Stephen Jackson (finger) will not play until he can participate in a full scrimmage. "I feel like I'm ready to play, but Coach wants to hold me out a couple more games," he said. Stack Jack wants to get a couple practices under his belt before he returns, but it sounds like he could return within the next week or so. Keep an eye on him.

Stephen Jackson (hand) has rejoined the Spurs in Utah, but is unlikely to play for a few more games. After Wednesday's game against the Jazz, the Spurs visit the Blazers on Thursday before hosting the Celtics on Saturday. It's possible Jackson could return against Boston, but a back-to-back road trip next week against the Thunder and Nuggets seems more likely. Still, he doesn't present enough upside to consider stashing him in standard leagues at this point.

The NBA and the Spurs have mutually fined Stephen Jackson $25,000 for a "hostile statement directed at Serge Ibaka in a Twitter message." Jackson has since deleted the inciting Tweet and issued an apology, so this should be the end of the story...at least until the playoffs.

While watching Serge Ibaka and Metta World Peace tussle on TV, Stephen Jackson took pointed shots at the Thunder C on his Twitter account. From Jackson's account: "Somebody tell serg Abaka. He aint bout dis life. Next time he run up on me im goin in his mouth. Thatƒ?Ts a promise. He doin 2 much." Jackson proceeded to argue with fans and defend his tweet. Just Stack Jack being Stack Jack. It'll be interesting to see if David Stern has anything to say about this.

Stephen Jackson (hand) has a chance to travel with San Antonio on the team's upcoming road trip. The Spurs play in four different time zones this week as they go to Charlotte, Houston, Utah and Portland from December 8 to 13. This doesn't mean that Jackson will play, but he's ahead of Kawhi Leonard as far as target date goes. He doesn't offer enough upside to start stashing in standard leagues just yet.

Stephen Jackson (hand) will still be sidelined for a "couple weeks," according to Gregg Popovich. Jax was hoping to beat his original two-week timetable, but that now seems like wishful thinking considering the Spurs' conservative stance toward inured players.

Doctors have told Stephen Jackson (hand) he can return in a little over two weeks, but Jackson hopes to beat that timetable. Jackson has been out since breaking his right pinky finger Dec. 19 against the Clippers. Thankfully for the Spurs, Kawhi Leonard (quad) is expected to return by the weekend. By the time Jackson returns, whatever fantasy value he had in most leagues will probably be negated by Leonard's presence in the lineup.

Stephen Jackson is out 4-to-6 weeks with non-displaced fracture of right pinky finger. Jackson was holding down the fort at the small forward spot with Kawhi Leonard (knee) already out of the lineup. Danny Green will likely log most of the minutes at small forward and should be owned in all leagues. Coach Pop may look for guys like Boris Diaw, Gary Neal and Tiago Splitter to pick up some extra minutes. Nando De Colo could emerge from the fray as a placeholder while San Antonio gets healthy. The Spurs may also not have the luxury to limit Manu Ginobili's minutes.

Stephen Jackson injured his right hand in Monday's game against the Clippers. Jackson tried to get it get taped up by the training staff and go back out there, but he apparently couldn't play with the injury. It's to his shooting hand and there could be some concern. If Captain Jack misses time, Danny Green would likely pick up a bunch of minutes at small forward and would be well worth owning in most leagues.

Stephen Jackson replaced Kawhi Leonard (quad) in the starting lineup on Saturday and had nine points with nine boards, three assists, two steals and four turnovers. S-Jax tends to poison fantasy teams with his sub-40 percent shooting, and his starting job will be short-lived with Kawhi due back in 10-14 days. Continue avoiding him in 12-team leagues.