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Turiaf

He was going to speak about his return to basketball, but wasn’t feeling well. After the major heart surgery he recently had, this is understandable.

“I’m out for another week or so and am just waiting to see if the fracture is fully healed or not and then I should be good to go,” Turiaf said in a column posted on NBA.com on Sep. 16. He should be good to go for the start of the NBA season, which remains a mystery date.

Turiaf is working to return from a broken hand and has been out since January 1. He’s getting closer to a return but he’s still not quite there yet.

Chandler averaged 12.5 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.2 3-pointers and 1.1 blocks in 21 games for the Nuggets last season, and while he struggled a bit during that time those will be the ballpark numbers that owners want to use in their assessments. Ronny Turiaf will be waived to make room for Chandler, who appears to be on the verge of coming to terms with the Nuggets.

As long as Turiaf’s hand is in good shape then he has a pretty good chance of picking up somewhere else. Boston and Miami are two locations that come to mind off the top of our heads.

Turiaf is just filler to make the contracts work. He hasn’t played since Jan. 1 and won’t threaten the likes of Kenneth Faried or even Kosta Koufos in Denver.

Both teams desperately need to add a big man, and Turiaf is expected to make his decision by Wednesday. He’s highly unlikely to accrue any fantasy value with either team, but he’d have a larger role in Boston where the Celtics have lost Jermaine O’Neal (wrist) and Chris Wilcox (heart) for the season.

Turiaf hasn’t been much help to the Heat since he’s constantly injured.

Spo will keep a close eye on Chris Bosh and Ronny Turiaf, both of whom are returning from hamstring injuries. Otherwise, it’s all systems go for the championship-or-bust Heat.

Turiaf has been out since Jan. 1 with a broken left hand. He recently visited a hand specialist in New York, and fantasy owners should simply ignore him until he’s back on the court.