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Free NBA Picks Thursday 1/23/2020 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/22/2020

Thursday's NBA slate features three games with two exciting matchups. In the first game of the TNT two-game slate, LeBron James will take on Kyrie Irving. Once teammates, this should be an interesting matchup between Lebron and Kyrie, who have switched teams since joining forces together in Cleveland. After that, TNT will feature Dame Lillard vs Luka Doncic. Lillard is fresh off his MLK performance, while Doncic is in the running for MVP. Here are the early leans.

Free NBA Picks Wednesday 1/22/2020 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/21/2020

In Wednesday's 12-game slate, first overall selection Zion Williamson will make his NBA debut with the Pelicans, while the 76ers and Raptors look to continue their winning streaks while only one can survive. There's plenty of value in the 12-game slate, so let's get right to it! Here are the early lean's for Wednesday's action.

Free NBA Picks Saturday, January 18 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/17/2020

Saturday's NBA slate features some intriguing matchups and interesting value plays in the 11-game slate. The Clippers will take on the red-hot Pelicans after New Orleans ended the Utah Jazz 11-game winning streak, while the Lakers look to get back to their winning ways on the road against the Rockets. If you're looking for value plays, there's one in the 76ers vs. Knicks game after the Knicks were recently blown out by the Suns. Here are the early lean's for Saturday's games.

Free NBA Picks Friday, January 17 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/16/2020

Friday's NBA slate features seven games with the intrigue going to the Heat playing on the road at the Thunder. We know the Heat are hard to stop at home, but on the road, against an improved Thunder team, it's going to be an exciting finish. Also, the Grizzlies will put their six-game winning streak on the line against the Cavaliers, while Luka Doncic continues his fine play without teammate Kristaps Porzingis. Here's the early leans for Friday.

Philadelphia 76ers Predictions for Struggling NBA Road Team
by Trevor Whenham - 1/16/2020

As the 2019-20 NBA season was about to start, Philadelphia 76ers' coach Brett Brown told anyone who would listen that his team was gunning for the top seed in the Eastern Conference this season. But if the season ended today, they wouldn't even open the playoffs at home. They sit in sixth place, and though they are within spitting distance of the Heat in second - trailing them by only three games - the Bucks would pretty much have to fold right now in order for the Sixers to catch them.

Free NBA Picks Thursday, January 16 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/16/2020

Thursday night includes some exciting and interesting basketball games. The Celtics will travel to take on the Bucks while the Jazz take their double-digit win streak to New Orleans against the Pelicans. It's just a five-game slate, but there's some good ones. Check out the early leans!

New Orleans Pelicans Predictions for Zion Williamson Debut
by Trevor Whenham - 1/15/2020

Duke's Zion Williamson was the highest-profile first overall pick since at least Anthony Davis. You might even have to go back as far as Greg Oden to see a guy who had so many people so excited. Oden's career didn't turn out as anyone hoped, and so far Williamson hasn't made any impact at all - unless you call a little bit of Summer League action an impact.

NBA Trade Deadline Predictions
by Trevor Whenham - 1/15/2020

The NBA trade deadline looms on February 6, so we are in the last month of the status quo in the league. Let's get this out of the way up front - this is set up to be a very dull trade deadline. With all due respect to Kevin Love and Andre Drummond, if they are the two biggest names on the block in all likelihood, then it's not much of a thrilling deadline. But any change can be the one that makes the difference, and there should still be plenty of movement even if it isn't spectacular.

Best NBA Teams Against the Spread This Season and Worst
by Trevor Whenham - 1/14/2020

We are, more or less, at the mid-point of the NBA season. As close to the end of the season as the beginning. There is still a whole lot of basketball left to play and a whole lot that we don't know. More than we know, really. But the sample size is large enough that we have a sense of which teams have been a pleasure to bet on and which really haven't. Here are the betting studs and duds of the first half of this season.

Free NBA Picks Wednesday, January 15 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/14/2020

Wednesday's NBA slate has some real good action between the Nets and 76ers, Spurs and Heat along with that Raptors and Thunder. The 76ers and Heat are almost impossible to defeat at home, while the Raptors look to upset the Thunder on the road. Let's get right to it!

