With Wednesday’s Valentine’s Day NBA slate as the last game before the All-Star break for many teams on full 12-game slate, there could be some surprise inactives, like the Hawks just dropped. So while the injury watch list seems fairly quiet there could be some unexpected scratches as we near 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 – Wednesday, February 14
| Team | Player | Status | If OUT |
| Bulls | Kris Dunn | Probable | Jerian Grant (minutes)* |
| Celtics | None | ||
| Clippers | None | ||
| Grizzlies | JaMychal Green | Questionable | Jarell Martin (minutes) Ivan Rabb (minutes) Myke Henry (minutes) Andrew Harrison (usage) |
| Grizzlies | Chandler Parsons | Questionable | Jarell Martin (minutes) Dillon Brooks (minutes/usage) |
| Hawks | Dennis Schroder | Out | Malcolm Delaney (minutes/usage)* Tyler Dorsey (minutes/usage)* Taurean Prince (usage)* |
| Hawks | Ersan Ilyasova | Out | John Collins (minutes)* Dewayne Dedmon (minutes/usage)* Malcolm Delaney (usage)* Tyler Dorsey (usage)* |
| Hawks | Kent Bazemore | Out | Taurean Prince (minutes/usage)* Tyler Dorsey (minutes/usage)* Malcolm Delaney (usage)* |
| Heat | Kelly Olynyk | Out | Bam Adebayo (minutes/usage)* James Johnson (minutes)* Tyler Johnson (usage) |
| Hornets | None | ||
| Jazz | Ricky Rubio | Out | Royce O’Neale (minutes)* Donovan Mitchell (usage)* Joe Ingles (usage)* |
| Kings | None | ||
| Knicks | Kristaps Porzingis | Out | Michael Beasley (minutes/usage)* Kyle O’Quinn (minutes/usage) Tim Hardaway Jr. (usage)* Courtney Lee (usage) Enes Kanter (usage)* |
| Lakers | None | ||
| Magic | None | ||
| Nets | Caris LeVert | Out | Allen Crabbe (minutes/usage)* Joe Harris (minutes) |
| Pacers | Darren Collison | Out | Cory Joseph (minutes/usage) Joe Young (minutes) Victor Oladipo (usage)* Domantas Sabonis (usage) Bojan Bogdanovic (usage) |
| Pelicans | DeAndre Liggins | Questionable | Darius Miller (minutes) Ian Clark (minutes) |
| Pistons | None | ||
| Raptors | None | ||
| Rockets | Eric Gordon | Questionable | Gerald Green (minutes/usage) |
| Sixers | Justin Anderson | Out | Marco Belinelli (minutes) |
| Sixers | Joel Embiid | Questionable | Richaun Holmes (minutes/usage)* Amir Johnson (minutes) Dario Saric (usage)* Robert Covington (usage)* Ben Simmons (usage)* JJ Redick (usage)* TJ McConnell (usage) |
| Suns | Tyler Ulis | Probable | Josh Gray (minutes) |
| Suns | Troy Daniels | Questionable | Josh Gray (minutes) |
| Suns | Devin Booker | Questionable | Josh Jackson (minutes/usage)* Josh Gray (minutes) Tyler Ulis (minutes/usage) TJ Warren (usage)* |
| Suns | Tyson Chandler | Out | Dragan Bender (minutes)* Marquese Chriss (minutes) Alex Len (minutes) |
| Thunder | None | ||
| Trail Blazers | Jusuf Nurkic | Questionable | Ed Davis (minutes)* Zach Collins (minutes) Damian Lillard (usage)* CJ McCollum (usage)* Evan Turner (usage) Shabazz Napier (usage) |
| Warriors | Patrick McCaw | Doubtful | Nick Young (minutes) |
| Warriors | Kevon Looney | Questionable | Omri Casspi (minutes) David West (minutes) |
| Warriors | Draymond Green | Questionable | Omri Casspi (minutes/usage)* David West (minutes) Kevon Looney (minutes) Steph Curry (usage)* Kevin Durant (usage)* Klay Thompson (usage) |
| Wizards | Tim Frazier | Out | Tomas Satoransky (minutes)* Kelly Oubre (minutes)* |
| Wizards | Tomas Satoransky | Questionable | Bradley Beal (minutes)* Kelly Oubre (minutes)* Jodie Meeks (minutes/usage) |
| Wizards | Markieff Morris | Questionable | Kelly Oubre (minutes)* Mike Scott (minutes) Otto Porter (minutes)* |
