3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 10/19/18

Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF, Milwaukee Bucks

Price: $11,800

Giannis Antetokounmpo claimed his spot among the fantasy elite last season, as one of only six players to average north of 50 FanDuel points per game (51.7). In his first game this season, he showed us that he's more likely to move up the rankings than to fall out of that elite tier.

The Greek Freak tallied 53.6 FanDuel points in just shy of 35 minutes of action, filling it up with 25 points, 18 boards and 8 assists. He had a massive 41.2% usage rate in that game, while no other Milwaukee Bucks player hit even 22%.

Those 18 rebounds don't look sustainable, but he also only managed 1 block and 0 steals while turning the ball over 8 times in that game. Considering he averaged a combined 2.9 blocks and steals with 3.0 turnovers per game last season, the effects of those numbers bouncing back should balance out any dip in rebounding we see from him. We can also expect his minutes to increase, as he has averaged north of 35 minutes per game in each of his last three seasons, including a career-high 36.7 per game last year.

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