Trail Blazers' John Butler Jr. replacing Kevin Knox Thursday

Portland Trail Blazers forward John Butler Jr. is in the starting lineup on Thursday versus the San Antonio Spurs.

What It Means:

Butler is replacing Kevin Knox in the starting lineup.

Butler has a $4,500 salary on Thursday’s five-game slate and numberFire's models project him for 15.6 FanDuel points over 15.6 minutes. Per our NBA Heat Map, the Blazers' implied total is 111.5 and the game total is 227.5.

Source: NBA.com