NBA Player Props: Who Will Record a Double-Double on January 24? (Kenny's Top 3 NBA Picks)

We've got a short slate on Friday in the NBA, which gives us the opportunity to do some critical thinking as we look for the best targets for the ever-elusive double-double milestone.

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Whether you're looking to build the best double-double parlay for Friday or select the best value on the board, we've got you covered with the best NBA prop bets for Friday, January 24.

Let's get into three players who deserve more love from oddsmakers given their recent form and positive matchups.

Best NBA Double-Double Bets Today (January 24)

  • Dejounte Murray (+160)
  • Miles Bridges (+245)
  • Paul George (+340)

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Double-Double Prediction: Dejounte Murray

Best Odds: +160 at DraftKings

The first place we'll head is Memphis, where we've got the highest implied total of the three games we'll be treated to on Friday. With oddsmakers expecting a high-scoring game of over 240 points, there should be many possessions -- and a plethora of opportunities for Dejounte Murray to keep his foot on the gas.

  • Murray has now notched eight double-doubles on the year, four of which have come over his last 12 games.
  • Over that time, he's averaged 7.9 assists and 6.6 rebounds, missing a double-double by just one board or assist once and coming excruciatingly close to notching three triple-doubles.

Murray will head up a Pelicans offense which has had no other choice but to give the dynamic ball-handler the keys with Brandon Ingram and Zion Williamson shelved, and he'll do so against a Memphis Grizzlies team which has ranked just 21st on the defensive end this month.

With so many crucial players missing due to injury, scoring has come easy on this team, and it's sat just outside the top 10 in the league in assists allowed per 100 possessions with 27 on average this January.

This is a pace-up game for a Pelicans team which already sits around the middle of the league, given Memphis sits second in that regard this month, and with so many issues defensively Murray should have plenty of success.

He's coming off a double-double last time out against the Utah Jazz, averaging nearly eight boards and eight assists in his last five games, and should have a fair chance to achieve this with rebounds as well given Memphis is still without a ton of tall, rebounding guards.

Double-Double Prediction: Miles Bridges

Best Odds: +245 at DraftKings

Miles Bridges hasn't exactly shown any sort of consistency in the rebounding department, going for just five or fewer over his last three games, but he still poses a real threat when he's on the floor with four double-doubles since Christmas Day.

  • Bridges enters the day with an average of 8.1 rebounds per game during that span, and the matchup here should suit him quite well given the style which the Portland Trail Blazers like to play.

Only one team has taken shots at the rim with greater frequency than the Trail Blazers this month, but they rank just 23rd in field goal percentage in the zone. Charlotte, meanwhile, has been above-average in defending the restricted area and should force a ton of misses in a game which promises plenty of possessions.

  • The Hornets have played at the eighth-fastest pace this month, and with a superior offense should force a slow-moving Portland team to pick up the pace and increase the number of rebounding opportunities for Bridges.

Portland has allowed the third-most rebounds to opposing small forwards this year and the fifth-most per 100 possessions overall in January, putting Bridges in a favorable spot.

Double-Double Prediction: Paul George

Best Odds: +340 at DraftKings

This is the biggest longshot of our three picks, but it really doesn't seem as if it should be.

The Philadelphia 76ers will once again be short-handed on Friday with Joel Embiid, Andre Drummond, Caleb Martin, KJ Martin and Kyle Lowry all missing in action, and after receiving plenty of rest there should be nothing stopping George from playing upwards of 40 minutes here.

  • Between resting on a back-to-back and playing sparingly a blowout loss to the Denver Nuggets last time out, George has seen the floor for just 28 minutes in the last nine days.

This is great news if you're looking to bet some Paul George player props, and it's even better news when you consider there should be little in his way of making another big impact on the stat sheet.

George has recorded a double-double in two of his last four games, missing another one against Denver with nine assists in just 28 minutes, and will now step in as this team's starting power forward with so many interior players out for Philly.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have allowed the third-most rebounds per game to opposing power forwards, and continue to struggle in general on the glass with a 16th-ranked rebounding rate this month.

Cleveland has mixed in a poor defensive rating with a high Pace over the last three weeks which should be a recipe for a high-scoring affair, and if George isn't able to notch this double-double on the glass he may do it again with assists given the defensive issues on the other side which have led to the 10th-most assists allowed per 100 possessions.

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