New Orleans Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas (illness) will not play in Thursday's game against the Orlando Magic.
Valanciunas will miss his first game this season after the Pelicans' center came down with an illness. Expect Willy Hernangomez to play more minutes at the five against a Magic team allowing a 112.5 defensive rating.
According to Rotogrinders' Court IQ in 256.2 minutes with Valanciunas off the floor this season, Hernangomez is averaging 1.33 FanDuel points and 0.36 field goal attempts per minute.
Source: New Orleans Pelicans