Denver Nuggets center Jusuf Nurkic (illness) is listed as out for Thursday's game versus the New Orleans Pelicans.
This will be Nurkic's third straight game missed because of an illness. Without him, the Nuggets will lean more heavily on Joffrey Lauvergne and Nikola Jokic.
Nurkic owns a nERD of -1.0 this season. He had been playing well before his recent illness, averaging 14.6 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in his last six games. However, his Effective Field Goal percentage has plummeted this season to a career-low 42.7 percent in 27 games.
Source: Rotoworld.com