11/30/2004 09:46:10 AM|||Shep|||

"NEW ORLEANS -- New Orleans Hornets center Jamaal Magloire will be out up to three months with a dislocated right ring finger, the team announced Monday.

Magloire suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the Hornets' 95-86 loss at Phoenix on Friday and had flown back to New Orleans for treatment. A release from the team said Magloire would be in a splint for eight weeks and in rehab for four weeks after that, but the injury would not require surgery."

Fantasy Impact

Magloire should be headed to the IL, so if that's available to you, stash him there. He was averaging 14 and 9 before the injury, so he's definitely worth keeping around. Magloire doesn't have a history of injury (having played 82 games for the past 3 seasons), so it will be interesting to see how quickly he can heal.

If you're one of those people who wants to buy low, you can probably try that with Magloire now, since he'll be back to help you make the patented 'late run' at the playoffs.

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