3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 2/13/18

Eric Bledsoe, PG/SG, Milwaukee Bucks

DraftKings Salary: $7,200

With Malcolm Brogdon and Matthew Dellavedova sidelined, Eric Bledsoe has seen a boost in playing time for the Milwaukee Bucks. He's averaging 32.5 minutes over his past four games, which may not seem like much, but we regularly saw him limited to 28 or 29 minutes when Milwaukee was fully healthy. Even just a few additional minutes can make a huge difference when discussing a player who averages well over a DraftKings point per minute.

With the additional playing time has come a boost in fantasy production, as Bledsoe boasts a 41.5-DraftKings-point average over his past four games. He'll look to keep that level of production up tonight, as he takes on an Atlanta Hawks team ranked in the bottom-five in defensive efficiency and the bottom-10 in DraftKings points allowed to point guards. Dennis Schroder ranks second-to-last among 97 point guards in defensive real plus-minus, and while defensive metrics are often questioned in NBA circles, it is tough to argue a rating that negative. We've seen Schroder surrender huge totals to point guards over the past two seasons, and it wouldn't be surprising to see more of the same tonight.

Bledsoe is one of just five point guards that our projections have hitting five-times their salary-implied value, and he's the only guard priced above $7,000 on DraftKings that is expected to do so. He is a strong play in any format in this spot.

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