3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 1/11/18

LaMarcus Aldridge, PF/C, San Antonio Spurs

DraftKings Salary: $8,500

It is going to be tough to choose the top one or two options between DeRozan, LaMarcus Aldridge, and Louis Williams ($8,300) tonight, as all are in terrific spots and fall in the same price range. Of the three, Aldridge appears to be the most underpriced, relative to FanDuel's salary, as he comes at a $1,400 discount on DraftKings.

His San Antonio Spurs also have the third-highest implied team total on the slate, and are in potentially the best matchup of any team against a Los Angeles Lakers squad that has allowed the second-most points per game on the year.

Pair that with Aldridge having a very strong 33% usage rate and 1.19 DraftKings points per minute with both Kawhi Leonard and Rudy Gay off the floor, along with facing a Lakers team allowing the third-most DraftKings points per game to power forwards and the most to centers, and he appears to be in store for a huge game. It is a toss-up between DeRozan, Aldridge, and Williams, but he appears to be a slightly better on-paper play than Williams, who is coming off a back-to-back. You're probably best served to get exposure to all three if building multiple lineups, but if firing a single bullet, Aldridge should be the anchor.

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