3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 2/2/18

Damian Lillard, PG, Portland Trail Blazers

DraftKings Salary: $8,500

Damian Lillard put up just 30 DraftKings points in his most recent outing and has a matchup against Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors, who have a reputation for being tough against point guards. Hopefully the matchup plus a little recency bias will work in our favor and keep Lillard's ownership down tonight because he is far too cheap and is in a terrific spot.

While Lowry has a solid reputation as a pesky defender, he has had no answer for Lillard in the past. Dame D.O.L.L.A. has averaged 53.6 DraftKings points against the Raptors over the past three seasons, including a 46 DraftKings-point-performance earlier this season.

It is clear that Lowry has had no answer for him, which probably isn't going to change tonight with him playing on zero days rest. The Raps played in Washington D.C. last night, and tonight's game will be their third in four days, so Lowry could certainly be running on somewhat tired legs. Lillard needs just 42.5 DraftKings points at this price to hit value, which should be no problem in this spot.

Our projections have him at 43.1, which makes him one of the strongest values among the top-priced options.