3 NBA DraftKings Value Plays to Target on 1/2/19

Thomas Bryant, PF/C, Washington Wizards

DraftKings Price: $4,700

Washington Wizards center Thomas Bryant may not be a value play for much longer. Despite starting 21 games this season, the second-year player's minutes have been rather inconsistent this season. With John Wall out for the season, however, the 14-23 Wizards are increasingly likely to call this season a throwaway and give their young players minutes, which should bode well for Bryant's playing time.

The past two games have shown that this is likely the case, as Bryant has received an average of 33 minutes of run, and he's taken advantage of the extra playing time, scoring 33.0 and 41.5 DraftKings points. He has an excellent chance to continue that type of output tonight against an Atlanta Hawks defense that is giving up the fourth-most DraftKings points per game to opposing centers this season, according to FantasyPros.

Our models see his recent success continuing tonight. We have him projected for 34.0 DraftKings points tonight. The equivalent value of 7.2 DraftKings points per $1,000 makes Bryant our highest projected value play of the entire slate.

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