The Sixers are the hot spot to keep an eye on heading into the four-game Monday evening slate on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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 – Monday, January 21
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Celtics | Gordon Hayward | Probable | Jayson Tatum (minutes)+ Marcus Morris (minutes)+ Sam Ojeleye (minutes/usage) |
| Heat | None | ||
| Jazz | None | ||
| Lakers | Lonzo Ball | Out | Josh Hart (minutes/usage)+ Lance Stephenson (minutes/usage)+ Brandon Ingram (usage)+ |
| Rockets | Clint Capela | Out | Kenneth Faried (minutes)+ Nene (minutes) PJ Tucker (minutes)+ James Harden (usage)+ Eric Gordon (usage)+ |
| Sixers | Joel Embiid | Questionable | Mike Muscala (minutes/usage)+ Amir Johnson (minutes) Jonah Bolden (minutes) Jimmy Butler (usage)+ JJ Redick (usage)+ Ben Simmons (usage)+ |
| Sixers | Jimmy Butler | Questionable | Furkan Korkmaz (minutes)+ Corey Brewer (minutes) Ben Simmons (usage)+ Joel Embiid (usage)+ JJ Redick (usage)+ |
| Trail Blazers | None | ||
| Warriors | None |
