Best NBA Player Props & Expert Betting Picks Tonight

There are eight NBA games scheduled for the final night of January. Bettors should take care to note that all eight contests start at or before 8 p.m. EST. Thus, make sure to get your NBA betting picks and prop bets placed early if you hope to have action on tonight’s card. You can easily enhance your NBA player props handicapping process further by including the redesigned OddsShopper as well as NBA betting tips today. Thanks to this tremendous tool, finding the best player props and bets is as simple as three quick steps: Filter, sort, bet.

With help from OddsShopper, the following article highlights three must-bet prop predictions for the final NBA slate of January.

Best NBA Player Prop Bets & Expert Betting Picks Tonight

With OddsShopper, finding the best NBA betting player props is fast and simple. All users have to do is filter the prop selections, sort the page and find the best pick to bet. The process is extremely quick and highly effective. Try out the tool for yourself tonight with the three featured prop bets below!

Andre Drummond Over 11.5 Rebounds (-110, DraftKings)

The Philadelphia 76ers are set to play tonight’s game without their MVP candidate, Joel Embiid. While it remains to be seen whether or not Philly can overcome his absence, the announcement that Embiid will sit for “rest purposes” opens up the door for bettors to consider NBA player props for Andre Drummond. Even though he has only played 18.8 minutes per game this season in a backup center role, Drummond has still excelled on the glass. He averages 8.8 rebounds per game and even posted double-digit rebounding totals twice in the past five games despite not playing more than 13 minutes in either contest.

Needless to say, with a significant bump in playing time expected for Drummond tonight, he should be in line to thoroughly exceed his season rebounding average. Although it is a tough matchup against a Memphis Grizzlies team that leads the league in rebounding rate, Awesemo still believes Drummond should clear the NBA player props total of 11.5 boards. An exact projection of 13.31 rebounds dwarfs the NBA betting prop line and results in a 68% expected win probability for the over.

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Reggie Jackson Over 3.5 Assists (+100, PointsBet)

Los Angeles Clippers point guard Reggie Jackson comes into Monday averaging 4.0 assists per game. While that is far from an eye-popping total, it is Jackson’s best mark in the assist category since 2019. He dished out five helpers yesterday as the Clippers picked up a road win. Jackson has now finished with at least five assists in four of the last seven games. The three contests where he did not each saw him play 21 minutes or less. While there is reason to be concerned about tonight being the second game of a back-to-back, Jackson only wound up playing 27 minutes yesterday. Thus, he should have enough in the tank to contribute tonight.

Despite the NBA player props total of 3.5 assists sitting below Jackson’s per-game average, OddsShopper actually shows favorable +100 odds available on the over. The even-money price along with a projection of 3.97 dimes is enough for Awesemo to find value on that side of the prop. While the statistical edge is not necessarily that large, the favorable price helps boost the expected ROI for this prediction to 12%.

Fred VanVleet Under 7.5 Assists (-140, FanDuel)

Although Toronto Raptors star Fred VanVleet has dished out eight or more assists in each of his last four games played, his season average still lingers at 7.0. Compared to the NBA player props total for tonight’s contest, VanVleet is averaging one-half of an assist fewer per game. Thus, he would need to once again outperform his standard by a full assist for the over on this NBA prop bet to cash. After playing a whopping 54 minutes in Saturday’s thrilling triple-overtime win, who knows what VanVleet and his Raptors teammates will have left in the tank for tonight’s game.

While the opponent Atlanta Hawks are one of the worst teams in the league defensively, both they and Toronto play at relatively slow tempos compared to the rest of the NBA. Fewer possessions will theoretically result in fewer opportunities for VanVleet to pile up assists. OddsShopper shows that the NBA betting market is juiced heavily towards the under on this prop bet. In fact, two sportsbooks have already opted to lower the total down one full assist to 6.5. Awesemo’s projections certainly agree that under is the play, pegging VanVleet to have only 6.61 helpers tonight. Even with the optimal price requiring bettors to lay -140 odds, this prediction is still given a 13% ROI value.

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