Last Updated on March 27, 2026 4:49 pm by Mike Passador | Published: March 27, 2026

The vast majority of head-to-head leagues are already wrapped up, or will be by Sunday night, so hopefully you’re here with a trophy in hand. If you’re playing roto, or going head-to-head right down to the bitter end, we’re still here for you. There’s no real long-term outlooks left so we’re going to focus on the injury situations of the day, how to attack the remaining schedule and which players you’re free to cut loose as you wheel and deal with your remaining moves.

Injuries to Watch

Day-to-Day Situations

Jarrett Allen (right knee tendonitis) has missed the last 10 games but is questionable to play on Friday.

Kevin Porter Jr. (right knee synovitis) has missed four straight games and nine of the last 12. Given that the Bucks want to shut Giannis Antetokounmpo down entirely, we’re not optimistic that Porter will be back, but without any further reporting on the issue fantasy GMs have to treat this as a day-to-day thing. You’d be forgiven for dropping him at this point but there’s real risk with that move.

Ty Jerome (left ankle sprain) was already getting regular nights off, and now he has a real injury to work around. He’s droppable in 12-team head-to-head leagues where you just can’t eat absences. Managers in roto formats may be a little more patient, though this has the potential to be a season-ending injury given the way the Grizzlies are operating.

Immanuel Quickley (right plantar fasciitis) has missed the last couple of games and will sit out again on Friday. It’s terrible timing for him, the Raptors and fantasy GMs. An injury like this just needs time to heal and while Quickley probably won’t be truly full strength for the rest of the season, he should be back as soon as his foot allows. The team needs him.

Alex Sarr (left big toe capsulitis) and Tristan Vukcevic (back tightness) are moving in and out of the lineup these days but it feels more like Washington taking it easy on their young bigs while improving the lottery odds than anything truly serious.

Trey Murphy (right ankle sprain) sat out on Thursday in the front end of a back-to-back. Hopefully he’s back for Friday. Remember, the Pelicans have no incentive to tank, so it should be all hands on deck.

Ayo Dosunmu (right calf soreness) missed Minnesota’s last game and it sounds like Anthony Edwards could be back for the next one. His run in the starting five was brief but successful, and he could maintain 12-team value as the sixth man. That said, the Wolves have just one game left this week and if you need to add someone with more games, dropping Dosunmu is more than defensible.

Daniel Gafford (right shoulder) sat out on Friday and the Mavs have proven time and time again that they’ll take it easy on him given his injury history and where the team sits in the standings. It might not be a long-term absence but Gafford is sure to miss more games here and there.

Impending Evaluations

Anthony Edwards (right knee) could return as soon as Saturday, so whatever update the Wolves get in the next 24 hours will be important. Fingers crossed it’s a good one.

Tyrese Maxey (right pinky tendon injury) will be reevaluated early next week. It’s unclear what kind of ramp-up he would need if all goes well, since Maxey should be in game shape given the nature of this injury, so fantasy GMs will be on high alert there.

We are 20 days past the announced 3-4 week evaluation timeline for Nikola Vucevic (right ring finger fracture) and the big man has said that he intends to play again in the regular season. Sounds good to us; he may not be back quick enough to make a fantasy impact and his role was dwindling to begin with, but Vucevic could be back soon.

Steph Curry (right patellofemoral pain syndrome) should be getting evaluated any day now that the Warriors are back off the road. They’re usually pretty good about providing updates, though the fact that Curry has missed two months in 10-day increments is frustrating. If your league ends this week, and maybe even next week, he could be a drop. Al Horford (right calf strain) is five days past the initial one-week evaluation timeline but given his age and the injury itself, we aren’t hopeful for a speedy return.

Cade Cunningham is due for an early April evaluation with his collapsed left lung. This is an injury that will definitely take some time to get back up to speed, and the Pistons are going to prioritize Cunningham’s conditioning for the playoffs. His fantasy season may have seen its final act, unless you’re in a roto league that can make use of his likely cameo before the postseason begins — if the evaluation goes well. Isaiah Stewart (left calf strain) is “progressing,” per the most recent scuttlebutt from the team. Not very illuminating.

Michael Porter Jr. (left hamstring strain) will be evaluated in another week or two, but considering the Nets initially put him on the injury report for “left hamstring awareness” we aren’t expecting to see him again.

Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee bone bruise) was supposed to be evaluated earlier this week but that news was dwarfed by the report that he rejected the Bucks’ proposal of a full shutdown. This season wasn’t messy enough so it’s good that both parties snuck something in at the buzzer like that. Given that, we expect Antetokounmpo to play at some point if he’s healthy, but it is going to be minimal.

Mark Williams (left foot stress reaction) has not yet progressed to 5-on-5 work but it has been reported that he will return at some point late next week. Even if Williams hits that target, he might not exceed 20 minutes very often through the rest of the season, and even before the injury he had a hard time getting past 25. Williams is not a standard-league guy from here.

Shaedon Sharpe (left fibula stress reaction) is right in the middle of his 4-6 week evaluation timeline so we should get something out of Portland in the near future. It would be shocking if he appeared in more than a game or two, if that, to close out the season.

