Paul Zipser Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Zipser missed Friday's loss due to left foot pain but has officially been cleared to play Saturday's second leg of a back-to-back set. Noah Vonleh has already been confirmed as the Chicago Bulls starting power forward in tonight's contest, so Zipser will be relegated to a reserve role even if he isn't subject to a minute restriction. Robin Lopez has continued to rack up DNP-CDs, but head coach Fred Hoiberg hinted that he could return to the rotation, and he'll start and likely play only the first quarter as he's done in each of the last four games he's played. Denzel Valentine has been fantastic in the starting lineup when Chicago manages to keep games competitive, and he owns a +4.9 usage rate differential with LaVine, Dunn, Markkanen, and Antonio Blakeney off the court this season and is averaging 1.01 fantasy points per minute on DraftKings and 1.00 on FanDuel in this scenario as well.

Markkanen has officially been cleared to play and will start in Friday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks after originally being listed as questionable on the Chicago Bulls' injury report with lower back spasms that had forced him to miss five consecutive games. Meanwhile, Paul Zipser will join Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn among the Bulls inactives following his prior doubtful designation on the injury report due to left foot pain. Robin Lopez continues to rack up DNP-CDs and appears on track to do so once again since head coach Fred Hoiberg already stated Lopez is unlikely to play, despite being active for tonight's contest. Hoiberg also confirmed that he'll continue to utilize the same starting lineup as he has the last three games, outside of Markkanen, who will replace Zipser at power forward. Denzel Valentine has been fantastic in the starting lineup when Chicago manages to keep games competitive, and he owns a +2.7 usage rate differential with LaVine, Dunn, Zipser, and Antonio Blakeney off the court this season.

Zipser is a new addition to the Chicago Bulls' injury report and has been ruled out for Saturday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves due to left foot pain, and head coach Fred Hoiberg also confirmed that Robin Lopez and Justin Holiday will not dress for the second consecutive contest, effectively ruling them out as well. The Bulls decided to utilize a new-look rotation out of the All-Star break that features David Nwaba and Christiano Felicio in the starting lineup in place of Lopez and Justin Holiday at small forward and center, respectively. With Felicio starting at center, Bobby Portis and Noah Vonleh are likely to continue seeing additional time at center with Felicio off the court, which figures to be a significant amount of minutes considering he has played more than 19 minutes just once all season after logging just 11 minutes in his first start on Thursday evening. Cameron Payne also made his season debut following right foot surgery and played 20 solid minutes, so he'll remain the backup point guard behind Kris Dunn, meaning that Jerian Grant is likely still on the outside looking in at Hoiberg's backcourt rotation for the time being.

Nwaba will be inserted into the starting lineup at small forward, according to Chicago Bulls head coach Fred Hoiberg, for tonight's game against the Miami Heat, sending Paul Zipser to the bench to assume a reserve role. Nwaba has shown he can perform when given the minutes, so he now makes for an interesting tournament target as a salary saver at the shooting guard position on Wednesday's slate, assuming he can come close or eclipse the 25-minute mark.

Zipser and Dunn are officially available to play in tonight's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to Chicago Bulls after both were originally listed as questionable on the Chicago Bulls' injury report with their respective ailments. As for Dunn, he is expected to step into a significant role immediately as the backup point guard behind Jerian Grant and will not have a minutes restriction in his return. His presence in the backcourt rotation will also likely displace Kay Felder from the rotation, especially with Zipser cleared to play. With Zipser starting at his usual small forward spot, Denzel Valentine will be relegated back to his normal bench role and is essentially removed from consideration in daily fantasy formats. Lauri Markkanen has seen 33 minutes or more in all but one game this season and appears to be in line for a consistent minute workload given the Bulls' currently tight frontcourt rotation without Nikola Mirotic and Bobby Portis, making him an interesting tournament option on Saturday's slate.

Zipser has officially been ruled out and won't play in tonight's game against the Atlanta Hawks after previously being listed as questionable on the Atlanta Hawks' injury report with a right knee contusion he sustained in Wednesday's practice. The Bulls are now extremely thin at the wing and forward positions, forcing Denzel Valentine into the starting lineup and into significant;y more playing time, while Quincy Pondexter should also be expected to play a much larger role of the bench. Lauri Markkanen has seen 33 minutes or more in all but one game this season and could be in line for even more playing time with Zipser officially ruled out, making him an interesting tournament option on Thursday's slate.