| Team | Player | POS | Status | Date Reported | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Hawks | Kobe Bufkin | SG | Out – Shoulder | Tue, Dec 17 | The Hawks said on Wednesday (Dec. 18) that Bufkin will undergo surgery to address a right shoulder instability and will miss the rest of the season. |
| Atlanta Hawks | Jalen Johnson | SF | Out – Shoulder | Tue, Jan 28 | Johnson was diagnosed on Wednesday (Jan. 29) with a torn labrum in his left shoulder and will miss the rest of the season, league sources tell NBA reporter Chris Haynes. |
| Boston Celtics | Jayson Tatum | SF | Out – Achilles | Mon, May 12 | Tatum will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery to repair a torn left Achilles tendon Tuesday (May. 13), Shams Charania of ESPN reports. |
| Charlotte Hornets | Grant Williams | PF | Out – Acl | Tue, Dec 10 | The Hornets announced on Wednesday (Dec. 11) that Williams underwent successful surgery to repair multiple tears in his knee, including the ACL, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. He is expected to return in 9 to 12 months. |
| Charlotte Hornets | Lamelo Ball | PG | Out – Ankle | Tue, Apr 1 | The Hornets announced Wednesday (Apr. 2) that Ball has undergone successful surgeries on his right wrist and right ankle, according to Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. |
| Charlotte Hornets | Josh Green | SF | Out – Shoulder | Thu, Jun 19 | Green underwent surgery Friday (Jun. 20) to address the instability in his left shoulder and has no timetable for his return, according to Roderick Boone of The Charlotte Observer. |
| Chicago Bulls | Ayo Dosunmu | SG | Out – Shoulder | Wed, Apr 16 | Dosunmu said on Thursday (Apr. 17) that he is no longer wearing a brace and expects to resume 5-on-5 practice in August, per K.C. Johnson of Chicago Sports Network. |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | Darius Garland | PG | Out – Toe | Sun, Jun 8 | Cleveland Cavaliers star Darius Garland underwent surgery to repair great toe injury and is likely to miss time to start the 2025-26 season, According to Shams Charania. |
| Dallas Mavericks | Kyrie Irving | SG | Out – Knee | Tue, Apr 15 | The Mavericks have optimism that Irving could be ready to make his 2025-26 debut in January, Shams Charania of ESPN reports. |
| Indiana Pacers | Isaiah Jackson | C | Out – Calf | Fri, Nov 1 | The Indiana Pacers announced C Isaiah Jackson has sustained a torn right Achilles tendon in Friday’s (Nov. 1) game versus the Pelicans and will be out for the remainder of the season, per Shams Charania of ESPN. |
| Indiana Pacers | Tyrese Haliburton | PG | Out For Season – Achilles | Sun, Jul 6 | The Pacers confirmed that Haliburton will miss the 2025-2026 season as he recovers from a torn Achilles. |
| Memphis Grizzlies | Zach Edey | C | Out – Ankle | Mon, Jun 9 | Edey underwent successful surgery Tuesday (Jun. 10) to re-stabilize his sprained left ankle and will be re-evaluated in four months, according to NBA reporter Marc Stein. |
| Memphis Grizzlies | Jaren Jackson Jr. | PF | Out – Toe | Tue, Jul 1 | Jackson underwent successful surgery to repair a turf toe injury in his right foot, the Grizzlies announced Wednesday (Jul. 2). |
| Miami Heat | Dru Smith | SG | Out – Achilles | Mon, Jun 23 | The Miami Heat announced Smith underwent surgery to repair a ruptured left Achilles tendon back in December, putting his status for Opening Night of 2025-26 in doubt. |
| New Orleans Pelicans | Dejounte Murray | PG | Out – Leg | Thu, Jan 30 | Murray suffered a torn right Achilles tendon during Friday’s (Jan. 31) game against the Celtics and will now miss the rest of the season, per Shams Charania of ESPN.com. |
| New Orleans Pelicans | Herbert Jones | SF | Out – Shoulder | Tue, Feb 25 | The Pelicans announced that Jones underwent successful surgery Wednesday’s (Feb. 12) to repair a torn rotator cuff in his right shoulder. |
| New Orleans Pelicans | Trey Murphy III | PF | Out – Shoulder | Sun, Mar 16 | The Pelicans announced on Monday (Mar. 17) that Murphy III has been diagnosed with a torn labrum and partial tear of the rotator cuff in his right shoulder and will miss the remainder of the 2024-25 season. |
| Utah Jazz | Taylor Hendricks | PF | Out – Fibula | Tue, Nov 5 | Hendricks underwent surgery on Wednesday (Nov. 6) to repair a fractured right fibula and dislocated right ankle, per Andy Larsen of The Salt Lake Tribune. |
How to Use Our NBA Injury Report to Handicap Pro Basketball
If you are going to bet on the NBA, you need to be checking the injury report on a daily basis. The problem is there’s not a lot of sites out there you can trust or are too slow with updating the information.
Most will just list the player injured and what is keeping him out. That’s solid information, but there’s so much more too it. We take it a step further.
You will be able to see the day the player was sidelined. That allows you to take a quick look at how his absence has effected the play of the team. You can also use it to see if a team was hit hard with injuries at the same time or if they were spread out over a longer period.
We also note the position, so you can see if a club has been hit hard at one spot. Another feature is the perceived impact of that specific player being out.
Lastly, we show a players current status. Why? Because we don’t just remove players immediately after they return from being sidelined. This allows you to look at injuries a whole different way, as a lot of people don’t make the proper adjustments for players returning to the lineup.
Expert Betting Tips on Handicapping NBA Injuries This Season
Now, let’s take a quick look at how you can use that information to start cashing more tickets. Simply knowing who is in and who is out is going to increase your chances of winning.
The big key is accurately predicting how the oddsmakers are going to adjust the odds. Some players are going to shift the line more than others. The bigger the superstar the bigger the expected movement.
Not every player who is out of the lineup is going to shift the betting line. The biggest thing to keep in mind is the books are going to set their odds to try and take advantage of the public.
If they think the public is going to rush to bet against a team that just lost a player, they will over-adjust in their favor.
Let’s say if everyone was healthy the books had “Team A” as a 5-point favorite over “Team B”. Before the game “Team B” loses a starter (second best player). The books know the public is going to be on “Team A” given this news. While they might only think that player is worth 1-2 points on the spread, they might jump ‘Team A” up to a 9-point favorite.
I’m not saying the public will always be wrong. Sometimes the over-adjustment won’t be enough to make up for the loss of a player. For example, anytime time LeBron James sits out, it’s hard not to take the other side, regardless of the inflation.
Where you can really make your money is by focusing more on the non-superstars. The guys who do a lot of the dirty work or simply good players who don’t get the recognition. Oddsmakers typically aren’t going to do much with the line when these guys are out. This is where you can find the value going to the other direction.
This is just one step in becoming an expert NBA handicapper. There’s so much more that goes into handicapping the NBA than just what players are on the floor. You have to look at other things like rest situations and home court advantage.
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