3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 10/27/17

Kristaps Porzingis, PF/C, New York Knicks

DraftKings Salary: $8,500

Tonight's slate is a departure from yesterday's, in which it felt essential to roster DeMarcus Cousins and/or Giannis Antetokounmpo, which left you scraping the bottom of the barrel for value. Today's seven-game schedule provides us with a few top-end options, but none that really stand out from the crowd, allowing us to focus more on such tier-B studs as Kristaps Porzingis.

Porzingis struggled big-time in the New York Knicks' last game, shooting 3-of-14 from the field and posting just 17.25 DraftKings points. The Boston Celtics frequently double-teamed him, which led to Enes Kanter' 41.8 DraftKings points.

Tonight's matchup against the Brooklyn Nets should allow Porzingis to get back to his dominant ways from the first two games, in which he averaged 48.9 DraftKings points. Brooklyn's defense is soft as a whole (27th in defensive efficiency and last in points allowed), and they have absolutely nobody who can match up with the Unicorn.

That can be said for almost every team, but it is particularly apparent with Brooklyn, whose "power forwards," Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and DeMarre Carroll, stand at, respectively, 6'7" and 6'8" and simply have no chance of contesting Porzingis' shot. They could go with a bigger lineup and play Trevor Booker at the four, but that is not something we've seen them do this year. Even in matchups against the Orlando Magic -- who destroyed them with their post pairing of Nikola Vucevic and Aaron Gordon -- Booker never saw more than 24 minutes.

The Knicks have the third-highest implied team total on the slate (111.25 points), so expect a sizable boost to Porzingis, who has accounted for 27.1% of their points this season.