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New Orleans Pelicans PF Zion Williamson will make his NBA debut Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs. The No. 1 pick of the 2019 NBA Draft out of Duke has been sidelined up until now due to a right knee injury. We focus on the best NBA prop bet odds and picks centered around his much-anticipated debut, as he’s expected to be in the starting lineup for his first home game.
Zion Williamson Prop Bets: 12.5 Points
Buy into the hype and go with the OVER 12.5 (-167). The Pelicans, currently 12th in the Western Conference at 17-27 and 3.5 games back of a playoff spot, aren’t rushing Williamson back. They’ve been extremely cautious with their new face of the franchise, and they’ll be eager to get him involved in front of a home crowd.
Williamson averaged 22.6 points per game on 68.0% field-goal shooting in his freshman year at Duke as the go-to option on a star-studded roster. While an output such as that shouldn’t be expected for his NBA inauguration, 12.5 is rather conservative with only Pelicans SF Brandon Ingram (25.6) and SG Jrue Holiday (20.1) averaging more than 20 points per game this season. There’s plenty of shots available for Williamson.
Zion Williamson Prop Bets: 5.5 Rebounds
This is my favorite of the three statistical prop bets for Wednesday. Tap the OVER 5.5 (-134). He averaged 8.9 rebounds per game at Duke, with 3.5 coming on the offensive glass and 5.4 on the defensive end.
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PF Derrick Favors leads the Pelicans with 10.1 RPG with Ingram ranked second at just 6.7. The Pelicans are 13th in the NBA with a rebound percentage of 50.0. The Spurs are 15th at 49.9%.
Zion Williamson Prop Bets: 1.5 Assists
This is where I’m taking the UNDER (1.5, -112). The Pelicans have been moving the ball well this season, with five players averaging at least 2.0 assists per game. Williamson averaged just 2.1 assists per game at Duke, and he’ll be counted on much less for distribution in the NBA.
The Spurs rank 27th in the NBA while giving up 25.4 assists per game to their opponents, but I’m looking for an eager Williamson to score whenever he gets the ball Wednesday. The rest of the Pelicans roster will be made well aware of the team’s desired role for Williamson on home court.
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