Pacers Wing Aaron Nesmith Hits the Injury Report with a Tricky Hamstring
Underdog NBA reported the downgrade to questionable.
The Indiana Pacers might be down a key wing on Wednesday, as Aaron Nesmith has officially been downgraded to questionable with a hamstring injury.
Hamstrings are basically the check-engine light of the NBA. Sometimes you just need to rest for a night, and sometimes you are looking at a month in the shop while the medical staff avoids making eye contact with the head coach.
According to Underdog NBA, the downgrade hit the wire late, leaving his availability for Wednesday's slate completely up in the air. Nesmith operates as a crucial piece at small forward for Indiana, bringing the kind of energy that you cannot just replace by sliding a random bench guy into the lineup.
When a rotation regular hits the injury report, the ripple effects hit the rest of the roster hard. Bettors and fantasy managers now have to scramble to figure out who absorbs those minutes and shot attempts if the number 23 jersey stays in the locker room.
The Pacers will likely test that hamstring during shootaround before making a final call. Until then, anyone holding a ticket on Indiana or a Nesmith player prop is stuck playing the waiting game.