Tyreke Evans: (Illness) Starting Wednesday

Evans (illness) will play and start Wednesday against the Nuggets, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports.

Analysis:

Despite coming down with flu-like symptoms, Evans will play his typical role of distributor with Jrue Holiday (leg) out of commission. In eight starts since Holiday went down, Evans is averaging 17.6 points (on 48 percent shooting), 7.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds, one steal, and one three-pointer in 36 minutes.