All of the injury watch focus is on the Thunder for Tuesday night’s six-game NBA slate. The status of Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony will go a long way toward shaping the DFS slate.
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 13
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bucks | John Henson | Out | Thon Maker (minutes)* Tyler Zeller (minutes) Khris Middleton (usage) |
| Bucks | Matthew Dellavedova | Out | Tony Snell (minutes) Jason Terry (minutes) |
| Bucks | Jabari Parker | Probable | Tony Snell (minutes) Sterling Brown (minutes) |
| Cavaliers | None | ||
| Hawks | None | ||
| Heat | Kelly Olynyk | Out | Bam Adebayo (minutes/usage)* James Johnson (minutes) Tyler Johnson (usage) |
| Kings | None | ||
| Mavericks | Wesley Matthews | Probable | Doug McDermott (minutes)* Kyle Collinsworth (minutes) Dirk Nowitzki (usage) Dwight Powell (usage) |
| Mavericks | Dirk Nowitzki | Probable | Maxi Kleber (minutes) Dwight Powell (minutes)* Kyle Collinsworth (usage) Yogi Ferrell (usage) Dennis Smith Jr. (usage) Wesley Matthews (usage) |
| Mavericks | JJ Barea | Questionable | Yogi Ferrell (minutes/usage) Kyle Collinsworth (minutes/usage) Dennis Smith Jr. (usage) |
| Nuggets | None | ||
| Raptors | OG Anunoby | Questionable | CJ Miles (minutes)* Norman Powell (minutes) Kyle Lowry (usage) DeMar DeRozan (usage) |
| Rockets | None | ||
| Spurs | LaMarcus Aldridge | Out | Davis Bertans (minutes/usage)* Pau Gasol (minutes)* Dejounte Murray (usage)* Manu Ginobili (usage) Patty Mills (usage) |
| Thunder | Russell Westbrook | Questionable | Raymond Felton (minutes/usage)* Carmelo Anthony (usage)* Paul George (usage)* Jerami Grant (usage) |
| Thunder | Carmelo Anthony | Questionable | Jerami Grant (minutes/usage)* Patrick Patterson (minutes)* Paul George (usage)* Russell Westbrook (usage)* Raymond Felton (usage) |
| Timberwolves | None |
