The Betseeker team went 2/2 to start the NBA season, and we’ve got a strong slate to choose from on Thursday which includes Zion Williamson.
Best Bet
Milwaukee Bucks @ Philadelphia 76ers (10:40am)
Has landed in a good spot at Philly due to the health of Embiid. Andre Drummond still rebounds the basketball like a mad-man – at Chicago last season he got five opportunities to play without Vucevic, and he averaged 19.4 rebounds per game.
The Bulls also experimented with two bigs for a while, which resulted in Drummond playing nine games of 25+ minutes across the season – he averaged 18 rebounds per game, even playing alongside Vucevic.
With Embiid out of the 76ers opening game, I think Drummond will play 30+ minutes as there’s not a whole heap of depth behind him at Centre in this roster. If he does that, 20+ rebounds isn’t out of the question.
SGM – Bucks / Drummond 10+ Points / Drummond 14+ Rebounds = $3.60
Next Best
Brooklyn Nets @ Atalnta Hawks (10:40am)
High line for Deandre Hunter considering the off-season acquisitions of Atlanta. A healthy Jalen Johnson is clearly someone Snyder will be building around long term, while Dyson Daniels and number one pick Zaccharie Risacher looked promising in the pre-season.
Hunter will likely start at Small Forward, but his minutes will be well down with this Atlanta roster deceivingly deep.
When Trae Young played without Dejounte Murray last season, Deandre Hunter didn’t get much of a look-in as that player in the corner only averaging 10.5 points from the two games this happened.
Shouldn’t read too much into pre-season, but Hunter only averaged 3 points from his 20 minutes per game from two meetings, shooting the ball at 23% from the field. The logjam of Hawks wings could hurt Hunter here.
SGM – Hawks -7.5 / Hunter Under 14.5 Points / Jalen Johnson 15+ Points = $4.20
Value Bet
Chicago Bulls @ New Orleans Pelicans (11:10am)
If he plays, the line of 22.5 points is far too low for Zion who averaged 26 points per game two seasons back.
The back-end of last season for Zion was really strong once he got fit – the Pelican averaged 25.2 points from his last 18 games, scoring 25+ in 13 of those games.
Zion will also benefit from the departure of Jonas Valanciunas plus the acquisition of a passing point guard in Dejounte Murray. Playing against a Chicago team that lack size outside of Vucevic, Zion should feast in their season opener.
SGM – Pelicans / Zion Over 22.5 Points / Dosunmu 10+ Points = $4.00
Thursday NBA Multi
Bucks / Suns / Hawks / Cavs / Rockets
$5.75
