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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/22/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Jan 22nd, 2018
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Karl-Anthony Towns, C, Minnesota Timberwolves

Price: $9,400

The Los Angeles Clippers playing without DeAndre Jordan (ankle) again tonight makes the matchup in the middle a whole lot easier for Karl-Anthony Towns than it would've been otherwise.

Both Montrezl Harrell and Willie Reed, who have picked up Jordan's minutes recently, rank below Jordan in ESPN's defensive real plus-minus metric, and neither has a total rebound rate within even 7% of Jordan's 25.5%. Since he went down, the Clips have given up big fantasy numbers to centers, including 48.6 FanDuel points to Willie Cauley-Stein and 40.8 FanDuel points in only 30.7 minutes of action to Mason Plumlee.

With middling fantasy producers like that putting up strong numbers, Towns' upside is huge. KAT has gone off for 60-plus FanDuel points twice in his last nine games, averaging 46.8 (almost 5.0 points per $1,000 of salary today) per game in that stretch.

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