3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 10/24/18

LeBron James, SF, Los Angeles Lakers

Price: $11,500

LeBron James, unsurprisingly, went off in the absence of Brandon Ingram and Rajon Rondo, notching a season-high 63.6 FanDuel points in 43 minutes of action in his last outing. Forced to handle point guard duties on offense even more than usual, James dished out a season-high 14 assists to go with his 32 points (which came on a season-high 25 field goal attempts). His usage rate jumped to 32.3% in that game, and it's likely to stay in that range with Ingram and Rondo still serving suspensions tonight.

Thanks to their early-season struggles, the Los Angeles Lakers are only 3-point favorites against the Phoenix Suns tonight, meaning that the King will once again be called on to play a big role, and is unlikely to get the luxury of resting late in the game in a blowout.

The Suns have played at a slow pace to start the season, but part of that can be chalked up to the fact that all three of the teams they faced also rank in the bottom half in pace to start the year. The Suns sit bottom-10 in defensive rating, and the Lakers' 119.75-point implied total is the slate's highest.

With his price tag not having climbed much after his last dominant outing, James is a steal tonight while he is projected as the day's top fantasy scorer by a big margin.