3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/22/18

James Harden, SG, Houston Rockets

Price: $10,300

James Harden's price tag reflects the minutes limit that he had when returning from his hamstring injury last week. However, he played 34.6 minutes on Saturday, and his minute restriction looks to be a thing of the past. Until the injury, his lowest price tag of the season had been $10,800, and despite Saturday's bounce-back performance, this is the lowest he's been priced post-injury, as well.

Harden is the league's top fantasy scorer, averaging 53.7 FanDuel points per game and 1.49 per minute. His 11 games with 60-plus FanDuel points rank third in the NBA, and if we adjust for number of games played, he hits that mark at the league's second-highest rate.

The Miami Heat aren't a great matchup by any stretch, but Harden is comically cheap here, and there's not any team I'd be fading him against. He's numberFire's top-projected fantasy scorer for the day despite being only the sixth-most expensive player on the slate.

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