Jordan Poole Ruled Out Thursday With Ankle Injury

The New Orleans Pelicans are going to be slightly less chaotic on Thursday night. Jordan Poole has officially been ruled out with an ankle injury.

Underdog NBA relayed the news that the shooting guard will be in street clothes, meaning we are temporarily deprived of the ultimate wildcard experience.

Ankle injuries are the absolute bane of the NBA regular season. One wrong step on a closeout and suddenly a team's entire offensive rotation has to be rewired on a random Thursday.

For the Pelicans, losing Poole removes a guy who is never afraid to get a shot up, regardless of the time, score, or defensive coverage.

That absence creates an immediate ripple effect on the betting board. Without his usage rate eating up possessions, the prop markets for the rest of the New Orleans backcourt are going to look completely different.

Fantasy managers and daily fantasy players now have to scramble to figure out who absorbs those minutes and, more importantly, those available shot attempts.

The immediate question is how the Pelicans adjust their rotation to replace that scoring punch off the wing.

We will have to wait and see if this is just a routine night of caution for a tweaked ankle or something that lingers into the weekend slate.