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5 NBA FanDuel Value Plays for 12/27/17

Brett Oswalt  —  @bRo14thekid Dec 27th, 2017
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Brandan Wright, C, Memphis Grizzlies

FanDuel Price: $3,500
Projected FanDuel Points: 17.5
Projected FanDuel Value: 5.00

There are a lot of center options on Wednesday's slate. You can spend up, you can save some, or you can save a lot. With Brandan Wright, you're clearly going for the latter.

At minimum salary, Wright isn't someone you're looking to get 30-plus FanDuel points out of. He's only played more than 25 minutes twice, and he's only scored more than 25 FanDuel points once (he had 41.8 in 25 minutes against the Los Angeles Clippers). Still, he's an efficiency monster and has averaged over a FanDuel point per minute this season. Last night, with JaMychal Green out, he played nearly 19 minutes and returned 23.5 FanDuel points for 6.7-times value.

Wright reaped the benefits of a plus matchup with the Phoenix Suns, and it somehow gets better against the Lakers. Whether you want to label Wright as a center or power forward (given he'll have to play alongside Marc Gasol), it doesn't matter, because the Lakers rank dead last (50.1 FanDuel points per game) against power forwards and next-to-last (55.0 FanDuel points) against centers when it comes to fantasy production. Wright could help you roster two of the big names if you're willing to punt for 20 or 25 points at center.


Brett Oswalt is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Brett also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username BRO14THEKID. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his/her personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.

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