5 Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Plays for 3/22/17

Cristiano Felicio, C, Chicago Bulls

FanDuel Price: $3,500

Projected FanDuel Points: 21.0

Projected FanDuel Value: 5.99

With Dwyane Wade out for the season, a lot of minutes and shots just opened up on the Chicago Bulls, and they're going to give us some value options for their clash with the Detroit Pistons. Five of our top eight -- and three of our top five -- value plays for tonight come from Chicago, but the trouble will be figuring out who exactly is the best play.

If Cristiano Felicio gives it a go (he exited early last night), our models have him as the night's top value play. We project him to score a whopping 5.99 FanDuel points per $1,000 in salary (21 fantasy points in total).

If Felicio sits, Nikola Mirotic ($4,400) would likely be in line for a big night. Mirotic -- who, according to NBAWowy, sees his usage rate rise to 22.1% without Wade on the floor -- may be a good play even in Felicio suits up. It's never easy to trust Rajon Rondo ($5,400), but sans Wade, he's tough to ignore. Our models project him for 29.3 FanDuel points, which is 5.43 FanDuel points per $1,000.