James Jones Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections
Kevin Love (back) ruled out for tonight; James Jones starting in his place
Love will not play in tonight's game against the Phoenix Suns after previously being listed as questionable on the Cavaliers' injury with a sore lower back. James Jones will draw the start at power forward in Love's absence and will likely split power forward minutes with Channing Frye and LeBron James. With Love off the court this season, Kyrie Irving actually leads the Cavaliers with a 7.0% usage rate differential (38.0%), immediately vaulting him into consideration as the top point guard option on the slate in a pristine, pace-up matchup against the Suns' back court defense.
Channing Frye WILL start tonight; James Jones to play off the bench
Frye will in fact draw the start in place of the resting Kevin Love for tonight's game against the Memphis Grizzlies. This concludes a crazy series of starting lineup changes for the Cavaliers. They will officially start DeAndre Liggins, J.R. Smith, Mike Dunleavy, Channing Frye, and Tristan Thompson, meaning James Jones will come off the bench. Originally, the Cavaliers had James Jones and Iman Shumpert slated to start, so this news is definitely a bump to the fantasy value of Frye. He was already an elite option coming off the bench and his elite status his just further solidified in the starting unit. Despite his starting status, Thompson is a must fade, as he will reportedly only see 5-6 minutes of game action and has essentially been ruled out for rest as well.