Will Barton: Expected to come off bench Wednesday

Nuggets coach Michael Malone announced that Kenneth Faried (personal) would
return from a one-game absence to reclaim his starting role at power forward, so
Wilson Chandler will presumably shift over to small forward, dropping Barton
back to a sixth-man role. The demotion won’t make Barton as appealing of a DFS
commodity after he exploded for 31 points, eight boards, five assists and two
blocks in 37 minutes during Monday’s win over the Mavericks, but the swingman
should be in line for a sizable role off the bench with the Nuggets still down
two key contributors in Danilo Gallinari (groin) and Emmanuel Mudiay (back).