There are 10 games on the Friday night slate in the Association but for such a large slate there are remarkably few injury situations to follow for significant fantasy players. Hopefully, we have a quiet night for once.
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, January 26
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | Eric Bledsoe | Probable | Malcolm Brogdon (minutes/usage)* Matthew Dellavedova (minutes) Khris Middleton (usage)* Giannis Antetokounmpo (usage)* |
| Bucks | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Probable | Tony Snell (minutes) Sterling Brown (minutes) Khris Middleton (usage)* Malcolm Brogdon (usage)* Eric Bledsoe (usage)* |
| Bulls | Kris Dunn | Doubtful | Jerian Grant (minutes) Zach LaVine (usage)* Justin Holiday (usage) Nikola Mirotic (usage) |
| Cavaliers | Dwyane Wade | Questionable | JR Smith (minutes) Kyle Korver (minutes/usage) Iman Shumpert (usage) Jeff Green (usage) |
| Clippers | Jawun Evans | Out | Milos Teodosic (minutes) |
| Grizzlies | JaMychal Green | Out | Jarell Martin (minutes) Ivan Rabb (minutes) Myke Henry (minutes) Andrew Harrison (usage) |
| Grizzlies | James Ennis | Out | Wayne Selden (minutes) Dillon Brooks (minutes)* Tyreke Evans (usage) |
| Grizzlies | Ben McLemore | Questionable | Wayne Selden (minutes)* Kobi Simmons (minutes) |
| Grizzlies | Tyreke Evans | Questionable | Andrew Harrison (minutes/usage)* Wayne Selden (minutes/usage)* Marc Gasol (usage)* Dillon Brooks (usage)* |
| Grizzlies | Jarell Martin | Questionable | Ivan Rabb (minutes) Myke Henry (minutes) |
| Hawks | None | ||
| Hornets | None | ||
| Jazz | Rodney Hood | Questionable | Alec Burks (minutes/usage)* Joe Johnson (minutes) |
| Knicks | Tim Hardaway Jr. | Questionable | Courtney Lee (minutes)* Jarrett Jack (usage)* Enes Kanter (usage) Michael Beasley (usage) |
| Knicks | Kyle O’Quinn | Questionable | Willy Hernangomez (minutes/usage) |
| Lakers | Lonzo Ball | Doubtful | Tyler Ennis (minutes) Alex Caruso (minutes) Jordan Clarkson (minutes/usage)* Julius Randle (usage)* |
| Mavericks | Devin Harris | Out | Yogi Ferrell (minutes/usage)* JJ Barea (minutes) |
| Nets | None | ||
| Pacers | Darren Collison | Probable | Joe Young (minutes) Cory Joseph (minutes/usage) Victor Oladipo (usage)* Domantas Sabonis (usage) Bojan Bogdanovic (usage) |
| Pacers | Myles Turner | Out | Domantas Sabonis (minutes) Al Jefferson (minutes) Lance Stephenson (usage) |
| Pelicans | None | ||
| Raptors | None | ||
| Rockets | None | ||
| Sixers | JJ Redick | Out | TJ McConnell (minutes) Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (minutes/usage) Jerryd Bayless (minutes) Ben Simmons (usage) Dario Saric (usage) Joe Embiid (usage) |
| Sixers | Trevor Booker | Questionable | Richaun Holmes (minutes) |
| Sixers | TJ McConnell | Questionable | Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (minutes) Jerryd Bayless (minutes) |
| Sixers | Jerryd Bayless | Questionable | Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (minutes) TJ McConnell (minutes) |
| Spurs | LaMarcus Aldridge | Probable | Davis Bertans (minutes/usage) Dejounte Murray (usage)* Manu Ginobili (usage) Kyle Anderson (usage) Pau Gasol (usage) |
| Spurs | Manu Ginobili | Questionable | Patty Mills (minutes/usage) Danny Green (minutes) Dejounte Murray (usage) |
| Suns | Marquese Chriss | Probable | Dragan Bender (minutes) Josh Jackson (usage) |
| Suns | TJ Warren | Questionable | Josh Jackson (minutes)* Marquese Chriss (usage) Devin Booker (usage)* Tyson Chandler (usage) |
| Suns | Alex Len | Questionable | Greg Monroe (minutes)* |
| Trail Blazers | None |
