Espn Fantasy Basketball Ir Rules (2024)

FAQs

How does IR work on ESPN fantasy basketball? ›

How does the Injured Reserve (IR) slot impact Waiver Claims and Free Agents? The system automatically places the IR (Injured Reserve) tag on a player once ESPN receives the status report from the WNBA. Only players with the Injured (IR) tag, day limit does not matter, are eligible.

How long can a player be placed on the IR list? League rules may vary but most players can stay on IR as long as they are injured. Once they are set to return, you have to activate the player and have them count as a part of your roster.

Only players with the Injured Reserve (IR) or Out (O) tags are eligible for placement into an IR slot. Players tagged as Day-To-Day (DTD) are 'healthy' and are thus not eligible for the IR slot.

If a player in the IR slot has their status updated from OUT or IR to QUESTIONABLE or DOUBTFUL, the users roster is NOT invalid. Those players can remain in that IR slot and the user can make claims/add players, adjust their lineups as they wish.

At its most basic and simple level, when you place an eligible player into the IR slot, you gain an open roster slot. As long as the IR player is eligible for the IR slot, basic waiver claims and free agent pickups will remain unchanged.

INJURED RESERVE

Teams place players on this list when they have a football-related injury and will need to miss at least a few weeks. Players on IR don't count against the active roster. If a player is placed on this list before the regular season begins, he's forced to miss the entire year.

Basketball uses the IL and IL+ roster position: IL eligible designations - Injured (INJ) or Out For Season (OFS). IL+ eligible designations - Out (O) or Game Time Decision (GTD).

IR Eligibility

A player could be eligible for IR if they are labeled as Out, Suspended, PUP, NA, DNR, Doubtful, or if they are placed on the actual Injured Reserved list by their team. These statuses, or tags, can change throughout any given week during a regular season.

If you have a player who is questionable or in doubt on your IR, you will be able to add players who are free agents, as long as you have a space on your roster. If you have an open spot on the bench when you make a waiver claim, but activate an IR player before the claim is processed, your claim cannot be made.

Do bench players get points in fantasy basketball? ›

Every player that is in one of your active slots will contribute to your team's total score, while points accumulated by a player who is on the bench will not count. You can move your players from the bench to the active slots during the week so that you maximise your total fantasy points scored.

The IR spot is the Injured Reserve designation employed by some fantasy basketball leagues. In leagues where an IR spot is enabled, owners can give injured players this designation, which temporarily removes them from the roster, freeing up a spot to add another player.

The system will automatically place the IR (injured reserve) tag on a player once ESPN receives the report from the NBA. NOTE: Only players with the (IR) or (O) tag can be placed on IR (injured reserve) slot. All other players must be moved to the bench if you do NOT want them on the active roster.

In 2022, the number of players eligible to return was changed to eight, and players were eligible to return after four games. Teams may also place a player on injured reserve with a minor injury designation, but the team must release the player once he is healthy.

There is no limit on how many players a team can place on IR, but there is a limit as to how many can be designated to return. A team can bring a maximum of eight players off IR throughout the season.

Does a bye week count toward an NFL player's IR stint? A bye week does not count toward a player's stay on injured reserve.

Players on waivers will remain so for a set period of time, during which all teams will have the opportunity to make a claim on any player. When the waiver period expires, the player will be awarded to the team with the highest waiver priority that made a claim, and that team will move to the end of the waiver order.

Final answer: In ESPN Fantasy Football, to assign a player to the IR, first ensure your league allows it. Then go to your roster, select the eligible player, and choose 'Move' then 'IR'. Once healthy, the player can be restored to your active roster if you provide room by dropping another player.