3 NBA FanDuel Value Plays to Target on 12/13/18

Boban Marjanovic, C, Los Angeles Clippers

FanDuel Price: $3,700
Projected FanDuel Points: 18.3
Projected FanDuel Value: 4.94

On a short slate like this, value is hard to come by, and that is remarkably true for all positions outside of shooting guard tonight. At center, you're probably better off paying up with some studs in plus positional matchups, but the one and only Boban Marjanovic marks our closest thing to five-times value.

The San Antonio Spurs are in the middle of the pack (15th) against centers, but their defense checks in 25th in defensive rating and dead last over the last 10 games. There's also the revenge game narrative in Boban's favor, as he takes on his former team in San Antonio for the first time since signing with Detroit over a year ago.

In his backup role with the Los Angeles Clippers, Boban is unlikely to see big minutes. He hasn't played 20 minutes in over a month, and he's averaging 14.7 over his last four. As we know, though, it doesn't take much for him to get his. On a team-high 26.2% usage, the big man has averaged 23.0 FanDuel points per game and 1.56 per minute in that four-game span. And if the Spurs decide to deploy Jakob Poeltl for the same 18-plus minutes he's seen in 4 of the last 5, we could certainly see Boban match him minute-for-minute and surpass his salary-implied total (18.5) with ease.

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