Patrick Patterson

Perhaps Patterson will be able to serve as an emergency depth guy next season, but he's safe to ignore in fantasy hoops.

Morris was a late scratch but they probably don't need him against the lowly Rockets, so this is just a maintenance day for the 31-year-old. Patterson was scoreless in his last start, but got hot for 18 points in just 11 minutes off the bench a week ago, so we'll see how he fares tonight. He's a risky punt play for DFS and should remain on the wire in season-long leagues. 

The playing time says it all and this was Patterson's first double-digit scoring game since Jan. 31. Ironically, it also comes one game after he made a fill-in start but failed to score and grabbed only two rebounds. Don't chase this random outburst for fantasy value.

We didn’t have incredibly high hopes for Patterson given his history as a starter, but he still fell far below any expectations against the lowly Pistons. Morris was simply resting tonight and should be back for Friday's game against the 76ers, pushing Patterson back to the bench and even further solidifying Patterson’s spot on your league’s waiver wire.