3 NBA DraftKings Studs to Target on 2/22/19

Nikola Jokic, C, Denver Nuggets

DraftKings Price: $10,100

All I can say offer are my prayers for Dwight Powell, Salah Mejri, Dirk Nowitzki, or whomever else the Dallas Mavericks try to throw in the way of Nikola Jokic tonight. They might as well just do themselves a favor and get out of the way off the All-Star Denver Nuggets center, as he'll proceed to do whatever he wants on the court regardless of what they try and do to stop him.

Jokic enters tonight's game having scored 60-plus DraftKings points in three of his past four and six of his past 10 contests. He's faced the Mavs once this season, going off for 32 points, 16 boards, 4 assists (Just 4 assists? Come on, Nikola!), 3 steals, a block, and 66.0 DraftKings points. He's scored 55.0 or more DraftKings points in three of his past four meetings against Dallas.

He enters tonight's game an astounding fifth in the NBA in assists per game. He's only 0.2 assists per game behind Jrue Holiday, who sits in third place. Again, astounding. Our models have him surpassing his 7.7-assist average tonight. We project him for 23.5 points, 10.9 boards, 8.3 assists, and 54.8 DraftKings points, second only to Russell Westbrook in our models.