3 NBA DraftKings Value Plays to Target on 2/5/19

Alec Burks, PG/SG, Cleveland Cavaliers

DraftKings Price: $5,100

If you haven't been paying attention to the Cleveland Cavaliers (and, let's be honest, it's easy to lose interest in a team that is just 11-42), then you might have been missing Alec Burks' slow-but-steady transformation into a fantasy player you can deploy on any given night.

Burks put up just 10.7 and 15.9 DraftKings points per game in October and November, respectively, when he was with the Utah Jazz for all but one game. Since moving to Cleveland, however, those numbers have climbed to 24.2 in December, 25.2 in January, and--though it has only been one game--28.5 DraftKings points this month.

Over his past five games, Burks has put up strong averages of 12.0 points, 7.4 boards, 5.0 assists, and 30.7 DraftKings points in 31.3 minutes per game. He's scored at least 27.75 DraftKings points in each game of that stretch. More importantly, perhaps, is that he's seen 30-plus minutes of run in four-straight games, his longest such streak of the season.

Burks has played the Boston Celtics twice since joining his new team, coming through with 32.5 and 37.75 DraftKings points in those meetings. Perhaps the most impressive part of those performances was that he saw just 26 minutes of court time in each game. We see a bump to 34.7 minutes tonight.

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