Nick Collison (hip) will return to the lineup and face the Clippers on Wednesday.

He missed Sunday's game and could help fill the void left by Kendrick Perkins (personal). Collison does a lot on the court to help the team, but he doesn't do enough in the box score to be added in almost any fantasy league.

Nick Collison will not play against the Wizards on Sunday due to a hip contusion.

He's played 17.6 minutes per game and is an important ancillary piece for the second unit. The first thing that probably comes to mind for owners is whether this helps hot pickup Steven Adams, but almost all of Collison's minutes have come at power forward while all of Adams' come at the five. That may change tonight, so Adams could build off his 17-point explosion from Friday.

Beat writer Darnell Mayberry expects Nick Collison to play more in Friday's Game 6 vs. Houston.

Scott Brooks has very strangely not played Collison over 20 minutes in any game, and it's about time he proved capable of making an adjustment when it's desperately needed. Collison averaged 19.5 minutes during the regular season but has not played that much in any game during the playoffs.

Nick Collison, who sat out the regular season finale to rest, will be available for Game 1 against the Rockets.

Collison was never nursing an injury so this is just a reminder that he's good to go and will see his traditional role off the bench.

Nick Collison (rest) will sit out of Wednesday's season finale.

Collison will get the night off as he prepares for the playoffs. Hasheem Thabeet and Daniel Orton will be the primary big men for OKC.

Nick Collison (groin) was active on Sunday, as expected, playing 26 minutes off OKC's bench.

He finished with 10 points, six rebounds and one steal, fairly typical numbers for the blue-collar backup big man.

Nick Collison (groin) missed practice on Saturday to receive treatment and is expected to play on Sunday.

He returned on Friday and scored 11 points in 19 minutes. Collison's game fits in well with the Thunder stars, but he has very little fantasy value.

Nick Collison will be a game-time decision on Friday against the Magic due to a groin contusion.

That does not sound pleasant. Collison hasn't received a blurb since the end of January which tells you his relevance in fantasy leagues, but if he sits out, it would mean Serge Ibaka would likely see more minutes and that's a bigger takeaway than Collison's absence. Kendrick Perkins would also be asked to play more minutes than usual if Collison is sidelined.

Nick Collison logged a season-high 41 minutes against the Clippers on Tuesday and had eight points, seven boards, two assists, one steal and two blocks.

Kendrick Perkins had four fouls in seven minutes, so Collison was given some extra burn in the win. The Kansas product couldn't produce with Serge Ibaka out of the lineup last week, so there's no reason to pick him up in most formats.

Nick Collison (ankle) returned to action on Friday against the Mavs, scoring eight points on 4-of-6 shooting with five rebounds in 22 minutes off the bench.

Collison returns to his low-minute role off the bench and has no real fantasy value.

Nick Collison (ankle) will play against the Mavericks on Friday.

He couldn't make an impact even with Serge Ibaka out for two games, so Collison's prospects as a fantasy asset don't look good in even deep leagues. He belongs on the waiver wire.

Nick Collison sprained his right ankle in the first half of Wednesday's game and he will not return.

Collison played just 19.0 minutes per game with Serge Ibaka out of the lineup in the past two games, so he barely has any value. He should be considered questionable for Friday's game against the Mavericks.

Nick Collison made a fill-in start for Serge Ibaka (chest) on Sunday, scoring eight points and grabbing three boards in 22 minutes.

Ibaka's absence was keenly felt, as LaMarcus Aldridge poured in 33 points, and Collison barely played more than he does with OKC at full strength. His fantasy value is strictly limited to the deepest leagues.

Nick Collison scored 10 points and pulled down eight rebounds in 21 minutes of the bench in Sunday's easy 104-92 win over the Raptors.

He has picked it up in his last five games, averaging 8.4 points, 6.2 boards and 1.0 steals in 21 minutes. Collison is still in a time-share split with Kendrick Perkins (four points, seven boards and on steal in 24 minutes) and neither have value in standard leagues.

Nick Collison just missed a double-double in 20 minutes with 10 points and nine rebounds against the Suns on Monday.

He had a double-double on Saturday with 12 and 10, and both of these performances were his best two games in over three weeks. We'd still leave him on the waiver wire in most formats, though.

Nick Collison notched his first double-double of the season on Saturday with 12 points, 10 rebounds, three assists and three steals in an easy win over the Rockets.

Collison made 6-of-10 FGs, and four of his rebounds came on the offensive glass, but this is a fluky performance with no lasting implications. His season averages explain why -- 5.6 points, 4.1 rebounds and 0.4 blocks in 19 minutes per game.

Nick Collison's season-high 14 points helped the Thunder squeak out a win in OT on Saturday.

This was Collison's first game in double-digits this season, and he's exponentially more valuable in real life than in fantasy leagues. Don't expect a repeat performance any time soon.

Nick Collison returned to action on Wednesday February 29.

Nick Collison (quad) will play in Wednesday's game against the Sixers.

Collison used the All-Star break to get his quad bruise back near 100 percent. He'll resume his 19-22 minute role off the bench, cutting into Serge Ibaka's minutes at times.

Nick Collison (quad) will not play on Thursday against the Lakers.

This should, in theory, help Scott Brooks provide Serge Ibaka minutes, but Brooks has an aversion to using one of the league's best defensive players. Ibaka owners can take solace in the fact that Brooks always hesitates to bench Ibaka on national TV games, since the national media might not be as kind as it at home.