3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 2/6/19

Nikola Jokic, C, Denver Nuggets

Price: $10,800

The fantasy appeal for studs tonight really comes right at the top. Nikola Jokic is the fourth-most expensive player on the slate, though he does represent $1,100 in savings from the next-highest priced player (Giannis).

His volatility keeps his price tag down (he has 42.5 or fewer fantasy points in three of his last five, including 31.6 in his last outing), but that keeps him priced well below what his upside would warrant. If we expand our view back to seven games, we've seen him top 60 FanDuel points four times, which includes one outing with 70.6.

His last two games both saw him play fewer than 30 minutes (including 25.7 in a blowout on Monday), but as only two-point favorites against a Brooklyn Nets team that allows the second-most FanDuel points per minute to opposing centers, he should get a full workload tonight.

Big minutes in a terrific matchup gives this a good chance at being one of those upside games from Jokic.

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