Watch. LJ Cryer produces more when Jimmy Butler is off the floor, and Butler is now out for an extended stretch.
Butler is listed Out, with his injury carrying a typical nine-to-12-month recovery window. A return between Christmas and March is the current range, with December 1 floated as a possible target date, though nothing is firm yet.
Over 17 games without Butler, Cryer has averaged 11.8 FPG on 17.0 minutes, compared to 3.0 FPG on 3.0 minutes with him. Seventeen games without Butler is a real sample, and the lift is 8.8 FPG.
Cryer sits at 11.3 FPG on the season, ranked 370th, so he is a fringe fantasy option even with the added run. His minutes have also crept up recently, averaging 19.0 over his last 10 games versus 16.2 for the season.
For props, points and assists are the markets that could see modest movement given the added minutes, but this is a stream candidate in deeper leagues rather than a lock-in add.
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