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 early updates to injuries and usage
NBA NEWS 02/21/20
BOS - Kemba Walker - OUT
• Jason Tatum leads the team with a 33% usage rate with Kemba Walker off the floor
• Marcus Smart gets a bump here
• Wanamaker and Langford will get extra run as well
CLE Alfonzo McKinnie - OUT
• Kevin Porter Jr gets a bump here
DEN Mason Plumlee and Michael Porter Jr - Probable
DEN Will Barton - Questionable
IND TJ Warren - Questionable
• Lamb and Holiday get bumps if Warren is out
MIN Karl Anthony Towns - OUT
• Reid and Johnson will get the bulk of the center minutes with towns out
NOP Brandon Ingram - Probable
• Zion gets a usage decrease and Hart goes back to the bench with Ingram back
NYK Wayne Ellington - Questionable
NYK Elf Payton - Questionable
• Dotson, Smith Jr and Ntilikina get bumps here if these two guys are out
OKC Darius Bazley - OUT
• Ferguson and Dort will get his minutes but neither are really on the DFS radar
ORL DJ Augustin - Questionable
• Michael Carter Williams will pick up Augustin's minutes if he's out
PHO Aron Baynes, Dario Sari, DeAndre Ayton - all Probable
POR Mario Hezonja - OUT
POR Damian Lillard - OUT
• CJ McCollum has a 35% usage rate with Dame off the floor and he'll likely be the highest owned player on the slate unless other injury news breaks
• Trent and Simons get bumps with these two out as well
TOR Pat McCaw - Doubtful
TOR Norman Powell - Doubtful
TOR Marc Gasol - OUT
• Davis, Hollis Jefferson and Anunoby get bumps here
• Anunoby has had a few monster games when he's gotten extra minutes recently
• Ibaka will start at Center for Gasol
UTA Mike Conley - OUT
• Clarkson will get more chances to handle the rock off the bench
• Ingles and Mitchell get more opportunities to run the offense with Conley out
WAS Thomas Bryant - Questionable
WAS Ian Mahinmi - Questionable
• Wagner, Hachimura get bumps here if either of these two are out
 
