Saahil Sud, formerly Maxdalury, talks best practices when tracking and reacting to injuries in the NBA.

1. Course 5: NBA Strategy
Handling Injuries in Daily
Fantasy NBA
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2. I. DFS Injuries Overview

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Injury Overview
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Increases floor ceiling ↑
● Value backups get more minutes and
opportunities to score
Increases budget for stars ↑
● With inexpensive backups creating more value,
additional salary can be allocated to stars
Injuries

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Minutes vs Fantasy Point
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Source: Daily Fantasy Cafe

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Not All Injuries Are Created Equally
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When average starters are injured
● Backup picks up most of his minutes and a large portion of
his production
When star players are injured
● Backup and the next best player(s) pick up wide gap left by
an injured superstar

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Injury Sources
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Twitter
● @RotoQLapp
● @RotoWorld_BK
● @baskmonster
● @FantasyLabsNBA
Websites
● QL Wire
● Rotowire
● RotoGrinders
● NBA Wowy
Mobile Apps
● Twitter
● Team Stream
● ESPN Scorecenter
Software

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Lineup Example
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8. II. Reacting to Injuries

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Using DraftKings Late Swap
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Day in the Life of Saahil on Game Day
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Time Notes
11am Start building lineups based on players projected that day
11am - 6pm
Monitor Twitter, websites and apps for available news regarding
players in doubt
6pm - 7pm
Adjust lineups before lock with players who have been announced
out or stand to benefit from injury news
7pm - 9pm
Monitor injury news on Twitter and use Late Swap as information
becomes available

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Backup Lineups/Late Swaps
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Lineup A if injury does not occurs Lineup B if injury does occurs
● When you are unsure of a player's status, always have a backup option to swap
● Make sure to not lock any players in the UTIL spots, so you can maximize
lineup flexibility with late swaps

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Lineup Example #2
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More Resources
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