3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 3/18/19

Nikola Jokic, C, Denver Nuggets

Price: $9,800

Nikola Jokic's price-tag is down, too, and it's easier to see why: he has posted fewer than 43 FanDuel points in four straight games. This is a drastic drop in salary, though, as we haven't seen him below $10,000 since December 8, and he was priced in the $11,000's as recently as March 4.

His playing time has been down in recent games, and he's averaging only 29.9 per game over his last four while playing more than 30 minutes in only one of those games.

Two of the four were blowouts, decided by more than 15 points though, and another looked like it was getting out of hand, with the Denver Nuggets down 12 in the fourth quarter before going on a run and bringing Jokic back in to close out the game. The other game in those four, which stayed close throughout, saw the Joker play 34.4 minutes.

For Jokic, who averages the league's sixth-most FanDuel points per minute (1.50), even low minutes can lead to some strong fantasy showings. When games stay close and he gets plenty of run, though, is when he really shows off that fantasy value.

Tonight the Nuggets are only 3.5-point underdogs in what projects to be a close game against the Boston Celtics, so we can expect to get 30-plus minutes of Jokic -- making him a total steal at this price.

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