3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 2/6/19
Giannis Antetokounmpo, SF, Milwaukee Bucks
Price: $11,900
Until Harden and Anthony Davis came along and basically rewrote what we knew about high-end fantasy upside, what Giannis Antetokounmpo has been doing would be considered elite and truly studly.
His 55.3 FanDuel points per game on the year would have led the NBA last season, and he's been absurdly consistent lately, with at least 46.0 fantasy points in each of his last 15 games. That hasn't come without plenty of upside, either, as he's topped 60 FanDuel points in three of his last six games, with better than 66 in two of those.
His per-game average is up to 56.0 over those last 15 despite the fact that he's only playing 31.8 minutes per game in that stretch.
It's no surprise that he's able to do so much with such limited minutes either -- his 1.67 FanDuel points per minute are the third-most ever recorded by a player with at least 250 minutes played in a season, per StatMuse. That puts him one spot behind Anthony Davis' 2018-19 season and one spot ahead of Hakeem Olajuwon's career-best 1989-90 campaign.
Tonight, he's up against the Washington Wizards, who allow top-three marks in all of points, assists and rebounds per game, and even if his minutes get cut short in a blowout, we can expect some big things from him on the fantasy front.