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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 10/20/17

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Oct 20th, 2017
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LeBron James, SF, Cleveland Cavaliers

Price: $10,900

It looks like we're getting more of the same from LeBron James this year. He ranked fourth in FanDuel points per game in the 2016-17 season and opened the 2017-18 campaign with a 63.7-FanDuel-point performance while being on the court for 41 minutes.

James led the NBA in minutes per game last season and the Cleveland Cavaliers haven't added a ton of frontcourt depth. They did gain Jae Crowder and Jeff Green, but lost Richard Jefferson's 19.1 minutes per game and seemingly are not planning on playing Channing Frye much. So, he should once again continue to be right near the top of the league in that category.

Always a dangerous fantasy producer and a nightly triple-double threat, LeBron also stands to see an uptick in rebounds with Tristan Thompson coming off the bench -- he saw his rebound rate jump from 11.8% with Thompson on the floor to 14.1% when he was off the court last season. with the departure of Kyrie Irving also likely meaning an increase in usage, James looks like he'll be one of the league's most consistent fantasy producers.

numberFire's models are also high on James, projecting him for the day's top fantasy producer.

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