Keagan Smith details his best NBA player prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for Monday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors.
It’s not the prettiest game on Monday’s NBA schedule, but a showdown between the Memphis Grizzlies and Golden State Warriors rounds out the schedule at 10 p.m. EST. These sides each made moves at the trade deadline last week, with the Grizz operating as sellers and the Dubs adding talent to try and re-tool for a postseason push once Steph Curry is healthy. Now, the new-look lineups take the floor.
On DraftKings Sportsbook, Golden State is a 9.5-point favorite at home with -395 odds to win on the Moneyline. The game total is set at 218.5 combined points.
Here are the top Grizzlies vs. Warriors prop bets on DraftKings Sportsbook for this matchup.
Best Grizzlies vs. Warriors player prop bets
Ty Jerome over 13.5 points (-101)
The Grizzlies planned to contend for the postseason when they signed Ty Jerome over the offseason. Clearly, that ship has now sailed. However, they seem to have gotten a nice player in that signing, especially based off his first few games in Memphis. The 28-year-old made his season debut on January 31 after missing much of the campaign due to injury and has already made a quick impact despite having a pretty strict minutes limit. Jerome averages 20.0 points and 5.5 assists per contest, shooting 56.5% from the field and 42.9% from three. Those marks are precisely what he was signed for after putting forth 12.5 PPG on efficient splits as a sixth man for the Cavaliers last season.
So, will Jerome be able to keep up this excellent level of play? He may not average that same 20.0 PPG over the remainder of the campaign, but he has taken at least 10 shots in all four appearances so far with at least 13 points in each outing. He’s also gotten to the charity stripe multiple times in each of those outings as well, adding to his scoring potential despite the minutes limit. There’s plenty of opportunity in an offense currently operating without Ja Morant for at least another week, so Jerome should continue to get shots when on the floor. Tonight’s matchup comes against a Warriors group that doesn’t have much in the way of standout perimeter defenders at guard. Assuming he gets at least 10 shots up, Jerome should get to 14 points tonight at -101 odds. He’s one of the NBA’s most underrated players and a nice value pick until his lines start increasing further.
De’Anthony Melton under 1.5 made threes (+133)
Speaking of underrated player, De’Anthony Melton one held the title of one of the league’s best. After battling some injury woes over the last season and a half though, he’s dropped off a little bit in production from the perimeter. He averages 11.5 PPG, and while his 41.9% mark from the field is in line with his career averages, the veteran’s three-point percentage of 27.9% is the worst of his eight years in the Association. It’s probably related at least in part to the extended layoff he saw from playing just six games prior to a season-ending injury last year and missing roughly half of this season so far as well, but either way, we can capitalize on this poor shooting.
The odds on under 1.5 made threes sit at +133 for Melton tonight. Yes, he gets a date against his former team, which just traded away what seems like half its rotation along with Jaren Jackson Jr. to embrace a youth movement. However, Melton has just two outings with multiple made threes over his last eight appearances. On the full season’s sample, he’s stayed under 1.5 made threes in 17/26 games as well. It’s not that he can’t go over this line; just that this recent slump doesn’t look too good for the guard. It feels more likely that Brandin Podziemski and Moses Moody see larger roles in the pecking order on offense than Melton does here. Overall, this game could be much uglier than anticipated, too.