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NBA Player Props: Who Will Record a Double-Double on December 16? (Kenny's Top 3 NBA Picks)

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Publish Date: 12/16/2024

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We've got a pretty busy Monday to look forward to around the NBA, and with so many games to dig into, it should be a great night to select a handful of players to add a double-double to their ledger.

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As you look to build the best double-double parlay possible, we'll lay out three players below who should be in a favorable spot to fill up the stat sheet and hit this always-desirable milestone.

Let's get into some serious value in this Heat vs Pistons game before predicting the ever-familiar James Harden to record a double-double and handing out one player at fairly generous odds.

Best NBA Double-Double Bets Today

Cade Cunningham (-130)
James Harden (+125)
Nic Claxton (+260)

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Double-Double Prediction: Cade Cunningham

Best Odds: -130 at FanDuel

We'll start out here by taking a very likely double-double candidate with an implied chance of over 56% when we look to ride Cade Cunningham to glory against the Miami Heat.

Cunningham, who's recorded 12 double-doubles already in just 22 games, should have a chance to achieve this milestone with either rebounds or assists in a friendly matchup, and could easily record his sixth triple-double of the year against Miami.

We know the Heat to be a very suspect team on the glass, ranking just 17th in rebounding rate this season, and in the month of December not much has changed with a run of favorable matchups helping pad their numbers.

The Heat are currently the sixth-friendliest team on the glass to opposing point guards, and Cunningham is on a roll in the rebounding column with at least eight in his last three games. If that wasn't enough, however, Miami has also allowed the eighth-most assists per 100 possessions this month and over the course of the season.

Cunningham has averaged better than eight rebounds and 10 assists since raising his level eight games into the season, and I'm expecting big things on Monday.

Double-Double Prediction: James Harden

Best Odds: +125 at Caesars

James Harden has really quieted down after notching six straight double-doubles to open up the season, but one of the six he's recorded since that run did come a month ago against the Utah Jazz.

Stepping to Utah again, I'm anticipating another marvelous performance from Harden as he looks to replicate the 11 assists he racked up in that win.

The performance was no fluke, given the Jazz have allowed the second-most assists per 100 possessions to opponents this season an have watched that number balloon by three this month to sit atop the NBA in that category.

What's also of note here is that Utah has been in the bottom five of the NBA in defending the mid-range and the rim, which is of particular importance for us here given that's how the Clippers have scored the ball this season.

It should mean the pick-and-roll is open for business from start to finish for Harden as he looks to power the Clippers' offense to a much-needed win after a string of three losses, and it should also mean his odds should be shorter.

Double-Double Prediction: Nic Claxton

Best Odds: +260 at DraftKings

It's always fun when the Cleveland Cavaliers meet the Brooklyn Nets, given two former Nets feature prominently for Cleveland after being traded away a few years ago.

While many may be looking to Jarrett Allen to burn his former team in yet another revenge spot, however, my money is on the man who took over for him in the frontcourt.

Nic Claxton seems to be a forgotten man in this betting market considering he owns just four double-doubles all season, but only started 11 games and has been able to maintain an average of almost eight rebounds per game despite his volatile playing time.

Well, after missing some time and dealing with some minutes restrictions due to injury, it appears Claxton is a full go with around 30 minutes per game in his last two contests.

That's music to my ears, because in 32 minutes against Cleveland earlier in the year, h brought home 10 rebounds to go along with 10 points, and on Monday he'll be greeted by a Cavaliers team which has ranked just 22nd in rebounding rate this month.

Cleveland's elite rim defense has also tapered off a bit in the last 16 days, sitting just inside the top 10 despite leading the way for the entire season, and Claxton is just one game removed from a season-high 21 points against Milwaukee.

I don't expect this price to last more than another week, and I'd be happy to buy low in what's likely one of our final chances to do so.

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