National Basketball Association
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Atlanta Hawks
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Kevin Huerter SG Prob Thurs - Knee - 10/18/19 Huerter is dealing with a knee injury, but he is likely to face the Pistons on Thursday.
Cameron Reddish SF Ques Thurs - Hip - 10/18/19 Reddish is battling right hip tension, and it is unclear if he will play against the Piston in the season opener.
John Collins PF Ques Thurs - Hip - 10/18/19 Collins is experiencing discomfort in his right hip, and it is unknown if he will be available for the season opener against the Pistons.
Allen Crabbe SG Ques Thurs - Knee - 10/18/19 Crabbe is recovering from arthroscopic surgery in his right knee, leaving his status for the season opener against the Pistons in question.
Boston Celtics
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Robert Williams III C Ques Wed - Concussion - 10/17/19 Williams III has a concussion, and it is unknown if he will pass protocol in time for Wednesday's contest versus the 76ers.
Romeo Langford SG Ques Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Langford has a right knee sprain, and it is unclear if he will heal up in time for the season opener versus the 76ers.
Brooklyn Nets
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Kyrie Irving PG Prob Wed - Face - 10/17/19 Irving is projected to suit up against the Timberwolves in the season opener despite a facial fracture.
Rodions Kurucs SF Ques Wed - Poss. Suspension - 10/17/19 Kurucs is facing a possible suspension for an off-field incident, leaving his status for the season opener against the Timberwolves up in the air.
Wilson Chandler SF Elig Dec 15 - Suspension - 8/29/19 Chandler has been given a 25-game suspension for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing drugs. He is expected to be reinstated Dec. 15 against the 76ers.
Kevin Durant SF out for season - Achilles - 9/24/19 Durant is expected to sit out the entire 2019-20 season while rehabbing from surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon.
Charlotte Hornets
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Nicolas Batum SF Prob Wed - Achilles - 10/17/19 Batum is battling a sore right Achilles, but it is expected that he will be available for the season opener against the Bulls.
Chicago Bulls
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Wendell Carter Jr. C Ques Wed - Thumb - 10/17/19 Carter Jr. aggravated his surgically-repaired left thumb, and it is unknown if he will play against the Hornets on Wednesday.
Shaquille Harrison PG Ques Wed - Hamstring - 10/17/19 Harrison is dealing with a hamstring injury, and it is uncertain if he will take part in Wednesday's contest against the Hornets.
Chandler Hutchison SF Doub Wed - Hamstring - 10/18/19 Hutchison has a left hamstring strain, and it is unlikely that he will be ready for opening night against the Hornets.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Darius Garland PG Prob Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Garland has a torn meniscus in his knee, but he is expected to be available for the season opener against the Magic.
Ante Zizic C Mid Nov - Foot - 10/17/19 Zizic is expected to miss four weeks with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.
Dylan Windler SG Mid Nov - Shin - 10/7/19 Windler is expected to miss four to six weeks due to a left tibial stress reaction.
Dallas Mavericks
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Seth Curry SG Prob Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Curry is likely to be available against the Wizards in the season opener despite a knee contusion.
Kristaps Porzingis PF Prob Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Porzingis is on the mend from a torn ACL that kept him sidelined for the entire 2018-19 season. He is expected to suit up against the Wizards on Wednesday.
J.J. Barea PG Prob Wed - Achilles - 10/17/19 Barea is recovering from surgery for a torn right Achilles but is expected to be ready for the season opener against the Wizards.
Ryan Broekhoff SG Ques Wed - Abdominal - 10/17/19 Broekhoff has a right ankle sprain, and it is unknown if he will play Wednesday against the Wizards.
Denver Nuggets
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Bol Bol C Out indefinitely - Foot - 9/30/19 Bol is sidelined with a navicular bone fracture in his left foot, and there is no timetable for recovery.
Detroit Pistons
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Reggie Jackson PG Prob Wed - Back - 10/17/19 Jackson is likely to play Wednesday against the Pacers despite a back injury.
Blake Griffin PF Prob Wed - Hamstring - 10/17/19 Griffin has a hamstring injury, but he is expected to suit up against the Pacers in the season opener.
Golden State Warriors
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Kevon Looney C Ques Thurs - Hamstring - 10/18/19 Looney has a right hamstring injury, and it is unclear if he will play in the season opener against the Lakers.
Willie Cauley-Stein C Early Nov - Foot - 10/1/19 Cauley-Stein is likely to be idle until at least the beginning of November due to a sprained left foot.
