We have an NBA Saturday ahead of us with 7 games at our disposal to find the best player props available. Milwaukee Bucks are traveling to Cleveland to take on the Cavaliers (-1.5), in what I believe will be playoff matchup we see come May. The Pacers, Cavaliers, Hawks, Magic, and Kings are all on back-to-backs. To top it all off, we do not have one game with a double digit spread on the evening, so fingers crossed we can avoid a blowout (impossible). Let's look at my favorite player props for Saturday, January 21st.
Jaylen Brown (BOS) over 31.5 points + assists (-118)
Jayson Tatum will miss tonight's due to wrist soreness, but that just allows Jaylen Brown to show us more why he deserves to be on the 2nd team All-NBA this season. With Tatum in the lineup, Brown has gone over this P+A total in 7 of the L10 and his line is typically 29.5. The inflation to 31.5 does not accurately reflect the impact of Brown being “the guy” tonight for Boston. In the two games without Tatum in the lineup this season, Brown averages 32 P+A and 7 potential assists per game. The Raptors allow the 2nd most APG to opposing SFs on the season and are 21st overall in aDRTG. Brown could hit this in points alone, but I like him to be the primary ball hander as his USG jumps to 35% vs season average over 31% with Tatum. 1U