Monday’s seven-game slate looks fairly quiet on the injury watch front with most players either already ruled out or looking probable to play. The main question marks to keep an eye one are for the Pacers with a few key players listed as questionable.
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 tip off, 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 – Monday, February 5
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bulls | Lauri Markkanen | Out | Bobby Portis (minutes)* Paul Zipser (minutes)* Justin Holiday (usage) Denzel Valentine (usage) |
| Clippers | None | ||
| Heat | Hassan Whiteside | Probable | Kelly Olynyk (minutes/usage)* Bam Adebayo (minutes) Josh Richardson (usage) Wayne Ellington (usage) |
| Hornets | Marvin Williams | Out | Frank Kaminsky (minutes) Trevor Graham (minutes) Nicolas Batum (usage)* Jeremy Lamb (usage) |
| Jazz | Donovan Mitchell | Probable | Alec Burks (minutes/usage) Royce O’Neale (minutes/usage)* Rodney Hood (usage)* Derrick Favors (usage)* Rudy Gobert (usage)* |
| Kings | Skal Labissiere | Out | Zach Randolph (minutes/usage) |
| Magic | Aaron Gordon | Out | Marreese Speights (minutes)* Khem Birch (minutes/usage) Jonathan Simmons (usage) Elfrid Payton (usage) |
| Mavericks | Harrison Barnes | Questionable | Dwight Powell (minutes/usage)* Maxi Kleber (minutes) Dirk Nowitzki (usage) JJ Barea (usage) Yogi Ferrell (usage) |
| Nuggets | Mason Plumlee | Out | Trey Lyles (minutes/usage)* Darrell Arther (minutes/usage) Emmanuel Mudiay (usage) |
| Nuggets | Wilson Chandler | Questionable | Will Barton (minutes/usage)* Torrey Craig (minutes) |
| Nuggets | Darrell Arthur | Questionable | Kenneth Faried (minutes) |
| Pacers | Myles Turner | Questionable | Domantas Sabonis (minutes/usage)* Al Jefferson (minutes) Lance Stephenson (usage) Cory Joseph (usage) |
| Pacers | Victor Oladipo | Questionable | Lance Stephenson (minutes/usage)* Bojan Bogdanovic (minutes/usage)* Domontas Sabonis (usage) Thad Young (usage) Darren Collison (usage)* |
| Pacers | Darren Collison | Questionable | Cory Joseph (minutes/usage)* Joe Young (minutes) Victor Oladipo (usage)* Domantas Sabonis (usage) |
| Pelicans | None | ||
| Pistons | Dwight Buycks | Out | Langston Galloway (minutes) Luke Kennard (minutes/usage) |
| Pistons | Luke Kennard | Questionable | Langston Galloway (minutes) |
| Trail Blazers | Shabazz Napier | Questionable | Mo Harkless (minutes) Pat Connaughton (minutes) |
| Trail Blazers | Evan Turner | Questionable | Mo Harkless (minutes)* Pat Connaughton (minutes) |
| Wizards | John Wall | Out | Tomas Satoransky (minutes/usage) Tim Frazier (minutes) Kelly Oubre (usage) Ott Porter (usage)* Bradley Beal (usage)* Markieff Morris (usage)* |
| Wizards | Mike Scott | Probable | Kelly Oubre (minutes) |
