3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 3/15/16

DeMarcus Cousins, C, Sacramento Kings

Price: $11,100

DeMarcus Cousins has by far the heftiest price tag on the slate, but it's well warranted.

His 53.4 FanDuel points per game over the past month are the most in the league by a pretty significant margin (the next highest number being 49.7), and he's posting 30.0 points, 12.8 boards, 3.9 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.4 blocks per game in that span. He also boasts an absurd 37.7 percent Usage Rate, the highest for any player averaging at least 10 minutes per game in the month.

He has the best matchup you could ask for tonight against the Lakers. Los Angeles is dead last with a 111.8 Defensive Efficiency, 22nd in Offensive Rebound Rate, and 25th in Defensive Rebound Rate. They are allowing the third-most fantasy points per game to opposing centers.

The Lakers are also giving up the second highest Field Goal Percentage within three feet of the basket, and the sixth highest from 3 to 10 feet. 64.7 percent of Cousins' field goal attempts on the year have come from within 10 feet, and with his crazy Usage Rate, we can expect him to have every opportunity that he can handle to beat up on the Lakers down low.

With such an ideal matchup, it should come as no surprise that our numbers project Cousins to put up by far the highest fantasy score of the night.