3 years agoPortland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard (hamstring) and center Jusuf Nurkic (rib) have both received the green light to play in Tuesday's game against the Pelicans. Lillard has begun to find his All-NBA rhythm over the past five contests, averaging 30.2 points per game, while knocking down 22 triples in total. Nurkic has started every game this year for Portland, and while he has seen his offensive volume decreased to just 8.9 field-goal attempts per outing, he is shooting a career-best 56.9 percent from the field overall. With C.J. McCollum (lung) still unavailable, fantasy managers can look to Lillard and Nurkic to carry the Blazers' offense on a nightly basis, seeing an uptick in upside for the time being.--Jesse Borek
Source: Casey Holdahl