It is shaping up to be a quite night on the injury watch front heading into Friday night’s seven-game slate.
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 – Friday, January 18
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Cavaliers | Larry Nance Jr. | Out | Ante Zizic (minutes)+ Jaron Blossomgame (minutes/usage) |
| Cavaliers | Tristan Thompson | Out | Ante Zizic (minutes)+ Channing Frye (minutes) Jaron Blossomgame (minutes/usage) |
| Celtics | None | ||
| Clippers | None | ||
| Grizzlies | Kyle Anderson | Out | Omri Casspi (minutes) Justin Holiday (minutes/usage) Marc Gasol (usage) |
| Heat | Tyler Johnson | Probable | Dion Waiters (minutes/usage) Wayne Ellington (minutes) Dwyane Wade (usage) |
| Heat | Wayne Ellington | Questionable | Dion Waiters (minutes) |
| Heat | Josh Richardson | Questionable | Rodney McGruder (minutes) Dion Waiters (minutes/usage) Derrick Jones (minutes/usage) Hassan Whiteside (usage) |
| Jazz | None | ||
| Magic | Mo Bamba | Probable | Khem Birch (minutes) |
| Nets | Jared Dudley | Out | Rodions Kurucs (minutes) DeMarre Carroll (minutes/usage) |
| Pelicans | None | ||
| Pistons | None | ||
| Spurs | None | ||
| Timberwolves | Tyus Jones | Out | Derrick Rose (minutes) Jeff Teague (minutes) |
| Trail Blazers | Moe Harkless | Questionable | Jake Layman (minutes) Evan Turner (minutes) Damian Lillard (usage)+ |
| Warriors | DeMarcus Cousins | Probable | Kevin Looney (minutes) Jordan Bell (minutes) |
