Barnes has missed two games after spraining his right ankle in a 113-108 loss to the New York Knicks on Dec. 9
All-star Scottie Barnes was upgraded to questionable by the Raptors on Wednesday after he participated in a full-contact practice at OVO Athletic Centre. Starting centre Jakob Poeltl, however, was ruled out for Thursday’s game against the visiting Brooklyn Nets.
“After those first two days, everything began to just calm down a little bit, started to feel a lot better,” Barnes told media after practice. “I started to be able to walk on it more. So just day by day, it just started to feel better.Barnes is averaging 20.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists over 14 games this season. Those numbers are better than last season when he had 19.9 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game to earn his first-ever NBA All-Star Game appearance.
“Jak is playing on really high level this whole season, it has to be a mentality of next man up. It has to be a collective effort,” said head coach Darko Rajakovic. “It’s very hard to replace his offensive and defensive rebounding and his size and disruptiveness he has on the defensive end.Kelly Olynyk of Kamloops, B.C., will be one of the players likely to receive more playing time in Poeltl’s absence.
“Trying to get back into the flow,” said Olynyk. “Your body’s not conditioned to play basketball after sitting out for six, seven weeks.
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