3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 2/26/19

Paul George, SF, Oklahoma City Thunder

Price: $11,600

Paul George isn't as strong of a play as Jokic or Westbrook, but he's also likely to end up as the lowest-owned of the three in tournaments, especially coming off a quiet 34.1-fantasy-point performance in his last outing.

I'm typically reluctant to buy in on players out-performing their usual level as much as George has been, but this really doesn't look to just be a hot streak. He's averaging 1.44 FanDuel points per minute in February after posting 1.34 in January and 1.46 in December, which is all more or less in line with the career-best 1.37 FanDuel points per minute he's averaging on the season.

He's playing some massive minutes recently, topping 40 in four of his last five (even if you take 10 minutes away from the 50.4 he played in a double-overtime game on Friday), and making full use of the run via his efficiency. He has put up three games of 60-plus FanDuel points over his last five.

PG's lone game with sub-40 minutes in that stretch came on the second half of a back-to-back after he logged 50 minutes the night before, so it's hard to envision his floor being much lower than around 38 minutes right now. In tonight's projected shootout, that should be more than enough for a big fantasy score.

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