Friday’s big 10-game NBA slate has a few situations to monitor before lineup lock, in particular in Memphis, Phoenix and Charlotte.
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.
NBA What If – Friday, March 2
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Probable | Sterling Brown (minutes) Khris Middleton (usage)* Jabari Parker (usage)* John Henson (usage) Eric Bledsoe (usage)* |
| Bucks | Matthew Dellavedova | Out | Jason Terry (minutes) |
| Bucks | Tony Snell | Out | Sterling Brown (minutes) |
| Bulls | Paul Zipser | Out | David Nwaba (minutes) Denzel Valentine (minutes)* |
| Clippers | Tyrone Wallace | G-League | Milos Teodosic (minutes)* CJ Williams (minutes) |
| Clippers | Avery Bradley | Out | Milos Teodosic (minutes)* CJ Williams (minutes) |
| Clippers | Danilo Gallinari | Out | Montrezl Harrell (mintues)* Austin Rivers (usage) |
| Grizzlies | Tyreke Evans | Out | Andrew Harrison (minutes/usage)* Ben McLemore (minutes) Mario Chalmers (minutes)* Wayne Selden (minutes)* Marc Gasol (usage) Dillon Brooks (usage) |
| Grizzlies | Deyonta Davis | Out | JaMychal Green (minutes)* Jarell Martin (minutes) |
| Grizzlies | Andrew Harrison | Questionable | Mario Chalmers (minutes)* Ben McLemore (minutes/usage) Wayne Selden (minutes/usage)* |
| Grizzlies | Wayne Selden | Probable | Andrew Harrison (minutes)* Ben McLemore (minutes) Mario Chalmers (minutes)* |
| Grizzlies | JaMychal Green | Questionable | Jarell Martin (minutes)* Ivan Rabb (minutes) |
| Hawks | DeAndre Bembry | Out | Tyler Dorsey (minutes) |
| Hornets | Cody Zeller | Questionable | Frank Kaminsky (minutes) Willy Hernangomez (minutes/usage) |
| Hornets | Michael Kidd-Gilchrist | Questionable | Treveon Graham (minutes) Jeremy Lamb (minutes/usage)* |
| Jazz | None | ||
| Knicks | None | ||
| Magic | Jonathan Issac | Probable | Bismack Biyombo (minutes) |
| Mavericks | None | ||
| Nuggets | None | ||
| Pacers | None | ||
| Pistons | None | ||
| Raptors | OG Anunoby | Doubtful | Norman Powell (minutes) Pascal Siakam (minutes)* |
| Sixers | None | ||
| Suns | TJ Warren | Questionable | Josh Jackson (minutes/usage)* |
| Suns | Tyson Chandler | Questionable | Alex Len (minutes)* |
| Thunder | None | ||
| Timberwolves | Jimmy Butler | Out | Nemanja Bjelica (minutes) Jamal Crawford (minutes/usage) Jeff Teague (usage) Andrew Wiggins (usage) Karl-Anthony Towns (usage)* |
| Warriors | None | ||
| Wizards | None |
