Charlie Villanueva

Charlie Villanueva will start for Mavericks against Minnesota

Dallas Mavericks power forward Charlie Villanueva will start in place of Dirk Nowitzki (knee) on Wednesday against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

What It Means:

The last time Villanueva got the start for Nowitzki, he was ejected, so hopefully it'll go better this time around. The Mavericks will be using a lot of Chandler Parsons at the four, and Dwight Powell should also get some burn there, too.

Our models project Villanueva to log 16.0 minutes tonight, finishing with 8.0 points and 3.4 rebounds against the Timberwolves. He ranks outside the top 100 with a -3.2 nERD.