Jordan Mickey

Miami Heat
Pos: PB
Status: Inactive
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Jordan Mickey Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Revenge Game!

Okay it's not really a massive revenge game, but it certainly got your attention enough to click on it. Jordan Mickey will be facing his former team tonight, and with all the injuries to the Miami front-court, he's in line for a solid role in this matchup. He's played at least 24 minutes in back-to-back games, and has over 25 fantasy points in both of those matchups. Without Johnson, Whiteside, and Winslow on the floor, Mickey is averaging 1.12 fantasy points per minute. He's still cheap tonight, and I like him in this matchup against Boston.

James Johnson and Jordan Mickey starting for Kelly Olynyk and Hassan Whiteside (knee) Saturday

Whiteside is dealing with a knee bone bruise that he sustained in the Miami Heat's season opener, according to head coach Erik Spoelstra, and will not play in tonight's game against the Indiana Pacers. In his absence, Kelly Olynyk was originally expected to slide over to the starting center spot, while James Johnson would assume the starting power forward responsibilities for Saturday's contest. Well, one of these assumptions were correct, but Jordan Mickey will surprisingly draw the start at center (perhaps Spoelstra forgot Myles Turner is out?). That said, even with the starting nod, it's hard to imagine Mickey receiving a higher minute workload than Olynyk this evening, leaving Olynyk as the preferred center option to target in tournaments. Josh Richardson and Dion Waiters figure to be the biggest beneficiaries in terms of usage and production in the Heat's starting unit sans Whiteside, while Olynyk should have more rebounding opportunities playing closer to the basket on defense more often than he normally does at the four spot.

Jordan Mickey expected to start for Amir Johnson

Mickey will draw the start alongside Al Horford in the Boston front court for tonight's game against the Washington Wizards. With Tyler Zeller also ruled out, it seems that Celtics' coach Brad Stevens is aiming to keep Kelly Olynyk and Jonas Jerebko in their normal roles off the bench, though both players should be expected to see a substantial increase in playing time, as Mickey should be a starter in name only. It's difficult to imagine Mickey seeing much more than 15 minutes of action in this contest, making Olynyk and Jerebko the preferred value big men to target from this Celtics squad.

Jordan Mickey assigned to Celtics D-league affiliate

Mickey hasn't been a part of the Celtics rotation and the team has sent him to their D-league affiliate to get more playing time.