3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 10/18/17

Damian Lillard, PG, Portland Trail Blazers

Price: $8,800

Damian Lillard's production generally isn't up there with the true fantasy elite, but he still offers a ton of upside, and he's available at a discount compared to most other high-priced studs.

Dame averaged 41.4 FanDuel points per game on 27.0 points, 5.9 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game last year, and he had a strong 31.4% usage rate and 28.7% assist rate.

He's not shy about getting up his shot, and his 7.2 three-point attempts per 100 possessions ranked 8th among players with at least 500 minutes, while his 18.5 field goal attempts ranked 7th.

Tonight's matchup is a good one for fantasy production. Not only does Portland's game sport he day's highest over/under (222.0), but they'll playing up in pace against a Phoenix Suns team that ranked 2nd in pace and 28th in defensive rating while allowing top-3 fantasy production to point guards last year.

Jason Schandl is not a FanDuel employee. In addition to providing DFS gameplay advice, Jason Schandl also participates in DFS contests on FanDuel using his personal account, username Jaymun. While the strategies and player selections recommended in his articles are his personal views, he may deploy different strategies and player selections when entering contests with his personal account. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.