1 week agoThe Utah Jazz have cleared center Walker Kessler (elbow) to begin basketball contact this week and he will be re-evaluated in one week. The 22-year-old has been dealing with a UCL sprain in his left elbow since the regular-season opener before the Jazz took the cautious route, shutting him down on Nov. 8 with a planned two-week timetable. Kessler will likely have to ramp back up before any return to game action, meaning he still could be a week or two out from being a fantasy factor. The second-year big man was mired in an early sophomore slump before going down, averaging 8.3 points on 54.9% shooting from the field in 24.0 minutes covering eight games after hitting 72.0% of his shots during his rookie year. Keyonte George and Ochai Agbaji have seen the largest spikes in playing time with Kessler out, but hopefully you're punting either field-goal percentage or turnovers to really capitalize on George's streaming worth.--Joseph Barbati - RotoBaller
Source: Michael Scotto - USA Today