Tuesday’s eight-games only has a couple situations to monitor for potential inactives as of midday. Of course, things can change in a hurry so keep monitoring injury news all the way to tipoff.
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, March 6
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Clippers | None | ||
| Hawks | Malcolm Delaney | Out | Isaiah Taylor (minutes/usage) Tyler Dorsey (minutes) |
| Hawks | DeAndre Bembry | Out | Tyler Dorsey (minutes) Taurean Prince (minutes) |
| Hawks | Kent Bazemore | Questionable | Tyler Dorsey (minutes) Dennis Schroder (usage) Taurean Prince (usage) |
| Heat | Wayne Ellington | Questionable | Rodney McGruder (minutes) Luke Babbitt (minutes) Dwyane Wade (usage) |
| Hornets | Michael Carter-Williams | Out | Malik Monk (minutes) Julyan Stone (minutes/usage) |
| Hornets | Marvin Williams | Questionable | Frank Kaminsky (minutes)* Nicolas Batum (usage)* Jeremy Lamb (usage) |
| Knicks | None | ||
| Mavericks | Wesley Matthews | Out | Doug McDermott (minutes/usage) Yogi Ferrell (usage) JJ Barea (usage) Dirk Nowitzki (usage) |
| Nets | None | ||
| Nuggets | None | ||
| Pelicans | Emeka Okafor | Questionable | Nikola Mirotic (minutes)* Cheick Diallo (minutes) |
| Raptors | OG Anunoby | Out | CJ Miles (minutes)* Malcolm Miller (minutes) Kyle Lowry (usage) DeMar DeRozan (usage) |
| Rockets | Joe Johnson | Out | Eric Gordon (minutes)* |
| Rockets | Ryan Anderson | Out | Trevor Ariza (minutes)* PJ Tucker (minutes) Luc Mbah a Moute (minutes) James Harden (usage)* Chris Paul (usage)* |
| Rockets | Brandan Wright | Out | Nene Hilario (minutes) |
| Sixers | None | ||
| Thunder | Carmelo Anthony | Probable | Jerami Grant (minutes/usage) Corey Brewer (minutes) Patrick Patterson (minutes) Paul George (usage)* Terrance Ferguson (usage) Russell Westbrook (usage)* |
| Trail Blazers | Moe Harkless | Questionable | Evan Turner (minutes) Shabazz Napier (minutes) Damian Lillard (usage)* |
| Warriors | Stephen Curry | Probable | Shaun Livingston (minutes/usage) Quinn Cook (minutes) Kevin Durant (usage)* Klay Thompson (usage)* Nick Young (usage) Draymond Green (usage) |
| Warriors | Shaun Livingston | Questionable | Nick Young (minutes) |
| Wizards | Kelly Oubre | Questionable | Jodie Meeks (minutes) |
