ellie Okobo, according to head coach Igor Kokoskov, while T.J. Warren will start at power forward for a second straight game. The projected Suns starting lineup has only played together for 3.2 minutes this season, but it's logical to assume that the offense will still run through Booker and Deandre Ayton with Warren pitching in as the secondary scoring option on the outside, as his 24.5% usage rate trails only Booker and Josh Jackson for the team lead among players that have logged more than 100 minutes on the year.

As expected, Booker will remain sidelined for Wednesday's matchup against the San Antonio Spurs due to a strained left hamstring, while Isaiah Canaan has officially been downgraded from questionable to out with a sprained left ankle. Josh Jackson has been upgraded to probable, and he appears on track to start a third consecutive game at the shooting guard spot, though he's largely been a disappointment thus far from a fantasy perspective. With Canaan sidelined, Ellie Okobo is expected to start at point guard and was stellar in 30 minutes of action on Sunday following Canaan's exit in the first quarter, which immediately vaults him towards the top of the board of value options on tonight's slate. Okobo has recorded a modest 20.6% usage rate with Booker and Canaan off the court this season, but he's still averaging 0.96 DraftKings and 0.87 FanDuel points per minute, thanks mainly to a significant increase in his assist rate in this scenario,

Chriss has officially been ruled out and won't play in tonight's game against the Indiana Pacers after previously being listed as doubtful on the Phoenix Suns' injury report with a strained right hip that has now forced him to miss two consecutive games, while Josh Jackson and Isaiah Canaan are available to play off the bench after their status was originally categorized as "hopeful" by interim head coach Jay Triano following Saturday's practice. Additionally, Davon Reed has been recalled from the G-League and will play, according to Triano, depending on the Suns' rotation, though he is still unlikely to see a substantial amount of minutes. In Chriss' absence, Dragan Bender will draw the start at power forward for the second time in as many games and is coming off of a stellar performance where he easily exceeded salary-based expectations in 32 minutes of action. Devin Booker will concede some of his newly-acquired ball-handling responsibilities to Canaan but still remains a solid option for all formats, along with Bender, on Sunday's minuscule two-game main slate.