Trail Blazers bringing Al-Farouq Aminu off bench Monday

Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu (calf) will come off the bench Monday night against the Chicago Bulls.

What It Means:

This will be his first game since November 8. Expect Aminu to be limited to about 20 minutes of action as the Blazers ease him back into the rotation.

Prior to injury, Aminu was averaging 6.4 points, 6.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.1 3-pointers in 26.1 minutes per game on an abysmal 27.4 shooting percentage from the field. He owns an -1.4 nERD through eight games played.