Portland Trail Blazers center Jusuf Nurkic (knee) is starting in Thursday's contest against the Utah Jazz.
Nurkic will return to the court after Portland's center missed one game with knee soreness. In an average tempo matchup against a Jazz unit playing with a 99.5 pace, our models project Nurkic to score 23.6 FanDuel points at the salary of $5,300.
Nurkic's projection includes 8.9 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.4 assists.
Source: Portland Trail Blazers