Wizards' Thomas Bryant: Aiming for December return

Bryant (knee) is aiming to return to game action "sometime in December," per GM Tommy Sheppard, Chase Hughes of NBC Sports Washington reports.

The Wizards handed down a similar timetable back in August, so it looks as though Bryant remains on track as he works back from surgery to repair a torn left ACL. The Wizards play 21 games in October and November, so Bryant will probably miss somewhere around 25 games before making his debut. He'll likely require a ramp-up period before returning to a full workload, but once he's back, he figures to provide fantasy managers with value in points, rebounds, blocks, threes and field goal percentage. However, Bryant will have to contend with new arrival Montrezl Harrell, as well as Daniel Gafford and Rui Hachimura, for minutes up front.