3 NBA DraftKings Value Plays to Target on 12/14/17

Reggie Jackson, PG, Detroit Pistons

DraftKings Salary: $5,800

This is almost always the case with Reggie Jackson -- especially given the way he has played lately -- it is important to note that this he a tournament-only play. Jackson is shooting just 24.4% from the floor in his last three games and has averaged only 23.7 minutes during that time. He has appeared to be in coach Stan Van Gundy's dog house, and if he gets off to another slow start, it wouldn't be surprising to see his minutes limited.

With that disclaimer out of the way, Jackson is the type of play that could end up swinging tournaments on this five-game slate. With Jose Juan Barea $200 cheaper and Spencer Dinwiddie a bit less than $1,000 more expensive, his ownership is definitely going to be down. However, he draws a great matchup against an Atlanta Hawks team ranked 29th in defensive efficiency, and Atlanta will be without their primary rim protector, Dewayne Dedmon.

More importantly, Jackson draws an individual matchup against Dennis Schroder, whose turnstile defense has him ranked next to last among 447 players in defensive real plus-minus this season. Not great, Bob!

Jackson put up 39.75 DraftKings points in 29 minutes against Schroder earlier this season and averaged 36.9 DraftKings points against him in two meetings last season. That type of upside is well within reach tonight, which makes Jackson an intriguing bounce-back candidate in large-field tournaments.