3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/16/19

Damian Lillard, PG, Portland Trail Blazers

Price: $10,100

Damian Lillard has been consistently priced above the way he has been producing lately, but he continues to find himself in spots that are good enough to make up for that.

He's averaging a solid 35.5 minutes and 18.0 field goal attempts per game over his last 11 contests, but he's struggling some with his shot, posting a .490 effective field goal percentage, compared to a .519 mark on the season. He's also averaging only 1.09 FanDuel points per minute in that stretch, compared to 1.20 per minute over the season.

11 games is a small enough sample that we don't need to be worried about a long-term drop in efficiency, and he should be in for some regression with both his shot and fantasy production. Tonight's matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers makes a bounce-back especially likely.

The Cavs allow opponents to shoot the league's highest effective field goal percentage while also conceding the NBA's second-most FanDuel points per minute to opposing point guards.

There is some blowout risk, as Portland is favored by 12.5, but Lillard's upside is more than worth taking on that risk.