NBA Player News
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Taylor Hendricks PF | MEM
Grizzlies' Taylor Hendricks: Absent from injury report
Hendricks (thumb) is off the injury report for Tuesday's game against the 76ers.
Hendricks sat out Monday's loss to the Nets with a thumb injury, but he's good to go Tuesday. Over 12 appearances since joining Memphis, Hendricks has averaged 10.9 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.1 steals in 23.8 minutes per game.
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Santi Aldama C | MEM
Grizzlies' Santi Aldama: Out again Tuesday
Aldama (knee) is out for Tuesday's game against the 76ers.
Aldama has been sidelined since Feb. 4 and has been unable to shake this knee injury. His next chance to play comes Thursday against Dallas, as Memphis continues to treat him as day-to-day.
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Mason Plumlee C | SA
Spurs' Mason Plumlee: Cleared to play Tuesday
Plumlee (reconditioning) is available for Tuesday's game against Boston, Tom Orsborn of the San Antonio Express-News reports.
Plumlee is available to make his Spurs debut, but he's not expected to be included in the rotation. The veteran big man last saw game action as a member of the Hornets on Dec. 22 before undergoing surgery just over a week later to address a right groin injury.
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Simone Fontecchio SF | MIA
Heat's Simone Fontecchio: Cleared to play
Fontecchio (groin) is available for Tuesday's game against the Wizards.
Following a three-game absence, Fontecchio will be back in action Tuesday. With Kel'el Ware (shoulder) sitting out, Fontecchio may absorb a few extra minutes.
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Kel'el Ware C | MIA
Heat's Kel'el Ware: Ruled out for Tuesday
Ware (shoulder) is out for Tuesday's game against the Wizards.
Ware was unable to shake his questionable tag and will miss his first game since Jan. 25. Presumably, he'll be listed as day-to-day ahead of Thursday's game against the Bucks. Myron Gardner and Jaime Jaquez are candidates for more minutes with this news.
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Trae Young PG | WAS
Wizards' Trae Young: Sitting out Tuesday
Young (knee) won't play Tuesday against the Heat.
After playing an average of 18.5 minutes over his first two appearances for Washington, Young will get a maintenance day related to his right knee. Presumably, he'll be back in action Thursday against Orlando. Bub Carrington and Tre Johnson will likely take on more responsibility out of the backcourt with Young sitting out Tuesday.
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Lindy Waters III SF | SA
Spurs' Lindy Waters: Iffy for Tuesday
Waters (illness) is questionable for Tuesday's game against the Celtics.
Waters is mostly an emergency depth option for the Spurs. While he's appeared in six straight games, which coincides with Harrison Barnes' (ankle) absence, Waters' availability won't make a big impact in fantasy hoops.
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Terance Mann SG | BKN
Nets' Terance Mann: Falls out of rotation Monday
Mann (coach's decision) went unused off the bench Monday in the Nets' 126-115 win over the Grizzlies.
After starting in each of the Nets' previous four games, Mann was moved to the bench Monday while Brooklyn installed Drake Powell on the top unit in his return from the G League. Even though the Nets were without Michael Porter (rest) for the front end of the back-to-back set, Mann ended up being left out of the rotation entirely, with Jalen Wilson instead playing 23 minutes off the bench after having been limited to nothing more than garbage-time run over the previous eight contests. Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez may have just been giving Mann some extra rest during the back-to-back set, so it's possible that the 29-year-old wing re-enters the rotation Tuesday versus the Pistons.
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Franz Wagner PF | ORL
Magic's Franz Wagner: Progressing, but lacks timeline
The Magic announced Tuesday that Wagner (ankle) continues to make progress, but an official target date for his return will depend on how he responds to further rehabilitation.
Wagner seemingly hasn't had any setbacks since being shut down coming out of the All-Star break due to soreness in left ankle that he first sprained back on Dec. 7, but the Magic's latest update doesn't provide much evidence that his return is imminent. With Anthony Black (abdominal) facing a similarly murky timeline for his return, the Magic are likely to continue to lean more heavily on players such as Tristan da Silva, Jett Howard and Noah Penda to pick up extra minutes on the wing and at the forward spots.