Desmond Bane Shakes Off Illness, Cleared for Tuesday's Magic Game
Underdog NBA reported: 'Desmond Bane (illness) not listed on injury report for Tuesday.'
Desmond Bane has officially beaten the bug. The Orlando Magic guard was left off the injury report for Tuesday's game, meaning whatever illness threatened to keep him in bed has been successfully neutralized.
In the modern NBA, an illness tag can mean anything from a mild sniffle to a guy needing a full quarantine tent behind the bench. Luckily for Orlando, Bane is good to go, which means fantasy managers can stop panic-refreshing their apps and bettors can start looking at his prop lines again.
The Magic desperately need his floor spacing right now. Bane is putting up 17.9 points and 3.6 rebounds per game this season, though his 38.6 percent shooting from the floor shows he is still trying to find his rhythm in this offense.
It has been a choppy start to the year for the sharpshooter. He already missed a seven-game stretch earlier this fall with a right oblique strain, making every clean injury report feel like a minor victory for the Orlando training staff.
With Bane fully cleared for Tuesday, the Magic get their primary perimeter weapon back on the floor without any minutes restrictions. Expect him to slot right back into his usual volume, assuming his immune system holds up through the shootaround.