Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/11/16

Welcome to the daily updates and injury news article. We'll try and update it right up to line-up locks with as much information as comes across our desks. Let's get to it!

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What We Know

JoJo is a no go.
Joel Embiid is experiencing some inflammation in his right elbow and will be rested as a precautionary measure. Fortunately for the Sixers Jahlil Okafor should be good to go after missing 2 games due to illness. Nerlens Noel is also set to make his season debut off the bench returning from pre season knee surgery. Jerryd Bayless will miss his 8th straight game which is good news for fans of Sergio Rodriguez as a tournament punt play.

Isaiah Thomas is out.
Thomas will miss another game as he recovers from that groin injury, Marcus Smart should most likely get the start in his place.

What We're Waiting to Know

Derrick Rose is a game time decision.
No official word has come down yet, but Rose did participate in a full practice yesterday and speculation is that he will go tonight against the Lakers. If he does in fact go, this would send Brandon Jennings back to the bench hurting his fantasy value.

D'Angelo Russell is a game time decision.
Will he or wont he? First word was that Russell would miss tonight's game against the Knicks. Then coach Walton suggested he may in fact be good to go after missing 11 games with a sore knee. With Nick Young out at least one more game, Jordan Clarkson could still be in play, but just how much he factors will depend on if Russell goes, and how much playing time they plan to give him.

The "Every Lineup" Guys

Kristaps Porzingis
Zinger and the Knicks head to LaLa land to face the Lakers tonight in a prime matchup and it couldn't come at a better time. While his shot hasn't been falling the way we would like to see recently the Lakers are terrible at defending the PF position and I'm feeling redemption in the cards tonight, not to mention LA really has no one to contest with him defensively so the rebounds should be there as well. I love Kristaps in cash games and will probably have huge exposure to him in tournaments to boot.

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