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

Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF/PF, Milwaukee Bucks

DraftKings Price: $11,600

After sitting out one game due to knee soreness, Giannis Antetokounmpo returned to the floor but with a limit of 24 minutes. He said he was fine after the game, and he's had another day of rest, so he should be closer to his season-long average of 33.1 whether he's limited at all or not. Even if he is, Giannis produced 32.25 DraftKings points last time out, and his season average sits at 1.73 fantasy points per minute.

We know how efficient The Greek Freak is, but he also finds himself in a very fantasy-friendly game. His Milwaukee Bucks are 4.5-point favorites on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers, and taking into account the 237.5-point over/under the Bucks are third on the slate with a 121.0 total.

In the 24 games Milwaukee has tallied 120 or more points this year, Antetokounmpo has tallied 60 or more DraftKings points in nine of those. And, on average, those weren't even close games, as Milwaukee's won by an average of 17.1 points. Assuming LeBron James and company are up to the task, this should remain close and keep Giannis heavily involved until the very end.

If that wasn't enough, the Lakers haven't been all that great against small forwards. Thanks in part to James' conservation efforts, they allow the 12th-most DraftKings points per game while surrendering the 2nd-most steals (1.99), according to FantasyPros.

Our projections have Giannis as tonight's top scorer at 56.8 DraftKings points with a ceiling of 72.0.