Portland's Al-Farouq Aminu (ankle) will play Thursday against Bucks

According to TrailBlazers.com's Casey Holdahl, Portland Trail Blazers forward Al-Farouq Aminu said that he will play Thursday versus the Milwaukee Bucks.

What It Means:

Aminu has missed 13 games after going down with a sprained right ankle on November 1st. Given his long time off, he's expected to play just 20 minutes off the bench as Noah Vonleh is likely to start in his place. Before long, Aminu should return to the starting lineup with Vonleh, Caleb Swanigan and Shabazz Napier seeing a decrease in minutes upon the move.

Averaging 27.4 FanDuel points per game, Aminu is projected for 24.6 FD points in Thursday's home tilt with the Bucks.