David Nwaba Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

Nwaba is dealing with a wrist injury that likely needs surgery, but will continue to fight it off and is available to play against the Boston Celtics. Nwaba played 18 minutes last game when the Rockets were extremely shorthanded, but that was without Victor Oladipo, who is back for the Rockets. Nwaba may play spot minutes, but with Oladipo and Kevin Porter Jr. both healthy, Nwaba won't be getting many minutes despite the Rockets other injuries.

Nwaba has officially been upgraded from questionable and will be active for Friday’s matchup against the Utah Jazz despite reportedly needing surgery on his injured wrist that was going to keep him sidelined for approximately six weeks, while John Wall was previously ruled out due to a sore left knee that has now forced him to miss two consecutive games. The upgrade of Nwaba initially appeared to be a backup plan to have an eighth active player if Mason Jones, who was recently resigned to a 10-day contract, is unable to be cleared in time for tonight’s contest, but Nwaba is apparently going to try to play through the injury, albeit, likely in a limited fashion. Additionally, Wall joins Victor Oladipo, Eric Gordon, Christian Wood, and Danuel House Jr. on the inactive list, leaving them with a maximum of nine available players, so Kevin Porter Jr. should have a continue to have a featured role in head coach Stephen Silas’ rotation regardless of if he starts or comes off the bench after his phenomenal fantasy performance in just under 30 minutes of action in Thursday’s blowout loss.

Wall has officially been ruled out and won't play in Friday's matchup against the Utah Jazz due to a sore left knee that has now forced him to miss two consecutive games, while David Nwaba has been upgraded to questionable despite reportedly needing surgery on his injured wrist that was going to keep him sidelined for approximately six weeks. The upgrade of Nwaba appears to be a backup plan for an eighth active player if Mason Jones, who was recently resigned to a 10-day contract, is unable to be cleared in time for tonight's contest. Wall joins Victor Oladipo, Eric Gordon, Christian Wood, and Danuel House Jr. on the inactive list, leaving them with a maximum of nine available players, so Kevin Porter Jr. should have a continue to have a featured role in head coach Stephen Silas' rotation regardless of if he starts or comes off the bench after his phenomenal fantasy performance in just under 30 minutes of action in Thursday's blowout loss.

As expected, Nwaba has officially been downgraded from questionable and won’t play in Thursday’s matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies due to a sprained right ankle, while Victor Oladipo was previously ruled out for rest purposes on the second leg of a back-to-back set after logging just under 32 minutes in Wednesday’s blowout loss. However, the Wizards will have John Wall back in the starting lineup following his one-game absence, and while his sample size with Oladipo off the court remains extremely limited, Wall does have a massive 53.3% assist rate in this time. The absence of Oladipo should also allow Eric Gordon to remain in the starting lineup for at least one additional game, and he leads the team with a 31.1% usage rate in the aforementioned scenario.

As expected, Oladipo has been included on the Rockets' injury report and won't play in Thursday's matchup against the Memphis Grizzlies due to rest purposes on the second leg of a back-to-back set after logging just under 32 minutes in Wednesday's blowout loss. Meanwhile, David Nwaba is currently listed as questionable, but head coach Stephen Silas already admitted to reporters that there is only a "small chance" he's able to play in tonight's contest. The Wizards will have John Wall back in the starting lineup following his one-game absence, and while his sample size with Oladipo off the court remains extremely limited, Wall does have a massive 53.3% assist rate in this time. The absence of Oladipo should also allow Eric Gordon to remain in the starting lineup for at least one additional game, and he leads the team with a 31.1% usage rate in the aforementioned scenario.

As expected, Nwaba will be available to play in Thursday's matchup against the San Antonio Spurs despite dealing with a sprained ankle. There haven't been any reports of a potential minute restriction for Nwaba, so he'll almost certainly assume his normal role off the bench that typically allots him minutes in the high-teens. Following the release of Iman Shumpert, the Nets wing rotation has been a bit in flux, but Nwaba and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot have taken larger roles of late, and Luwawu-Cabarrot has logged at least 16 minutes in each of the Nets' previous three games.

Love was ruled out and won’t play in Monday’s matchup against the Detroit Pistons due to a bruised lower back, while Tristan Thompson, Larry Nance Jr., and Matthew Dellavedova all remain sidelined with their respective ailments. The last time both Love and Nance were unavailable in the same game, head coach Larry Drew opted to start David Nwaba at small forward, which slid Cedi Osman down to power forward, and he will go this route once again since the Pistons have already ruled out Blake Griffin for rest purposes this evening. Ante Zizic has continued to start at center with how depleted the Cavaliers frontcourt is at the present time, and he remains priced as a value across the industry, making him an intriguing option on a nine-game slate since he’s averaged 30.5 minutes over the previous four games. The main beneficiaries with Love, Nance, and Dellavedova off the court since the trade deadline have been Osman and Collin Sexton, as they each own at least a +2.8% usage rate differential and experience a minimum of a +0.15 increase to their per minute production in this scenario.

NBA's 5:30 Injury Report: Kris Dunn available to play; David Nwaba upgraded from doubtful to questionable. Dunn should be a full-go against a beatable Cavs backcourt, although this game does have one of the lowest totals on the slate. Still, Dunn and Lauri Markkanen are squarely in play on the Chicago side. If Nwaba is able to go, it'll eat into the intrigue of Blossomgame and Burks, both of whom are looking like strong values in the event that Nwaba can't go. We should have word on his status shortly given that this one tips at 6:00 ET.