Quentin Grimes Questionable With Finger Sprain as Lakers Backcourt Depth Takes a Hit

Quentin Grimes is officially listed as questionable for Wednesday's game with a finger injury, according to Underdog NBA.

There is no injury in sports quite as annoying as a sprained finger. It lacks the dramatic weight of a knee issue, but it completely ruins the one thing an NBA shooting guard actually needs to do to keep his job.

"Underdog NBA reported Grimes is listed as questionable for Wednesday."

The Los Angeles Lakers guard tweaked his right hand on Sunday during a road trip to play the Detroit Pistons. That forced him to sit out Monday's matchup against the Atlanta Hawks, and now his status is hovering in limbo for the middle of the week.

Head coach JJ Redick previously hinted that he did not expect this to be a massive absence, but questionable tags are the absolute bane of every fan trying to figure out a rotation.

The timing is objectively terrible for Los Angeles. Austin Reaves is currently fighting off an illness and is also carrying a questionable tag heading into Wednesday.

If both Grimes and Reaves end up in premium athleisure on the bench, Collin Sexton is going to be thrust into a massive backcourt role. That is the exact kind of usage spike that swings fantasy matchups and sends prop bettors scrambling to adjust their numbers before tipoff.

We will not know the real damage until shootaround on Wednesday morning. Until then, anyone holding a ticket on the Lakers backcourt is just flying blind.