National Basketball Association
INJURIES  | PLAYERS
Atlanta Hawks
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Kevin Huerter SG Prob Oct 24 - Knee - 10/1/19 Huerter is dealing with a knee injury, but he is likely to face the Pistons on Oct. 24.
John Collins PF Ques Oct 24 - Hip - 9/27/19 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 Oct 24 - Knee - 9/27/19 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
Romeo Langford SG Ques Oct 23 - Knee - 10/13/19 Langord 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
Rodions Kurucs SF Ques Oct 23 - Poss. Suspension - 9/3/19 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 Ques October 23 - Achilles - 10/13/19 Batum is battling a sore right Achilles, and it is unclear if he will be available for the season opener October 23 against the Bulls.
Chicago Bulls
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Chandler Hutchison SF Ques Oct 23 - Hamstring - 9/30/19 Hutchision has a left hamstring strain, and it is unclear if he will be ready for opening night against the Hornets.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Darius Garland PG Prob Oct 23 - Knee - 8/12/19 Garland has a torn meniscus in his knee, but he is expected to be available for the season opener against the Magic.
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
Kristaps Porzingis PF Prob Oct 23 - Knee - 9/15/19 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 Oct. 23.
J.J. Barea PG Prob Oct 23 - Achilles - 8/12/19 Barea is recovering from surgery for a torn right Achilles but is expected to be ready for the season opener 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
No injuries to report.
Golden State Warriors
Player   Status/Updated Notes
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 Oct 24 - Knee - 9/29/19 Westbrook is expected to be ready for Oct. 24 against the Bucks after healing from offseason knee surgery.
Nene C Ques Oct 24 - Groin - 9/29/19 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 Mid Dec - Foot - 10/13/19 Green suffered a broken left foot and is expected to miss up to two months as a result.
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.
LA Clippers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
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 Oct 22 - Thumb - 10/12/19 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 Oct 22 - Ankle - 10/6/19 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 Ques Oct 22 - Foot - 9/30/19 Kuzma is recuperating from a stress reaction in his left foot, and it is unclear if he will play opening night against the Clippers.
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
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 Oct 23 - Wrist - 10/13/19 Haslem has a sprained wrist, and it is unknown if he will partake in the season opener against the Grizzlies.
Kelly Olynyk PF Ques Oct 23 - Knee - 10/9/19 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 Late Oct - Ribs - 10/11/19 Bledsoe fractured the cartilage between two of his ribs and is expected to be sidelined for two to three weeks.
Minnesota Timberwolves
Player   Status/Updated Notes
No injuries to report.
New Orleans Pelicans
Player   Status/Updated Notes
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 Oct 23 - Foot - 10/6/19 Allen is dealing with a strained lower foot, and it is unknown if he will be available Oct. 23 against the Spurs.
Damyean Dotson SG Ques Oct 23 - Shoulder - 9/30/19 Dotson is on the mend from shoulder surgery, and it is unclear if he will play Oct. 23 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
No injuries to report.
Orlando Magic
Player   Status/Updated Notes
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
No injuries to report.
Phoenix Suns
Player   Status/Updated Notes
David Kramer PG Out indefinitely - Shin - 10/6/19 Kramer will miss an undetermined length of time due to a stress reaction in his left tibia.
Portland Trail Blazers
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Pau Gasol C Ques Oct 23 - Foot - 9/30/19 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
No injuries to report.
San Antonio Spurs
Player   Status/Updated Notes
No injuries to report.
Toronto Raptors
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Kyle Lowry PG Ques Oct 22 - Thumb - 9/29/19 Lowry has been recovering from off-season thumb surgery, and it is undetermined if he will face the Pelicans on October 22.
Utah Jazz
Player   Status/Updated Notes
No injuries to report.
Washington Wizards
Player   Status/Updated Notes
Troy Brown Jr. SF Ques Oct 23 - Calf - 9/24/19 Brown has a left calf strain, and his status for the season opener against the Mavericks is up in the air.
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.
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.