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

Kawhi Leonard, SG/SF, Toronto Raptors

DraftKings Price: $8,700

Thanks to three mediocre (by his standards) fantasy performances in a row, Toronto Raptors small forward Kawhi Leonard's price has fallen somewhat dramatically from $10,100 a couple of games ago to $8,700. The onus is on you to take advantage of that fact tonight, when the Raptors take on the New Orleans Pelicans in what should be a very fantasy-friendly matchup.

The Pelicans' offensive prowess is bested by just three other teams in the league. They stand at just 6-6, however, because only three other teams have given up more points than their 117.0 points allowed. It's hardly surprising that tonight's game against the Raptors comes in with a total set at 232, the highest on the slate.

Kawhi has two games of at least 54.75 DraftKings points against the Pelicans in his past six games against them and is averaging 1.36 DraftKings points per minute against them in that span.

Leonard scored just 25.75 DraftKings points across 23 minutes in Saturday's win against the New York Knicks. He has dropped below 35 DraftKings points just 4 times in his past 30 games of playing at least 23 minutes. In three of the four games that followed those lows, he finished with at least 49 DraftKings points (and had games of 55.75 and 71.00).

We project him a hair under that, at 48.3 DraftKings points this evening, making him our third-highest projected play of the night.