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Daily Fantasy Fuel tracks the latest confirmed injuries and player status updates from a variety of sources. A late breaking injury to a star player will often mean someone is getting bumped up to a starter and going to see their minutes skyrocket. A big injury can also trigger a movement in point-spreads, often by as much as 3-4 points. Being up to speed on the latest injury confirmations are essential to WNBA DFS and gaining an edge in sports betting.
Injury news will trickle out throughout the day on twitter, with teams required to update them every 15 minute before tip-off on gameday for the WNBA's official injury status page . An official first report must be submitted by 5PM local time for next day games. DFF tracks both twitter and the official confirmations from the WNBA when making a decision to confirm a player as being 'OUT' for a matchup. Shortly after we list a player as 'OUT', we will adjust projections for players that we anticipate will pick up minutes that night.
The WNBA is looser then the NBA when it comes to posting official lineups. Sometimes starting lineups are only posted a few minutes before tipoff, but most teams will announce them 20-30 minutes before game time.
DraftKings and FanDuel both allow for late swapping, which means you can swap a player out of your lineup even if other earlier games in your slate have started. For example, if you had a 1pm game in your slate that was in-progress / completed, you can still swap out players in a 4pm game before the tipoff, even though earlier action had started. Being able to do late swap means you can follow and take advantage of late breaking injury news without being stuck with players who might end up ruled out.
