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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 3/9/16

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Mar 9th, 2016
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James Harden, SG, Houston Rockets

Price: $11,000

Nobody in the league has matched James Harden's fantasy production over the last month. He leads the league in that span with 54.8 FanDuel points per game and has gone over 60 fantasy points in three of his last 10. He also leads the league with 35.4 points per game in the span and is adding 7.5 assists, 6.6 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game. His 33.9 percent Usage Rate is also the fourth highest among players seeing at least 15 minutes of action per game in the month.

There are lots of reasons to love Harden's matchup with the 76ers here. Both teams rank in the top 10 in Pace. Further, Philadelphia ranks 26th in Defensive Efficiency and is giving up the 13th-most fantasy points to opposing shooting guards.

Another very encouraging factor for Harden here, especially in a fast-paced game, is his play in transition. Jacob Gibbs recently took a great look at transition play and its effects in daily fantasy, and found that Harden was the most effective shooting guard in transition, while the 76ers rank in the bottom-10 in transition defense.

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