Ohhhh, baby! We’re back! I’ve been aching to make some NBA picks, and, more importantly, fire up some NBA parlay picks! We’re coming into the NBA season on a heater, we just smashed a +273 parlay yesterday to end our MLB season!
The NBA kicks off its season with Lakers-Nuggets and Suns-Warriors, so we don’t have a ton of options on where we can go with our NBA parlay picks tonight — but I’ve got something cooked up for you guys anyway.
I did have some pretty spicy #Takes on a couple of futures bets … so be sure to check out what I have in mind for the Lakers and Suns in 2023-24.
No more pussyfootin’ around, let’s get to this Lakers-Nuggets same-game parlay today.
NBA Parlay Picks Today: Lakers-Nuggets SGP
LeBron James Over 4.5 Assists (Alt NBA Player Prop)
The old man is still lacin’ ’em up. And you truly love to see it. Granted, we’re not getting peak LeBron James, but we’re still getting a great player. To kick off the first leg of our Lakers-Nuggets same-game parlay, we’re firing up LeBron over 4.5 alternate assists prop. As a Laker, LeBron has played 14 games against the Nuggets. He averaged 6.9 assists in those contests. We’re only looking for five. If we know anything about LeBron, it’s that he LOVES to put on a show in spotlight games. Well, how about opening night against the defending NBA champions? That’s about as good of a spot as it gets.
Anthony Davis 10+ Rebounds (Alt NBA Player Prop)
In his last five regular season games against the Nuggets, Anthony Davis is averaging 9.8 rebounds. If you look at his last four games against the Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals from last year, he averaged just a shade under 12 per game in that four-game series. Davis showed signs of the greatness we’ve all expected from him in last year’s Lakers postseason run. The OddsShopper NBA player prop tools love Davis to record a double-double here, so we feel good about this 10-plus rebound prop.
Nikola Jokic 10+ Rebounds (Alt NBA Player Prop)
I mean, do you really need me to give you any analysis here? There are only a few certainties in this life, and Nikola Jokic getting 10-plus rebounds is one of them. The man gobbles up rebounds faster than I smash a plate of General Tso’s Chicken. And let me tell you, I can get after it. No surprise here, Jokic is averaging over 10 rebounds in his career against the Lakers, and I expect to see at least 10 — maybe even 15 — tonight.
Jamal Murray Over 2.5 Made 3-Pointers (NBA Player Prop)
What a coming-out party for Jamal Murray last season was. The seventh-year guard turned into an absolute star and set career highs in a few categories, including 3-pointers attempted. In 2022-23, Murray got up 6.6 3-pointers per game and averaged 2.6 makes. In the WCF series against Los Angeles last year, Murray had games of four, five and six made 3-pointers and attempted as many as 14 in one game. If you’re giving me that many jacks from three from a nearly 40% 3-point shooter, I’m all over it.
Final Lakers-Nuggets Same-Game NBA Parlay Bet Today
Leg 1: LeBron James Over 4.5 Assists (Alt NBA Player Prop)
Leg 2: Anthony Davis 10+ Rebounds (Alt NBA Player Prop)
Leg 3: Nikola Jokic 10+ Rebounds (Alt NBA Player Prop)
Leg 4: Jamal Murray Over 2.5 Made 3-Pointers (NBA Player Prop)
= +334 FanDuel Sportsbook w/ 50% Boost
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— Greg Ehrenberg (@gehrenbergdfs) October 22, 2023
