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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 11/12/18

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Kawhi Leonard, SF, Toronto Raptors

Price: $9,400

With Toronto sitting as 8.5-point favorites in that high over/under game against the Pels, their 119.0-point implied total is also the slate's highest by a full 7 points.

New Orleans will have Toronto playing up in pace today (ranking 4th in that category), while they also sit a lowly 25th in defensive rating. They have allowed the league's most points per game, as well as the fifth-most assists and fourth-most steals.

For Kawhi Leonard, who has seen just shy of 80% of his fantasy scoring come from those three stats this year, those numbers are very promising.

Kawhi is coming off his worst fantasy performance of the season, but he has only one game with fewer than 36 FanDuel points, and has still topped 50 three times in his last six outings. He's dominating the usage in Toronto -- a 29.7% usage rate with nobody else at or above the 25% mark with Kawhi on the floor -- and he should be a big part of their projected high-scoring night against New Orleans.


Jason Schandl is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Jason Schandl also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username Jaymun. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.