Squirrel’s Nuts & Bolts NBA - February 19th, 2026
The NBA returns from the All-Star Break with ten games on Thursday night, but only the first seven are on the main slate on FanDuel and DraftKings. Injury news and brawl suspensions will make a heavy impact. Miles Bridges, Moussa Diabate, Jalen Duren, Isaiah Stewart, and Dillon Brooks are suspended. Jonathan Kuminga, Joel Embiid, Nic Claxton, Pascal Siakam, Ivica Zubac, Coby White, Cole Anthony, and Mason Plumlee are all out. Quenton Jackson, T.J. McConnell, Aaron Nesmith, Micah Potter, Sandro Mamukelashvili, and Grayson Allen are all Questionable.
This is a standard caveat for this article, but with so many injury situations, it will be critical to pay attention to the injury news and starting lineups. Even minor injuries can disrupt the slate when a minimum-priced player gets surprisingly elevated into the starting lineup, so with late swap, it’s essential to monitor the starting lineups on a slate this large with so many injury situations.
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