Ziaire Williams Ruled Out Wednesday With Foot Injury

The Los Angeles Lakers are going to be down a wing on Wednesday night, which is exactly what a team trying to survive the regular season grind loves to hear.

Ziaire Williams has officially been ruled out with a foot injury, according to Wednesday's injury report via Underdog NBA.

"Underdog NBA reported: 'Ziaire Williams (foot) listed out Wednesday.'"

Foot injuries in basketball are basically the check engine light on a used car. You never really know if it is a one-day maintenance issue or the start of a two-month headache that ruins your rotation.

For a Lakers squad that desperately needs young, athletic depth to eat regular season minutes, losing a 6-foot-9 forward makes the math a lot tighter. The minutes have to go somewhere, and that usually means putting more miles on the veterans or throwing a two-way guy into the fire.

Bettors looking at Wednesday's slate will need to adjust for the missing wing minutes. When a rotation piece vanishes, someone else on the roster is about to get a sudden usage bump to cover the gap.

We will see if this is just a quick breather for Williams or a lingering issue. Until then, the Lakers will have to shuffle the deck and hope the rest of the roster can pick up the slack.