Dorell Wright may play the stretch-four in a small lineup next to center Robin Lopez, as long as Joel Freeland (knee) is sidelined, The Columbian reports.

Wright may play the stretch-four in a small lineup next to center Robin Lopez, as long as Joel Freeland (knee) is sidelined, The Columbian reports.

Analysis:

Following the loss of Freeland for 4-to-8 weeks due to a sprained MCL, coach Terry Stotts intends to explore further a lineup with four wing players, one of them Wright, while Lopez holds down the fort inside. In the Blazers' final game before the break, Stotts ran out such a five, which held the Clippers to a draw (22-all) in their nearly nine minutes on the court together. Wright's workload has been yanked around since the new year commenced, with 12 DNP-CDs in 21 games to date, but he's seen the court a bit more in February, averaging 2.6 points (on 25 percent shooting), 1.8 assists, and 1.4 rebounds in 9.2 minutes. Deep league owners should nonetheless take a wait-and-see approach in order to learn if the lineup becomes a regular look in Portland's offense.