A bunch of injury news around the NBA for Friday’s 10-game slate which should open up a bunch of value options in DFS.
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 25
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | Khris Middleton | Questionable | Sterling Brown (minutes/usage)+ Tony Snell (minutes) Eric Bledsoe (usage)+ Malcolm Brogdon (usage)+ |
| Bulls | Wendell Carter Jr. | Out | Robin Lopez (minutes) Bobby Portis (minutes/usage)+ Zach LaVine (usage) Jabari Parker (usage) |
| Bulls | Jabari Parker | Probable | Chandler Hutchison (minutes) Bobby Portis (minutes/usage) |
| Cavaliers | Tristan Thompson | Out | Ante Zizic (minutes) Channing Frye (minutes) |
| Cavaliers | Larry Nance Jr. | Probable | Channing Frye (minutes) |
| Clippers | Danilo Gallinari | Out | Patrick Beverley (minutes/usage) Lou Williams (usage) |
| Grizzlies | Garrett Temple | Probable | Shelvin Mack (minutes) Jevon Carter (minues) |
| Grizzlies | Joakim Noah | Probable | JaMychal Green (minutes) |
| Heat | Dion Waiters | Questionable | Dwyane Wade (minutes) Tyler Johnson (minutes)+ Wayne Ellington (minutes) |
| Hornets | None | ||
| Jazz | None | ||
| Kings | Nemanja Bjelica | Probable | Marvin Bagley (minutes)+ Justin Jackson (minutes) Bogdan Bogdanovic (usage) |
| Kings | De’Aaron Fox | Probable | Yogi Ferrell (minutes/usage)+ Frank Mason (minutes) Bogdan Bogdanovic (usage)+ Willie Cauley-Stein (usage) |
| Kings | Iman Shumpert | Questionable | Bogdan Bogdanovic (minutes)+ Justin Jackson (minutes) De’Aaron Fox (usage) |
| Knicks | Emmanuel Mudiay | Questionable | Frank Ntilikina (minutes) Tim Hardaway Jr. (usage) |
| Knicks | Trey Burke | Questionable | Frank Ntilikina (minutes/usage) |
| Magic | None | ||
| Mavericks | None | ||
| Nets | Spencer Dinwiddie | Out | Shabazz Napier (minutes/usage)+ Joe Harris (minutes)+ DeMarre Carroll (usage) |
| Nets | Rondae Hollis-Jefferson | Questionable | DeMarre Carroll (minutes/usage) Rodions Kurucs (minutes) Joe Harris (usage)+ |
| Nuggets | Nikola Jokic | Out | Mason Plumlee (minutes/usage)+ Paul Millsap (minutes/usage)+ Will Barton (usage)+ Gary Harris (usage)+ |
| Pistons | Ish Smith | Doubtful | Jose Calderon (minutes) |
| Pistons | Andre Drummond | Probable | Zaza Pachulia (minutes) Jon Leuer (minutes) Blake Griffin (usage)+ Luke Kennard (usage) Stanley Johnson (usage) |
| Raptors | Kawhi Leonard | Probable | Fred VanVleet (minutes)+ Norman Powell (minutes) CJ Miles (minutes) Serge Ibaka (usage)+ Kyle Lowry (usage)+ Danny Green (usage) Pascal Siakam (usage) |
| Rockets | Nene Hilario | Doubtful | Kenneth Faried (minutes)+ |
| Rockets | Chris Paul | Out | Austin Rivers (minutes) Eric Gordon (minutes/usage) James Harden (usage)+ |
| Suns | T.J. Warren | Out | Josh Jackson (minutes/usage)+ Kelly Oubre (minutes/usage)+ Mikal Bridges (minutes) Devin Booker (usage)+ |
| Suns | De’Anthony Melton | Out | Elie Okobo (minutes) |
| Suns | DeAndre Ayton | Out | Dragan Bender (minutes)+ Richaun Holmes (minutes)+ Kelly Oubre (usage) |
| Suns | Richaun Holmes | Questionable | Dragan Bender (minutes/usage)+ DeAndre Ayton (minutes) |
| Timberwolves | Dario Saric | Questionable | Taj Gibson (minutes) Anthony Tolliver (minutes) |
| Timberwolves | Tyus Jones | Questionable | Jerryd Bayless (minutes)+ |
| Timberwolves | Derrick Rose | Questionable | Jerryd Bayless (minutes/usage)+ Jeff Teague (minutes)+ Jared Terrell (minutes) Andrew Wiggins (usage) |
| Timberwolves | Jeff Teague | Questionable | Jerryd Bayless (minutes)+ Derrick Rose (minutes/usage)+ Jared Terrell (minutes) |
| Wizards | None |
