3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 12/28/17

Joel Embiid, C, Philadelphia 76ers

Price: $10,700

With Antetokounmpo and Harden as the obvious higher-priced options, the majority will probably stay off of Joel Embiid and flock to cheaper guys like Andre Drummond, Al Horford or Bismack Biyombo at center. For tournaments, this is the exact situation we're looking to take advantage of.

Karl-Anthony Towns and Drummond are a little cheaper and each draw exploitable matchups as the second- and third-highest-priced centers. Embiid draws a tougher team in the Portland Trail Blazers, but his individual matchup is as nice as they come. Jusuf Nurkic is only six games removed from an injury, and he's yet to play more than 28 minutes in a game since.

It's not just that, though. In the last six games, Portland has allowed two double-doubles and three games of at least 47.3 FanDuel points to opposing centers. If we include the the Los Angeles Lakers' combination of Julius Randle and Andrew Bogut, that would make three double-doubles while pushing the six-game averages to 19.3 points, 12.5 rebounds and 42.3 FanDuel points per game -- and that's in spite of a poor showing (29.4 FanDuel points) from Towns.

If guys like Nikola Vucevic, Nikola Jokic and Pau Gasol can go for more than 45 FanDuel points, imagine what Embiid can do. His coach said he's finally looking good and moving well, and that comes after putting up 51-plus FanDuel points in all but one of his last five games. Don't sleep on The Process tonight.

Brett Oswalt is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Brett also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username BRO14THEKID. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his/her personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.