Injury news in Milwaukee and Boston hold the key to Friday night’s nine-game slate. See which players are ruled out and how that affects your DFS lineups in the NBA What If matrix below along with the rest of the injuries to monitor leading up to tipoff.
This article will attempt to list all of the relevant injury situations to monitor for the day’s NBA slate and provide guidance on which players will benefit with either an increase in minutes or usage or both if that player is ruled out. I will also place an asterisk (*) by players that I think are worth DFS consideration if that player is ruled out. Players that have been out for at least five consecutive games I will not list as general playing time and usage patterns should be established.
This will NOT be an interactive article that is continually updated throughout the day as I hope to capture all of the potential relevant injury situations that could impact DFS lineups for the night and pre-determine what players benefit. Ideally, you monitor late-breaking news leading up to tipoff, find out a player is ruled out and come check the matrix below to see who the players are you should consider for your DFS lineups based on that news.
This article series will be a work in progress and I welcome any and all feedback on its usefulness and format either in the Comments below or directly to me on Twitter @Rotopilot.
NBA What If – Friday, February 2
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | Malcolm Brogdon | Doubtful | Tony Snell (minutes) Matthew Dellavedova (minutes) Jason Terry (minutes) Sean Kilpatrick (minutes/usage) |
| Bucks | Jabari Parker | Probable | Sterling Brown (minutes) |
| Bucks | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Questionable | Tony Snell (minutes)* Sterling Brown (minutes) Khris Middleton (usage)* Jason Terry (usage) John Henson (usage)* Eric Bledsoe (usage)* |
| Bucks | Eric Bledsoe | Questionable | Matthew Dellavedova (minutes) Jason Terry (minutes) Khris Middleton (usage)* Giannis Antetokounmpo (usage)* Sterling Brown (usage) |
| Celtics | Marcus Smart | Out | Terry Rozier (minutes) Jaylen Brown (minutes)* Jayson Tatum (usage)* |
| Celtics | Marcus Morris | Out | Jayson Tatum (minutes)* Semi Ojeleye (minutes) Kyrie Irving (usage) |
| Celtics | Kyrie Irving | Questionable | Terry Rozier (minutes/usage)* Shane Larkin (minutes/usage) Al Horford (usage)* Jayson Tatum (usage)* |
| Celtics | Shane Larkin | Questionable | Terry Rozier (minutes) Jaylen Brown (minutes) |
| Hawks | Dennis Schroder | Questionable | Malcolm Delaney (minutes/usage)* Isaiah Taylor (minutes/usage) Marco Bellinelli (usage) Kent Bazemore (usage)* Taurean Prince (usage) |
| Heat | None | ||
| Hornets | Marvin Williams | Out | Frank Kaminsky (minutes) Treveon Graham (minutes/usage) Cody Zeller (minutes) Nicolas Batum (usasge) Jeremy Lamb (usage) |
| Hornets | Cody Zeller | Probable | Johnny O’Bryant (minutes) Frank Kaminsky (minutes) |
| Jazz | Rondey Hood | Out | Alec Burks (minutes) Royce O’Neale (minutes) |
| Kings | Skal Labissiere | Out | Zach Randolph (minutes/usage)* Kosta Koufos (minutes/usage) |
| Kings | Willie Cauley-Stein | Probable | Kosta Koufos (minutes)* Zach Randolph (usage)* De’Aaron Fox (usage) Justin Jackson (usage) |
| Kings | Malachi Richardson | Questionable | Justin Jackson (minutes) |
| Knicks | None | ||
| Lakers | None | ||
| Nets | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Out | Quincy Acy (minutes) Joe Harris (minutes) Spencer Dinwiddie (usage) Caris LeVert (usage) DeMarre Carroll (usage)* |
| Nets | Caris LeVert | Probable | Nik Stauskas (minutes) Allen Crabbe (minutes/usage) |
| Pacers | Myles Turner | Questionable | Domantas Sabonis (minutes/usage)* Al Jefferson (minutes) Lance Stephenson (usage) |
| Pelicans | Dante Cunningham | Questionable | Darius Miller (minutes) Cheick Diallo (minutes) |
| Pelicans | Nikola Mirotic | Out | Dante Cunningham (minutes) Darius Miller (minutes) Cheick Diallo (minutes) |
| Raptors | Fred VanVleet | Questionable | Delon Wright (minutes) |
| Raptors | CJ Miles | Questionable | Norman Powell (minutes) OG Anunoby (minutes) |
| Sixers | None | ||
| Suns | Isaiah Canaan | Out | Tyler Ulis (minutes) Josh Jackson (minutes) |
| Suns | Alex Len | Questionable | Dragan Bender (minutes) Marquese Chriss (minutes/usage) |
| Thunder | Terrance Ferguson | Questionable | Alex Abrines (minutes) |
| Trail Blazers | Jusuf Nurkic | Probable | Ed Davis (minutes)* Damian Lillard (usage)* CJ McCollum (usage) Evan Turner (usage) |
| Trail Blazers | Moe Harkless | Questionable | Evan Turner (minutes) |
| Warriors | Shaun Livingston | Out | Patrick McCaw (minutes/usage) |
