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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 2/22/18

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Feb 22nd, 2018
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LeBron James, SF, Cleveland Cavaliers

Price: $11,600

LeBron James rolled into the All-Star break playing at least 39 minutes in three of his final four games, bringing him to an average of 36.8 per game in February -- the sixth-most in the NBA. He has had no trouble with efficiency, ranking third in the league with 54.6 FanDuel points per game this month.

While he was already producing dominant numbers, the absence of Kevin Love has given a boost to the King's fantasy stock. He has averaged 1.46 FanDuel points per minute in eight games without Love (compared to 1.42 when Love plays), while also seeing a slight jump in minutes per game (37.0 to 37.3). His usage rate increases from 30.7% with Love to 33.1% without him, and James is also more active on the glass when Love doesn't play, averaging a triple-double with 26.3 points, 10.5 assists, and 10.1 rebounds.

The Cavaliers have Thursday's second-highest implied total (113.75), and while the Washington Wizards aren't anything special as a fantasy matchup, James' huge workload and production have him as numberFire's top-projected fantasy scorer for the day.

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