Klay Thompson SG Late Feb - Knee - 9/30/19 Thompson is recovering from a torn ACL in his left knee and is expected to remain out of action until at least after the All-Star break.
Houston Rockets
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Russell Westbrook PG Prob Thurs - Knee - 10/19/19 Westbrook is expected to be ready for Thursday's matchup against the Bucks after healing from offseason knee surgery and dislocating his finger in the preseason.
Ray Spalding PF Ques Thurs - Calf - 10/18/19 Spalding is tending to a left calf strain, and it is undetermined if he will participate in the season opener against the Bucks.
Nene C Ques Thurs - Groin - 10/18/19 Nene is dealing with an adductor injury, and it is unknown if he will be available for the season opener versus the Bucks.
Gerald Green SG Out indefinitely - Foot - 10/15/19 Green suffered a broken left foot and is in danger of missing the entire 2019-20 season.
Indiana Pacers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Victor Oladipo SG Early Dec - Knee - 9/19/19 Oladipo is healing from a ruptured quadriceps tendon in his right knee that cost him most of the 2018-19 season. He is expected to be sidelined until the early part of December.
L.A. Clippers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Patrick Beverley PG Prob Tues - Calf - 10/17/19 Beverley is expected to suit up opening night versus the Lakers despite tweaking his calf.
Rodney McGruder SF Ques Tues - Ankle - 10/17/19 McGruder has a right ankle sprain, and it is unclear if he will suit up against the Lakers on Tuesday.
Paul George SF Mid Nov - Shoulder - 10/13/19 George is recovering from surgeries to repair a partially torn tendon in his right shoulder and a small tear in his left labrum. He is not expected to make his season debut until the middle of November.
Los Angeles Lakers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Anthony Davis PF Prob Tues - Thumb - 10/16/19 Davis is suffering from a Grade 1 sprain in his right thumb but is expected to take the court for the season opener against the Clippers.
Kostas Antetokounmpo PF Ques Tues - Ankle - 10/16/19 Antetokounmpo is dealing with a right ankle sprain, and it is unknown if he will be in the lineup opening night against the Clippers.
Kyle Kuzma PF Doub Tues - Foot - 10/16/19 Kuzma is recuperating from a stress reaction in his left foot, and it is unlikely that he will play opening night against the Clippers.
Troy Daniels SF Out indefinitely - Knee - 10/15/19 Daniels is sidelined with a knee injury and is without a timetable for return.
Talen Horton-Tucker SG Out indefinitely - Foot - 9/26/19 Horton-Tucker has a stress reaction in his right foot, and there is no timetable for recovery.
DeMarcus Cousins C out for season - Knee - 9/9/19 Cousins suffered a torn ACL in his left knee and is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season.
Memphis Grizzlies
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Jonas Valanciunas C Prob Wed - Foot - 10/17/19 Valanciunas is experiencing minor soreness in his foot but is expected to be ready for the season opener versus the Heat.
De'Anthony Melton SF Late Nov - Back - 9/26/19 Melton has a stress reaction in his back and is expected to miss four to eight weeks.
Andre Iguodala SF Out indefinitely - Personal - 10/2/19 Iguodala will not report to the team as both parties have agreed to explore a trade.
Miami Heat
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Udonis Haslem PF Ques Wed - Wrist - 10/17/19 Haslem has a sprained wrist, and it is unknown if he will partake in the season opener against the Grizzlies.
Kelly Olynyk PF Ques Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Olynyk is tending to a right knee bone bruise, and it is unclear if he will be available for the season opener versus the Grizzlies.
Milwaukee Bucks
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Eric Bledsoe PG Ques Oct 24 - Ribs - 10/17/19 Bledsoe fractured the cartilage between two of his ribs, and it is unknown if he will play Oct. 24 against the Rockets.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Treveon Graham SG Prob Wed - Hip - 10/17/19 Graham is expected to take part in the season opener versus the Nets despite a left hip contusion.
New Orleans Pelicans
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Zion Williamson PF Out indefinitely - Knee - 10/18/19 Williamson has soreness in his right knee, and he is on a week-to-week basis going forward.
Darius Miller SF out for season - Achilles - 9/17/19 Miller is recovering from surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon and is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season.
New York Knicks
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Kadeem Allen SG Ques Wed - Foot - 10/17/19 Allen is dealing with a strained lower foot, and it is unknown if he will be available Wednesday against the Spurs.
