3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 3/18/19

Andre Drummond, C, Detroit Pistons

DraftKings Price: $8,600

The only player on tonight's nine-game slate with a salary of $10,000 or more is Russell Westbrook, and he's not even playing. As such, we're forced to different avenues for studs this evening.

One such player who offers a potentially high return on investment is Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond, who has been putting together a career season. The NBA's leader in rebounds per game (his 15.3 boards are a whopping 1.7 over the second-place Joel Embiid), is also averaging a career high 17.3 points per game.

Barring a complete disaster, Drummond should finish with more than 15.0 points and 15.0 boards for the second time in his career. Only 24 players have ever had even one such season, with Kevin Love being the only active player to do so. Drummond, of course, has 10 more to go to tie Wilt Chamberlain. Good luck.

He's averaged 47.0 DraftKings points in three contests this season against the Cleveland Cavaliers, tonight's opponent. Our models predict a similarly strong showing tonight. We project him for 47.7 DraftKings points, the fourth-highest projected score on the slate.