Free NBA Picks Tuesday, January 14 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/13/2020

Tuesday's slate features six games, with the most exciting matchup coming from Brooklyn between the Nets and the Jazz. Kyrie Irving is back from the injury list and helped the Nets to their first win since December 21, while the Jazz are riding a nine-game winning streak without Mike Conley and potentially Donovan Mitchell. Also, the Rockets will travel to Memphis to take on the Grizzlies, who are on a five-game winning streak. Will the Rockets snap the streak? Here are the early leans.

Free NBA Picks Saturday, January 11 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/10/2020

In the seven-game slate for Saturday's NBA action, the main game that NBA fans around the world will watch will be the Thunder at home against the Lakers. It remains unclear whether Anthony Davis will be playing in this game, but after the Thunder's recent performance against the Rockets and recent play overall, things are getting interesting in Oklahoma City. Here are the early leans for Saturday's action.

Free NBA Picks Friday, January 10 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/9/2020

In Friday's 10-game slate, the Knicks and Pelicans are on national television. I guess that sums up the quality of these 10 games. However, quality or not, there are still decisions to be made and also money to be made. The Nets are looking to stop the bleeding after losing seven straight games, while the Jazz and Lakers look to continue their long winning streaks. Here are the previews and early leans for Friday's action.

Free NBA Picks Thursday, January 9 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/8/2020

There's a four-game slate for Thursday's NBA action featuring a couple potential deep playoff matches between the Celtics and 76ers and the Rockets vs the Thunder. Both Joel Embiid and Russell Westbrook will be questionable for this game but will likely play. This will be Westbrook's return to Oklahoma City after the trade with the Rockets in the off-season. Here are the early leans for Thursday's action.

Free NBA Picks Wednesday, January 8 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/7/2020

There are nine games on the slate for Wednesday's NBA action. Seven of the nine games on the slate feature at least one team that won't have a chance at making the playoffs this year. The two exciting games to watch will be the Heat against the Pacers and the Nuggets against the Mavericks. For the other seven games on the slate, the job of picking teams against the spread just got a little harder. Can the poor teams cover, or will the dominant teams blow the bad teams out? Here's the early lean for January 8.

Free NBA Picks Tuesday, January 7 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/6/2020

There are six games on the NBA slate for Tuesday, January 7. The Oklahoma City Thunder will put their five-game winning streak on the line against the Nets, who will put their five-game losing streak on the line. The Lakers are also on a five-game winning streak, and they'll play the Knicks at home looking to make it six straight. Check the early leans for Tuesday's slate to see which picks should already be penciled in.

Free NBA Picks Saturday, January 4 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 1/3/2020

There's no more college football on Saturday and there's only a couple of NFL Playoff games. Basketball is about to take over Saturdays between college and the NBA. The NBA slate has 11 games with some pretty intriguing matchups. The Nets are favorites against the Raptors at home, while the Pacers are single-digit favorites on the road against the Hawks. Here's the early lean for the 11 games on the slate.

Free NBA Picks Wednesday, January 1 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 12/31/2019

Happy New Year! Most people will be watching the New Year's 6 Bowls in College Football, but for the diehard NBA fans, there's four New Year's Day basketball games to bet on featuring Carmelo Anthony's return to the Garden as a Trail Blazer. Also, the Lakers and Bucks are dealt low-tier teams to begin their 2020 run. The question is if the Lakers and Bucks will be able to cover such hefty spreads. Here's the early leans for the first NBA games in the year 2020.

Free NBA Picks Tuesday, December 31 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 12/30/2019

There's a seven-game slate in the NBA for New Year's Eve, including intriguing matchups like the 76ers against the Pacers and Nuggets against the Rockets. The Celtics and Clippers will be playing teams with long losing streaks, while the Warriors and Spurs project to have a lot of scoring. Make sure to get your bets in for the early games as the 76ers/Pacers and Celtics/Hornets start at 3pm EST. Here's the early lean for the seven games on New Year's Eve.

Free NBA Picks Saturday, December 28 and Opening Line Report
by Jason Radowitz - 12/27/2019

Saturday NBA basketball has a 14-game slate, with a couple back-to-backs for some teams. This week the NBA has seen some of the craziest upsets of the season. After the holiday, things are going to start trending back to the way they were. The Lakers have lost four straight games, and realistically, that won't happen again. Furthermore, the Nets shot historically bad yesterday, allowing the Knicks to claim New York for a day or two.