5 NBA FanDuel Value Plays for 1/3/18

Kelly Oubre, SF, Washington Wizards

FanDuel Price: $4,700
Projected FanDuel Points: 23.2
Projected FanDuel Value: 4.94

If you haven't done so already, you're probably starting to notice a trend here -- and that's that most of tonight's good value plays are reserves. Kelly Oubre is no different.

While Oubre's started eight games and averaged 27.5 minutes per game this season, he's been relegated to a bench role with Markieff Morris starting at power forward for Washington. Morris has only played 30 or more minutes once in the last 11 games, so Oubre's really a quasi-starter as the first guy off the bench. As such, he's posted an average of 24.2 FanDuel points with 12.8 points per game on 46.8% shooting and 37.8% from three. He's also added 4.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.9 steals since December 12th.

Rostering a bench player isn't always safe, and it doesn't carry a ton of upside in most situations, but Oubre has the scoring and peripherals to make him an option in any format. And when you combine that with an implied total (109.25 points) nearly three points higher than the Wizards' season-average (106.3 points per game) Oubre looks even better at his price point.