Damyean Dotson SG Ques Wed - Shoulder - 10/17/19 Dotson is on the mend from shoulder surgery, and it is unclear if he will play Wednesday against the Spurs.
Reggie Bullock SG Late Nov - Neck - 7/17/19 Bullock is recovering from surgery for a cervical disc herniation and is expected to miss the first month of the 2019-20 season.
Oklahoma City Thunder
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Andre Roberson SG Ques Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Roberson is recovering from a knee injury that plagued him for the entire 2018-19 season. It is uncertain if he will make his season debut Wednesday against the Jazz.
Orlando Magic
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Evan Fournier SG Ques Wed - Back - 10/17/19 Fournier is battling back spasms, and it is unknown if he will be ready for the season opener against the Cavaliers.
Chuma Okeke PF out for season - Knee - 9/23/19 Okeke is rehabbing a previously torn ACL and is expected to sit out the entire 2019-20 season.
Markelle Fultz PG Out indefinitely - Shoulder - 6/25/19 Fultz will miss an undetermined length of time while recuperating from thoracic outlet surgery to his shooting shoulder.
Philadelphia 76ers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Ben Simmons SG Prob Wed - Back - 10/17/19 Simmons is expected to take part in the season opener versus the Celtics despite a back injury.
Phoenix Suns
Player   Status/Updated Notes
No injuries to report.
Portland Trail Blazers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Hassan Whiteside C Ques Wed - Ankle - 10/17/19 Whiteside is dealing with a left ankle injury, and it is unknown if he will suit up Wednesday versus the Nuggets.
Nassir Little SF Ques Wed - Ankle - 10/17/19 Little has a left ankle sprain, and it is unclear if he will play against the Nuggets on Wednesday.
Pau Gasol C Ques Wed - Foot - 10/17/19 Gasol is recuperating form offseason surgery to fix a navicular bone stress fracture in his left foot. It is undetermined if he will be ready for the season opener versus the Nuggets.
Jusuf Nurkic C Mid Feb - Leg - 7/8/19 Nurkic is recovering from surgeries to repair compact fractures in both his left tibia and fibula. He is expected to be out of action until sometime in February.
Sacramento Kings
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Trevor Ariza SF Prob Wed - Back - 10/17/19 Ariza is recovering from surgery that removed a lipoma from his back, but he is expected to be ready for the season opener against the Suns.
De'Aaron Fox PG Prob Wed - Back - 10/17/19 Fox is suffering from tightness in his back, but it is expected that he will be available for Wednesday's contest against the Suns.
Cory Joseph PG Prob Wed - Calf - 10/17/19 Joseph is projected to play against the Suns in the season opener despite right calf soreness.
Harry Giles III PF Doub Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Giles is dealing with a left knee injury, and he is not expected to suit up in Wednesday's tilt against the Suns.
San Antonio Spurs
Player   Status/Updated Notes
No injuries to report.
Toronto Raptors
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson SF Prob Tues - Groin - 10/18/19 Hollis-Jefferson has a groin injury, but he is likely to be ready for Tuesday's matchup against the Pelicans.
Kyle Lowry PG Prob Tues - Thumb - 10/16/19 Lowry has been recovering from off-season thumb surgery, but it is projected that he will face the Pelicans on Tuesday.
Patrick McCaw SG Out indefinitely - Knee - 10/17/19 McCaw is sidelined with a left knee injury and is without a timetable for return.
Utah Jazz
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Dante Exum PG Doub Wed - Knee - 10/17/19 Exum is nursing a knee injury and is unlikely to be ready for the season opener against the Thunder.
Washington Wizards
Player   Status/Updated Notes
CJ Miles SG Out indefinitely - Foot - 10/17/19 Miles will spend an undetermined length of time away from the court while he recuperates from left knee surgery.
Ian Mahinmi C Mid Nov - Achilles - 10/3/19 Mahinmi suffered a strained right Achilles tendon. He is expected to be sidelined for at least six weeks.
Troy Brown Jr. SF Early Dec - Calf - 10/17/19 Brown is sidelined with a left calf strain, and he is not expected to make his season debut until at least the beginning of December.
Isaiah Thomas PG Mid Nov - Thumb - 9/18/19 Thomas underwent surgery to fix a ruptured radial collateral ligament in his left thumb and is expected to be out for six to eight weeks.
John Wall PG out for season - Achilles - 7/22/19 Wall has undergone surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon and is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season.