It is a short slate on Thursday night in the NBA but there are a few players already ruled out or looking doubtful to suit up which should open up some value options in what could be another high-scoring DFS night.
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 a plus (+) 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 potentially 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.
NBA What If – Thursday, January 24
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Lakers | Lonzo Ball | Out | Rajon Rondo (minutes)+ Lance Stephenson (minutes/usage) Brandon Ingram (usage)+ |
| Lakers | Rajon Rondo | Questionable | Lance Stephenson (minutes)+ |
| Pelicans | Nikola Mirotic | Doubtful | Jahlil Okafor (minutes)+ Julius Randle (minutes)+ Darius Miller (minutes/usage) |
| Pelicans | Anthony Davis | Out | Jahlil Okafor (minutes/usage)+ Julius Randle (minutes/usage)+ Darius Miller (usage) Jrue Holiday (usage)+ |
| Suns | DeAndre Ayton | Doubtful | Dragan Bender (minutes)+ Richaun Holmes (minutes)+ Troy Daniels (usage) Jamal Crawford (usage) Kelly Oubre (usage) |
| Suns | T.J. Warren | Out | Josh Jackson (minutes/usage)+ Kelly Oubre (minutes/usage)+ Mikal Bridges (minutes) DeAnthony Melton (usage) Devin Booker (usage)+ |
| Suns | Richaun Holmes | Questionable | Dragan Bender (minutes/usage)+ |
| Thunder | None | ||
| Timberwolves | Tyus Jones | Out | Jerryd Bayless (minutes/usage) Derrick Rose (minues)+ |
| Timberwolves | Jeff Teague | Questionable | Jerryd Bayless (minutes)+ Derrick Rose (minues/usage)+ |
| Trail Blazers | Damian Lillard | Questionable | Seth Curry (minutes/usage)+ C.J. McCollum (usage)+ Evan Turner (usage) |
| Warriors | Jonas Jerebko | Out | Kevon Looney (minutes) |
| Wizards | None |
