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

Kyrie Irving, PG, Boston Celtics

Price: $9,900

Continuing to struggle mightily on the defensive end, the Washington Wizards own the fifth-worst defensive rating in the NBA. They combine this with the NBA's eighth-fastest pace, and that has them allowing opponents to tally the league's second-most points and fourth-most assists per game. Predictably, big numbers in those areas has made this a great fantasy matchup for point guards, and the Wiz allow the NBA's sixth-most FanDuel points per minute to the position.

Kyrie Irving flopped in a big spot against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday, but he's still put up some solid fantasy numbers recently.

He's only fallen below 40 FanDuel points twice in his last 14 games -- a span in which he has topped 60 three times. He's averaging 47.3 FanDuel points per game in that time, which is already good for 4.8 per $1,000 of salary today -- a higher average than we typically get with players priced this high.

When you add in the favorable matchup, Irving's recent dud isn't nearly concerning enough to take him out of consideration as a top play in all formats.

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