Fantasy Basketball Injury Updates for Week 1 - Darius Garland, Brandon Ingram, Jalen Suggs

Max Kulish's NBA injuries report for fantasy basketball in Week 1. He recommends NBA injury replacements to set optimal lineups for seasonal and DFS formats.

Welcome back RotoBallers! It might be early in the season, but there are still impactful injuries all across the fantasy basketball landscape. I'm here to help you stay up to date on injury news, and how it impacts your teams.

I'm doing this midday on Monday for release Tuesday morning, so any news that drops on Monday night won't be covered. I'll just cover what has changed since last week.

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Short-Term Injuries for Fantasy Basketball

Darius Garland, PG/SG, Cleveland Cavaliers - Eye

After getting poked in the eye, Garland is the first high-round redraft pick to find himself sidelined this year. Cedi Osman has seen a bump in minutes and is a solid streaming option for the week.

Brandon Ingram, SF/PF, New Orleans Pelicans - Concussion

Ingram will miss Tuesday's game vs the Mavericks due to concussion protocols, and I would lean that he'll be held out of the game on Friday as well. Devonte' Graham has seen the biggest increase in volume based on what we saw last year, and if that holds true I think he's the top streaming option this week.

Orlando Magic Backcourt

Recent injuries have sidelined Jalen Suggs and Gary Harris, seeing them join Markelle Fultz on the inactive list. This is a very unique situation though, as all three of them project to return at the same time in about a week. In the meantime, Terrence Ross looks like he's guaranteed to get shots, and RJ Hampton is there as well.

Seth Curry, PG/SG, Brooklyn Nets - Ankle

New season, same ankle injury for Curry. He is supposed to return by the end of the week, however.

Long-Term Injuries for Fantasy Basketball

Robert Williams III, C, Boston Celtics - Knee

Williams' surgery caused the biggest pre-season shakeup from a fantasy impact. Currently scheduled out until January, Williams has already faced complications in rehab and it's always possible he's shut down for the year. For now, Grant Williams is a solid option from the Celtics frontcourt, and if the C's sign any more size that might be fantasy relevant I'll be sure to update that here.

Bruno Fernando, C, Houston Rockets - Knee

After an update earlier today said Fernando will be out "a while" – something you never want to hear about a big man's knees – Alperen Sengun is probably already rostered in your league, but Usman Garaba is another name to keep an eye on.

Lonzo Ball, PG/SG, Chicago Bulls - Knee

Until Ball returns (which doesn't seem like it will be in 2022) Ayo Dosunmu is the starting PG for the Bulls.

The Tank Corner 

Closed until later in the season, we'll get here when teams start trotting out G-Leaguers none of us have ever heard of.

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