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Despite experienced options such as Monty Williams and Doc Rivers being available, Milwaukee has decided to go with Griffin as its next head coach. This will be Griffin’s second run with the Bucks franchise, as he began his coaching career as an assistant with the team during the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons. Since that two-year run, he’s been an assistant in Chicago, Orlando, Oklahoma City, and Toronto, spending the last five seasons with the latter. Before his coaching career, Griffin played nine seasons in the NBA for five teams.

Furphy was initially listed as questionable to return, and now he officially has been ruled out for the remainder of this game. They’ll have to turn to Quenton Jackson for more minutes in the second half.

The injuries continue to pile up for Indiana, and if Furphy can’t return in the second half, Quenton Jackson will likely see more minutes than they were intending for him to play in the middle of November.

Having made his Clippers debut on Sunday, Bamba will play both ends of the Clippers’ back-to-back. While he may not top 15 minutes, Sunday’s line (nine points, eight rebounds, one assist, and one steal) showed that Bamba doesn’t need much time to make an impact. That said, he should not be rostered in most fantasy leagues due to the play of starter Ivica Zubac.

The Suns are without Jusuf Nurkic, who will not play due to a sprained left ankle. Ighodaro, who will make his first start as a professional, will fill the void. This a good opportunity for the rookie to provide deep-league value due to his ability to serve as a playmaker out of the short roll. The other four starters are unchanged from Sunday’s loss to Minnesota.

DeRozan was already ruled out for Monday’s game against the Hawks, the third he will miss due to the back injury. However, being cleared to resume on-court activity suggests a return isn’t far away. Doug McDermott started on Saturday but only possesses limited streaming value with DeRozan unavailable.

Monk has already been ruled out for Monday’s game against Atlanta, but he’s inching closer. They don’t play again until Friday, so there is certainly a chance that e could be back in the lineup for that game against the Clippers.

Sabonis will miss a second straight game due to tightness in his lower back. But, he has been cleared to resume on-court activity, so a return to action may not be too far away. Trey Lyles and Doug McDermott moved into the starting lineup on Saturday, but the matchup may lead to Alex Len figuring more prominently in the rotation.

James isn’t part of the team‘s rotation when healthy, so his expected absence won’t have an impact on fantasy basketball.

Reddish is set to return to action after missing two games due to injury. Max Christie, who did not offer much value as a streamer with Reddish sidelined, heads back to the bench.

Hood-Schifino isn’t part of the team’s rotation when he’s healthy, so his continued absence won’t impact fantasy basketball.