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

Russell Westbrook, PG, Oklahoma City Thunder

Price: $12,200

We have a short three-game slate on tap tonight, and right away, that increases the appeal of paying up for the only true top stud on the slate as we don't have the usual opportunity cost of missing out on another top-end producer.

Sure, some of the cheaper studs on the slate can offer comparable upside to Russell Westbrook, but they also have nowhere near the floor and are less likely to hit that upside.

Westbrook's 55.7 FanDuel points per game on the year are 5.5 more than anyone else on the slate is averaging. He hasn't dropped fewer than 47.0 FanDuel points in any of his last 13 games, and he's topped 55 in nine of those contests. He's been putting up especially crazy numbers lately, with marks of 81.3 and 77.0 (in an overtime game, admittedly) in his last three.

Tonight's matchup also puts him in a good spot as this game against the Denver Nuggets boasts a slate-high 237.0-point over/under.