What It Means:

Rockets head coach Mike D'Antoni previously said that Harden would return either Thursday versus the Timberwolves or on Saturday against the Golden State Warriors, so this is more or less confirming what was already known. Once active, Eric Gordon will return to his role as Houston's sixth man and Chris Paul will see a downtick in usage while Gerald Green will likely lose most of his fantasy value. Harden hasn't played since December 31.

Harden is averaging 54.6 FanDuel points in 35 games this season. Over the remainder of the year, numberFire's models project him to record 28.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.8 steals, and 3.3 3-pointers per game.