5 NBA FanDuel Value Plays to Target on 4/1/19

Tristan Thompson, C, Cleveland Cavaliers

FanDuel Price: $4,500
Projected FanDuel Points: 29.3
Projected FanDuel Value: 6.52

Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson has been able to take the court for just 41 games this year due to a slew of injuries, but he has the chance to finish the season strong. Our models have him doing just that.

Thompson was playing some of the best basketball of his career in November and December, averaging double-doubles each month. He got hurt in mid-January, however, and the team has been very careful in bringing him back up to speed since he returned to the court on March 20.

He seems close to being over the ramp-up period, though, as he saw 26 minutes of run in his last game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday. If he can get that many minutes tonight, he'll have a chance to dominate against a Phoenix Suns team that has given up the third-most FanDuel points per game to opposing centers over their past seven.

Our models see him taking advantage of the matchup. We project him to finish with a double-double and 29.3 FanDuel points, which would return a value of over 6.5 points per $1,000.