The string of quiet injury news following the NBA All-Star break continues without many impactful injuries to watch prior to Tuesday’s six-game slate. Of course, that can change in a moment’s notice and with three teams (Bulls, Nets, Kings) playing the second game of a back-to-back those are the teams I would keep my eye on the newswire.
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 – Tuesday, February 27
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | None | ||
| Bulls | Zach LaVine | Probable | Justin Holiday (minutes) Denzel Valentine (minutes)* Lauri Markkanen (usage)* |
| Bulls | Paul Zipser | Questionable | David Nwaba (minutes) Denzel Valentine (minutes)* |
| Cavaliers | None | ||
| Clippers | Avery Bradley | Out | Milos Teodosic (minutes) Tyrone Wallace (minutes)* |
| Clippers | Danilo Gallinari | Questionable | Tyrone Wallace (minutes)* Wesley Johnson (minutes) Austin Rivers (usage)* |
| Heat | Kelly Olynyk | Probable | James Johnson (minutes) Bam Adebayo (minutes) |
| Hornets | None | ||
| Kings | Garrett Temple | Questionable | Justin Jackson (minutes) Frank Mason (usage) |
| Kings | Zach Randolph | Questionable | Skal Labissiere (minutes)* Bogdan Bogdanovic (usage) Willie Cauley-Stein (usage) De’Aaron Fox (usage) |
| Nets | Jahlil Okafor | Questionable | Jarrett Allen (minutes)* |
| Nuggets | Paul Millsap | Questionable | Trey Lyles (minutes) Mason Plumlee (minutes) Gary Harris (usage) Nikola Jokic (usage)* |
| Sixers | None | ||
| Trail Blazers | None | ||
| Wizards | None |
