Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (rest) has entered the NBA's health and safety protocols, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic.
The 76ers were already giving Embiid the night off Monday versus the New York Knicks for rest, but now it looks like he will also miss at least Tuesday's game against the Milwaukee Bucks. Embiid will need to either quarantine for ten days or return two negative PCR tests 24 hours apart in order to get cleared. Andre Drummond will fill in as the 76ers' starting center in the meantime. Tobias Harris (protocols) remains sidelined, leaving plenty of usage available on offense.
Drummond is now numberFire's top point-per-dollar value on the board Monday. He has a $5,500 salary and our models project him to score 44.1 FanDuel points. Paul Reed is our second-best value, with a $4,100 salary and projection of 27.5 FanDuel points. Curry is leading the 76ers with a plus-7.1% usage differential and averaging 1.1 FanDuel points per minute without Embiid on the court this season.
Source: Shams Charania, The Athletic