Trail Blazers' Meyers Leonard: Out Sunday due to back injury

Leonard has been ruled out for Sunday's preseason tilt with the Nuggets due to a lower-back injury, Mike Richmann of the Oregonian reports.

Analysis:

Leonard said that the back injury first surfaced during the Trail Blazers' two-game road swing to Los Angeles, so the team will hold him out Sunday to give him some more recovery time. The Blazers' frontcourt is already deep to begin with, so Leonard likely won't be in line for a major minutes as a second-unit player even if he heals up quickly.