Within the past week, the NBA has had major injuries to 5 players that could jeopardize their teams and other competing teams as well. On January 26th, Pelicans All-Star, Demarcus Cousins ruptured his achilles tendon in a 115-113 win against the Houston Rockets. Cousins will miss the remainder of the season and all of the playoffs if the Pelicans qualify. As of right now, the New Orleans Pelicans are 7th in the Western Conference standings with a 27-23 record. With Cousins gone, All-Star Anthony Davis will have to put the team on his back and play harder than ever to qualify for a playoff spot. With the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers just 2 games behind New Orleans, this would be the perfect chance to sneak into the playoffs. It is sad to see Cousins' season end this way because the combination of Davis and him, they would have been a surprise team that did have the potential to knock off a top 5 team. Next, on January 27th, Oklahoma City Thunder shooting-guard, Andre Roberson ruptured his patellar tendon in a 121-108 win against the Detroit Pistons. Roberson will also miss the remainder of the season and the Thunder will miss his presence defensively. The Thunder aren't the best team defensively and now this sets them back even more. Look for the Thunder to make a move before the trade deadline to bring in a guard who can defend well and shoot the three ball good too. The Thunder are currently 5th in the Western Conference standings with a 30-21 record. They have been playing good basketball lately, but if they wish to climb up the standing they really should make a move before the trade deadline. On the very same day, Memphis Grizzly point guard, Mike Conley, underwent surgery on his heel. With this procedure, Conley will also miss the remainder of the season. The Grizzlies are nowhere near contending in this years playoffs and they might want to consider rebuilding or moving pieces around to build for the future. Conley is a great starting point guard and is the main focus of the team along with aging veteran Marc Gasol. Gasol just turned 33 years old this week and can serve as a valuable piece to any team. If Memphis' General Manager is smart, he will look to move Gasol and acquire multiple valuable players or draft picks. Conley signed a massive contract during this last offseason so the motive should be trying to build a real competitive team in 2 years from now. Look for a team such as the Washington Wizards to make a run at Gasol as they don't have much production down low from Marcin Gortat and company. On January 30th, Wizards All-Star, John Wall, underwent knee surgery and is expected to miss 2 months if his recovery goes as planned. With the absence of Wall, trading for Gasol would make more sense to take some pressure off of rising stars, Bradley Beal and Otto Porter. If Washing plans on competing in the East this year they need as much firepower as possible to go against the Celtics, Raptors, Cavaliers, and Bucks. Lastly, Cavaliers All-Star, Kevin Love, is expected to miss 6-8 weeks with a broken hand that occurred in yesterdays 125-114 loss to the Detroit Pistons. The Cavaliers were already concerned with the team's performance before the injury and this is only going to make it worse. Cavaliers General Manager, Dan Gilbert, better make a move to acquire a big man down low to keep LeBron and the Cavalier nation at ease. We all know LeBron will perform overnight, that is a given. But how much longer can he go until he hurts himself? There is only so much the human body can take, and after all LeBron has done in his long, successful career, I don't think he can keep it up much longer. With that being said, they should look for someone to help the team, mainly defensively because they are struggling. Also, look for point guard, Isaiah Thomas to have a bigger role now that Love is out for a while. This might be what Thomas needs to gain confidence and return to his elite level of play that the league witnessed last year in Boston.