Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates for FanDuel and DraftKings - 12/4/16

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

Reggie Jackson will play limited minutes.
Jackson will play for the first time this season sending Ish Smith to the bench. The Pistons will likely keep Jackson restricted to about 20 minutes of play so he isn't in consideration for DFS purposes. Smith becomes an intriguing tournament play though since he should still see a decent run of minutes off the bench.

What We're Waiting to Know

Paul George and CJ MIles are game time decisions
Early reports are saying that George plans to play tonight against the Clippers. This is still unconfirmed and it remains to be seen if any kind of minute restriction would be imposed if he does play. His return would directly impact Glenn Robinson who has been servicable in the past couple of weeks with both Hill and Miles sidelined with injury.

Joakim Noah and Courtney Lee are game time decisions
Lee is questionable after rolling his ankle Wednesday. If he goes that could cut into Justin Holidays minutes who had nice production vs Minnesota on Friday. If Noah is able to start that would cut in to Kyle O'Quinns production. O'Quinn put up an impressive 40.6 fanduel points against Minnesota in 31 minutes on the court.

The "Every Lineup" Guys

Russell Westbrook
On a short slate Safety is a must have, and no one presents more safety than Russell Westbrook. Here we are 20 games into the season and he's averaging a triple double per game and runs the court for OKC from tip off till the final buzzer. Even at this salary he has put up enough fantasy points to pay at least 5X points per dollar in 7 of his last 8 games. Lock Mr Westbrook into your PG slot and build up from there.
Blake Griffin
Griffin only put up 28.3 fanduel points against the Pacers last Sunday, but he followed up that performance with a career high 11 assists against the Cavs and most recently dropped 27 points and snagged 10 rebounds against the Pelicans. Indiana's a slightly above average matchup for opposing power forwards but the higher pace will present Griffin enough opportunities to crush value.