Trail Blazers' Meyers Leonard: Will come off the bench Thursday

Leonard will return to the bench for Thursday's matchup with the Magic, Casey Holdahl of TrailBlazers.com reports.

Analysis:

Leonard drew two consecutive starts prior to the All-Star break, but now that Jusuf Nurkic has had the chance to get acclimated to his new team, the Blazers are electing to start him at center. That pushes Leonard to the bench and likely means a decreased role moving forward. Leonard's role has been highly volatile throughout the season, which makes him at best a risky add in the majority of fantasy formats.