One of the keys to finding success in daily fantasy basketball is uncovering potential value plays. If you're looking to roster a stud player or two, you need to consider squeezing in one of these lower-salaried options into your lineup.
Let's take a look at two players who can help fill in the gaps in your lineup.
Seth Curry, PG/SG, Philadelphia 76ers ($5,200)
The Philadelphia 76ers are still without a number of players, and it opens up several value options.
Joel Embiid, Tobias Harris, Matisse Thybulle, and Ben Simmons are all out -- for various reasons -- of the 76ers' lineup, and it will continue to make Seth Curry a good value option. Currently, he's sporting a 27.6% offensive usage rate, which is the highest among the 76ers' starting lineup. He's also producing 0.95 FanDuel points per minute, giving him a clear path to production on a nightly basis that should be on tap tonight.
He will be up against the Milwaukee Bucks, who are allowing the fourth-most (43.01) FanDuel points per game to shooting guards. Considering the 76ers are 30th in offensive pace this year and the Bucks are 13th, Curry should be in for plenty of extra opportunities to rack up fantasy points as well. Curry is projected for 32.18 minutes and 26.9 FanDuel points, making him the third-best value option among guards tonight.
Terance Mann, SG/SF, Los Angeles Clippers ($5,100)
With one of the best fantasy environments on the slate, the Los Angeles Clippers and Portland Trail Blazers game is a spot to target.
This game features a 221-point over/under and a close 2.5-point spread, giving us the best fantasy matchup on the slate. While the Utah Jazz and Atlanta Hawks have a slightly higher total at 222.5 points, it's an 8.5-point spread in that game. This should push us back to the Clippers and Trail Blazers, where we can turn to Terance Mann as a value option.
He comes off the bench for the Clippers and is averaging 8.9 field goal attempts per game with 3.2 three-point attempts per game. The scoring upside is what could be on full display tonight since the Trail Blazers are allowing their opponents to make 14.3 three-pointers per game -- the fourth-worst mark in the league. Mann has a solid projection of 30.75 minutes and 25.0 FanDuel points in what should be a great matchup for fantasy production.