3 NBA FanDuel Value Plays to Target on 1/11/18

Pascal Siakam, PF, Toronto Raptors

FanDuel Price: $3,500
Projected FanDuel Points: 17.5
Projected FanDuel Value: 5.01

Last night, the NBA announced that Serge Ibaka would be suspended one game for his part in an altercation with James Johnson on Tuesday night. As a result, Ibaka will be on the sideline for Thursday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Second-year forward Pascal Siakam should start in his place, having started four games earlier this year.

So long as Siakam draws the start, he should produce at a high level. Through four games as a starter, he's put together an average of 28.6 FanDuel points across 26.8 minutes per game. Maybe most notable is his five total steals and four total blocks in those games, with FanDuel awarding three fantasy points per each in those peripheral categories.

Jonas Valanciunas and Jakob Poeltl could have a problem being effective if Kevin Love plays the majority of center minutes for Cleveland. Neither is accustomed to following shooters on the outside and, with Love averaging 5.8 three-point attempts per game, they could be sent to the bench early on. If that's the case, Siakam would almost have to take the spot of Ibaka, the Raptors' usual small-ball five.

Any way you cut it, Siakam should get some decent run in a game with the highest over/under (219.5) of the night.

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