3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/3/18

Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF, Milwaukee Bucks

Price: $11,300

Thanks to a few down games recently, we get Giannis Antetokounmpo at a discount tonight, priced about $1,000 down from where he was for most of December, despite drawing a solid matchup with the Indiana Pacers.

Giannis' fantasy slump has been almost entirely an efficiency issue, rather than being related to his role and volume. He has at least 39 minutes in each of his last three games, and his usage rate has been at least 27.0% in four of his last five. When it's efficiency, not volume, leading to a short slump, it's usually pretty safe to chalk that up to variance. With a 61.3% true shooting percentage, 16.2% rebound rate and 22.7% assist rate on the season, as well as a 1.43 FanDuel points per minute mark (good for sixth among players with at least 500 minutes played), we don't need to be concerned about whether Giannis is capable of turning those minutes into fantasy production.

The Pacers also represent a good matchup for Antetokounmpo to bounce back in, sitting bottom-10 in both defensive rating and rebound rate while playing at an above-average pace.