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Desmond Bane Injury Update: 3/21/25 vs. the Clippers

Desmond Bane Injury Update: 3/21/25 vs. the Clippers

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By: Zach Thompson

With multiple players, including Ja Morant (hamstring), already ruled out, Desmond Bane ($9,100) could be set up to carry a big workload again for the Grizzlies on Friday night. However, the team added him to the injury report as questionable with lower back soreness on Friday afternoon.

If Bane is out along with Morant, Scotty Pippen Jr. ($4,600) and Luke Kennard ($4,500) would need to step up and carry the offensive burden in the backcourt. Vince Williams Jr. ($3,500) could also help carry the load and even Cam Spencer ($3,000) might get minutes.

In the 11 games Morant has missed in 2025, Bane is averaging 48.6 fantasy points per game while only Jaren Jackson Jr. ($8,100) has a higher usage rate in those contests.

In the two games that both Morant and Bane missed since the first of the year, Jackson averaged 63.6 fantasy points while Pippen produced 36.1 fantasy points. Both would be outstanding NBA DFS plays if Bane is eventually ruled out for Friday’s matchup in Los Angeles.

Zach Thompson
Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
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