3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 1/15/19

Jimmy Butler, SG/SF, Philadelphia 76ers

DraftKings Price: $7,600

There are plenty of players across all of the major professional sports leagues who could move to a new team and have little to no resentment whence they came. Jimmy Butler does not come across as that type of player.

The former Thibodeauian more or less forced a trade from the Minnesota Timberwolves earlier this season. While he's been winning with his new Philadelphia 76ers teammates -- the team is 28-16 and fourth in the Eastern Conference -- his numbers have taken a hit.

Butler's 18.7 points, 5.0 boards, and 3.2 dimes with his new team are all the lowest he's averaged per game since the 2013-14 season. Though, to be fair, he's doing it in in significantly fewer minutes per game as he's not needed to be relied on as heavily when surrounded by two other stars in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.

Whether Butler is fueled by revenge or some other motivating factor tonight (just kidding, it's only revenge), our models have him topping all of those numbers this evening. We project him to drop 21.2 points, 5.2 boards, 3.8 assists, 2.0 steals, and 38.7 DraftKings points.

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