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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 12/27/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Dec 27th, 2018
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Joel Embiid, C, Philadelphia 76ers

Price: $10,500

Ranking fourth in the NBA with 1.51 FanDuel points per minute, Joel Embiid's elite efficiency is nothing new. He averaged 1.54 per minute as a rookie and 1.46 per minute last year. The big change in the 2018-19 season, though, is that he's doing it with a full complement of minutes, playing 33.9 per game. That has him fifth in the NBA with 51.1 FanDuel points per game.

The Utah Jazz are a team that can rein in anybody's efficiency, ranking 6th in defensive rating, 10th in rebound rate and a middling 15th in pace, but they haven't been nearly as bad a matchup as we've seen in years past.

They're even allowing the 12th-most FanDuel points per minute to opposing centers, and as we saw in their first matchup this season, that leaves plenty of room for Embiid to produce.

Despite playing only 26.2 minutes and shooting .350 from the field when they met last month, Embiid notched 48.4 fantasy points. Our models project a more usual workload (34.8 minutes) tonight for The Process, and that should translate to big fantasy numbers.

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