Get the current NBA injury report from RotoWire.
One row per injured player with team, position, the injury, the current
designation (Out / Doubtful / Questionable / GTD / Day-To-Day) and a link to
the player's RotoWire page. The projected return date is RotoWire
subscriber-only content and is returned as NA for non-subscribers.
This is the live replacement for the defunct RotoWorld injuries feed. See also
bref_injuries() for the Basketball-Reference injury report.
Value
A hoopR_data tibble with one row per injured player:
| col_name | types | description |
| player_id | character | RotoWire player id. |
| player | character | Player name. |
| first_name | character | First name. |
| last_name | character | Last name. |
| team | character | Team abbreviation. |
| position | character | Position. |
| injury | character | Injury (body part / description). |
| status | character | Injury designation (Out, GTD, Questionable, ...). |
| return_date | character | Projected return (NA unless a subscriber). |
| url | character | RotoWire player page URL. |
Examples
# \donttest{
try(rotowire_injuries())
#> ── NBA injury report from rotowire.com ────────────────────────── hoopR 3.2.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-10-31 21:33:35 UTC
#> # A tibble: 5 × 10
#> player_id player first_name last_name team position injury status return_date
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 3445 Steve… Steven Adams HOU C Calf Out NA
#> 2 5428 Santi… Santi Aldama DAL F Knee Doubt… NA
#> 3 6291 Trey … Trey Alexander UTA G Knee Out NA
#> 4 5424 Jose … Jose Alvarado NYK G Ankle Out NA
#> 5 5700 Paolo… Paolo Banchero ORL F Ankle Out NA
#> # ℹ 1 more variable: url <chr>
# }