5 NBA FanDuel Value Plays for 12/22/17

Eric Gordon, SG, Houston Rockets

FanDuel Price: $5,400
Projected FanDuel Points: 30.6
Projected FanDuel Value: 5.67

A player with a $5,400 price tag might not normally qualify as a "value," but that word has different meanings each night -- like tonight, when there are 19 shooting guards priced higher than Eric Gordon on the Friday slate. The Rockets will be shorthanded tonight as they face the Los Angeles Clippers. Both Chris Paul and Clint Capela are going to miss tonight's contest, and Luc Mbah a Moute is still out for a couple more weeks, which means that we should be expecting all of the other starters to see heavy run.

Gordon doesn't reliably fill up all of the categories on the stat sheet; he's averaging only 2.0 rebounds and 2.1 assists on the season. But EG can score, and when his shot is falling, he can help win DFS tournaments. He's likely to see at least 35 minutes on the court tonight. He's had six such games this season, and in those games he has scored a minimum of 20 points, and 25 or more four times, averaging 29.16 FanDuel points per game in the process.

With an implied total of 116 points, the Houston Rockets are expected to be the highest-scoring team on the slate tonight, which means that there should be ample opportunity for Gordon to put up shot after shot. We project him to finish with 30.6 FanDuel points, returning 5.67 points per $1,000.