3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/5/21

That could bring with it a ceiling.FanDuel Salary: $9,700There's an initial -- justifiable -- reaction to shy away from teams facing the Utah Jazz, but the Brooklyn Nets still have an implied team total of 110.5 points in a game with a 225.5-point total, tied for second-best on the slate. numberFire projects Irving for a slate-best 28.9 actual points, so even with some matchup concerns, the over/under is there, and the shot attempts certainly will be.FanDuel Salary: $8,100This one is a little bit of a two-for-one with Zach LaVine because his salary is low, and one of the main reasons to like him is that he is playing the Portland Trail Blazers in the game with the best total on the board (232.5 points). The second part of the two-for-one is that we can stack LaVine with Damian Lillard ($9,200) and/or C.J. McCollum ($8,900) if we anticipate a back-and forth game.Anyway, the Blazers are 20th or worse against both guard positions when adjusted for opponents faced since the start of last season, so LaVine has a pretty obvious path to fantasy points when you pair that with the high total.LaVine is coming off a season-best game with 58.7 FanDuel points, but he has at least 47.0 FanDuel points in three of seven games this season, and the path to them is obvious: he has at least 13 shot attempts in every game and at least 15 in six of seven games.