Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks & Player Props for Thursday, December 18

Looking for the best NBA bets today? RotoWire's experts have you covered with three player props for Thursday's slate.
Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks & Player Props for Thursday, December 18

Looking for the best NBA bets for Thursday's slate? RotoWire's experts have you covered with three player props.

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Best NBA Bets Today

Norman Powell over 24.5 points (-113) at Brooklyn Nets

FanDuel, 3:46 PM CT

Alex Barutha: Tyler Herro is out for a second straight game, which should afford Powell more touches. The Nets have been playing better defense lately, but I'm not sure how much stock I'm willing to put into that. Powell has gone for 25 or more points in 11 of his 21 appearances.

Reed Sheppard over 11.5 points (-109) at Pelicans

DraftKings, 3:43 PM CT

Nick Whalen: Sheppard is back to coming off the bench for the Rockets, but he's still seeing a reasonable minutes load and should be able to take advantage of a Pelicans team that ranks near the bottom of the league in defense, and near the top of the league in pace, over the last 10 games. The second-year guard has struggled from the field of late but took 17 shots against Denver on Monday and has gone over this number in 11 of his last 17 games.

Brandon Ingram over 9.5 rebounds + assists (-140) at Bucks

DraftKings, 3:43 PM CT

Nick Whalen: Without Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Bucks have been a woeful offensive team and have struggled on the glass, posting the second-worst TRB% in the NBA over the last five games. Meanwhile, Ingram has gone over this number in four of the last five contests and cruised over 9.5 in the Raptors' first matchup against Milwaukee back on Nov. 4.

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Alex is RotoWire's Chief NBA Editor. He writes articles about daily fantasy, year-long fantasy and sports betting. You can hear him on the RotoWire NBA Podcast, Sirius XM, VSiN and other platforms. He firmly believes Robert Covington is the most underrated fantasy player of the past decade.
Now in his 10th year with the company, Nick is RotoWire's Senior Media Analyst, a position he took on after several years as the Head of Basketball Content. A multi-time FSGA and FSWA award winner, Nick co-hosts RotoWire's flagship show on Sirius XM Fantasy alongside Jeff Erickson, as well as The RotoWire NBA Show on Sirius XM NBA with Alex Barutha. He also co-hosts RotoWire's Football and Basketball podcasts. You can catch Nick's NBA and NFL analysis on VSiN and DraftKings, as well as RotoWire's various social and video channels. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @wha1en.
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