Whew! That was the most exhausting and time-consuming NBA What If analysis for a four-game slate ever. Injury situations in Boston and Golden St. with numerous players out or questionable. There are also injuries to keep an eye on LA, Orlando and Sacramento. Be sure to watch the injury news for Wednesday night.
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 – Wednesday, March 14
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | None | ||
| Celtics | Marcus Smart | Out | Terry Rozier (minutes/usage)* Shane Larkin (minutes/usage)* Abdel Nader (minutes/usage) Jayson Tatum (usage)* |
| Celtics | Kyrie Irving | Out | Terry Rozier (minutes/usage)* Shane Larkin (minutes/usage)* Abdel Nader (minutes) Marcus Morris (usage)* Greg Monroe (usage)* |
| Celtics | Jaylen Brown | Out | Terry Rozier (minutes)* Shane Larkin (minutes)* Abdel Nader (minutes) Marcus Morris (usage)* Jayson Tatum (usage)* |
| Celtics | Daniel Theis | Out | Aron Baynes (minutes) Greg Monroe (minutes/usage)* Marcus Morris (usage)* |
| Celtics | Al Horford | Out | Aron Baynes (minutes) Greg Monroe (minutes/usage)* Marcus Morris (usage)* Jayson Tatum (usage)* Terry Rozier (usage)* |
| Heat | Hassan Whiteside | Out | Bam Adebayo (minutes)* Kelly Olynyk (minutes/usage)* James Johnson (minutes) Josh Richardson (usage) |
| Heat | Dwyane Wade | Out | Tyler Johnson (minutes)* Wayne Ellington (minutes) Justise Winslow (minutes) |
| Kings | Skal Labissiere | Questionable | Zach Randolph (minutes/usage) Kosta Koufos (minutes) |
| Kings | Zach Randolph | Rest? | Skal Labissiere (minutes)* Kosta Koufos (minutes) Willie Cauley-Stein (usage) De’Aaron Fox (usage) Bogdan Bogdanovic (usage) |
| Lakers | Kyle Kuzma | Questionable | Travis Wear (minutes/usage) Ivica Zubac (minutes) Isaiah Thomas (usage) |
| Magic | Evan Fournier | Out | Mario Hezonja (minutes) Jonathan Simmons (minutes/usage) Nikola Vucevic (usage)* Aaron Gordon (usage)* |
| Magic | Aaron Gordon | Questionable | Mario Hezonja (minutes/usage)* Jonathan Isaac (minutes) Jonathan Simmons (usage) Nikola Vucevic (usage)* |
| Warriors | Draymond Green | Out | Jordan Bell (minutes) Omri Casspi (minutes)* Kevin Durant (usage)* Klay Thompson (usage)* JaVale McGee (usage) |
| Warriors | Stephen Curry | Out | Nick Young (minutes/usage)* Shaun Livingston (minutes) Quinn Cook (minutes) Kevin Durant (usage)* Klay Thompson (usage)* Andre Iguodala (usage)* |
| Warriors | David West | Out | Kevon Looney (minutes/usage) Jordan Bell (minutes) |
| Warriors | Andre Iguodala | Probable | Omri Casspi (minutes/usage)* JaVale McGee (usage) |
| Warriors | Jordan Bell | Probable | Kevon Looney (minutes) Omri Casspi (minutes)* |
| Warriors | Klay Thompson | Questionable | Nick Young (minutes/usage)* Kevin Durant (usage)* JaVale McGee (usage) Andre Iguodala (usage)* |
| Wizards | None |
