What It Means:

“It sucks. I played through more painful things. I’m just being smart about it. Probably out a week.” LaVine missed Monday's game and has already been ruled out for Wednesday's matchup with the Minnesota Timberwolves. It sounds like he could return on March 8 against the Brooklyn Nets or March 10 at home versus the Cleveland Cavaliers. Denzel Valentine scored 17 points with 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, and 3 3-pointers as a fill-in starter on Monday.

LaVine is averaging 40.0 FanDuel points per game. numberFire's models project him for 20.0 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 1.4 steals, and 2.0 3-pointers over the rest of the season.