With Tyrus Thomas going down, who benefits in Chicago?
This could apply to several players and Fantasy owners will want to pay close attention to Bulls games this week to find out the real answer. Taj Gibson is going to be getting the starts at power forward, but his first stat line as a starter was very underwhelming. Gibson is a very well-rounded young player with upside that was on display prominently in the preseason and even in one game last week before the Thomas injury when he had 11 points and seven boards off the bench. He is one player who should see a nice boost despite what his weak stat line suggested on Saturday. The player who seems to be getting the biggest boost right away is Joakim Noah, who scored 21 points with 16 boards Saturday against the Bobcats and has averaged 11.3 points with 11.0 rebounds and 2.3 blocks through his first six games. Eventually, the production could begin to trickle down to Brad Miller as well, who has gotten off to a slow start this year. He should see a boost in minutes as Noah could be used som