Nique Clifford (left midfoot sprain) will be reevaluated early next week. There’s a cruel irony in the one youngster the Kings have been willing to look at voluntarily getting hurt, but fantasy GMs did get some great run out of him before this, and it is possible that Clifford gets away with a relatively short-term absence.

Anthony Davis (left hand ligament damage) is set for an update at the end of March. Given all of the reporting in this saga, we still expect Davis to take the court at least once this year as long as his evaluation goes well. The same can’t be said for Trae Young, who is out indefinitely with an aggravation of his right quad problems, and Kyshawn George (left UCL sprain), who will be evaluated late next week. Even if he is magically cleared at that point, George will need to ramp back up after sitting out for a month. It’s over.

Franz Wagner (left ankle sprain) was able to get into a little bit of game action, including contact, at Wednesday’s practice. The Magic have no timeline for him but that’s an important step and it isn’t out of the question that he returns out of the blue in the next handful of games.

Anfernee Simons (left ulnar styloid fracture) was upgraded to questionable for Monday’s game but sat out, and is now doubtful as we look to Friday. He’s moving in the wrong direction after taking one big step in the right one.

Lauri Markkanen (hip impingement) is about four days away from his next reported reevaluation while Keyonte George (right hamstring strain) is technically one day past his publicly reported reevaluation date. If you had to put money on it, “making progress but further updates will be provided as appropriate” feels like the outcome for both players. Next year the Jazz should be good and we won’t have to worry about any of this.

Other Injury Notes

Anthony Black (abdominal strain) has been doing some light shooting but hasn’t been any contact work or even moving around all that much, Jamahl Mosely revealed on Thursday. Doesn’t bode well and unless you go into the final week of the season, Black may be a drop.

Isaiah Collier is battling left hamstring problems and the Jazz haven’t said anything about his potential return. We don’t expect him to play a major role in the team’s remaining games, though he is more likely to return than some of his teammates.

Russell Westbrook is sidelined by a foot injury and has a murky timeline to return. It sure sounds like a phantom shutdown, and we would not expect to see much of Westbrook through the end of the year.

Jalen Smith (right calf) and Jaden Ivey (left knee) were ruled out for the rest of the season on Thursday. Ivey was upgraded to questionable to start the week and Smith actually played in some games, but the Bulls will trod on without them. Ivey’s continued absence doesn’t give us anything new in a backcourt that has been getting on without him, while Smith’s absence boosts Guerschon Yabusele, Leonard Miller and Nick Richards.

Ja Morant (elbow) is officially out for the season, not that anyone should have expected anything different. That clears the path for Javon Small, Cam Spencer and Walter Clayton Jr. in the Memphis backcourt over the last two weeks.

Schedule Breakdown

Full-Season Games Remaining

If you’re coming down to the wire in your roto leagues or simply plotting course for the rest of the campaign in head-to-head, here are the remaining games on the ledger from Monday onward. It’s good to know that say, six of your center games are going to go to Nikola Jokic, allowing you to plan around the rest of your roster and whatever alternatives may be available. It’s also worth remembering that some of these counts are going to end up exceeding games played for more than just the tanking squads, especially for teams who appear to be locked into their standings spots. We’re looking at Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Donovan Mitchell, Jalen Duren and the like.

8 Games: Celtics, Bulls, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Pistons, Rockets, Lakers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Timberwolves, Magic, Suns, 76ers, Spurs, Raptors, Wizards

7 Games (4 next week, 3 in the final week): Nets, Hornets, Jazz

7 Games (3 next week, 4 in the final week): Hawks, Warriors, Pacers, Clippers, Heat, Knicks, Thunder

6 Games: Nuggets (2-4), Pelicans (3-3), Trail Blazers (2-4), Kings (3-3)

Weekly Info

Games played:

Four Games: Celtics, Bulls, Cavaliers, Mavericks, Pistons, Rockets, Lakers, Grizzlies, Bucks, Timberwolves, Magic, Suns, 76ers, Spurs, Raptors, Wizards, Nets, Hornets, Jazz
Three Games: Hawks, Warriors, Pacers, Clippers, Heat, Knicks, Thunder, Pelicans, Kings
Two Games: Nuggets, Trail Blazers

Back-to-Backs (B2Bs) This Week:

This week there are 20 teams with one B2B: HOU, CLE, LAL, PHO, SAS, ORL, BOS, PHI, TOR, MIL, CHA, DAL, MIN, DET, NYK, NOP, OKC, MIA, GSW, WAS

Everyone else escapes without any, so the other 10 squads should have no random rest days unless they’re tanking.

Start/Sit Decisions for Weekly Lineup Leagues:

If you play in a league with Daily Lineup Changes, this does not apply to you, so you can move along to the next section.

Outside of the obvious names, managers with weekly lineup lock have to sit Nuggets and Blazers. Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray, Deni Avdija and Donovan Clingan are all good. Everyone else is not an option in standard leagues, unless you happen to be loaded up with players from three-game teams. In that case you could maybe make a case for Jrue Holiday — two games of Holiday might be worth more than three out of a Davion Mitchell, for example — and the like (two Aaron Gordons vs. three Herb Joneses), but otherwise it’s not much of a consideration until you get to deeper leagues.

Daily Info

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