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Best Season-Long Player Prop Picks (2024-25)
We’ll break down all our best picks for this NBA season below.
Cade Cunningham MORE Than 8.1 Assists Per Game
Cunningham’s progressed in each of his first three seasons in the NBA. He averaged 5.6 assists per game as a rookie, 6.0 as a sophomore, and 7.5 in his third season. He’s entering his fourth season, and he’s in the best spot of his career to be a facilitator.
Cunningham had to act heavily as a scorer with Bojan Bogdanovic only playing in 28 games last season. He shouldn’t be forced to be as much of a scorer in 2024-25, though. The Detroit Pistons have a few players who can get buckets this season.
The biggest addition for Detroit was Tobias Harris. He’s proven he can consistently score at a high level, and that should be the case as one of Detroit’s focal points in 2024-25. The Pistons also added Tim Hardaway Jr. and Malik Beasley.
This isn’t all about free agent additions, though. It’s also about the progression of their young players. The biggest key is Jaden Ivey. He took a small jump in efficiency from his rookie to sophomore season, and he could see a major third-year jump now.
The Pistons have other young players who could find more scoring success this season. Marcus Sasser is the biggest name to come to mind in terms of ability to take over a game. Jalen Duren, Isaiah Stewart, and Ausar Thompson are also all candidates to see a small jump in production.
Overall, this is an offense that could be a bit more spread out than it was last season. If that’s the case, Cunningham should be able to work slightly more as a facilitator. He also could see a natural jump in production, and he only needs a small jump to beat this number.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander MORE Than 30.6 Points Per Game
Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the more intriguing players in the NBA. He’s an MVP-caliber player, and his best trait is his ability to score with efficiency. He averaged 30.1 points in 34.0 minutes per game last season.
Oddly, Gilgeous-Alexander saw a small decrease in his scoring from 2022-23, but his efficiency took another jump. He posted the highest effective field goal percentage (56.7%) of his career. He also got back to over 35% from deep, although his volume wasn’t overly impressive.
The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Josh Giddey to get a more defensive-minded Alex Caruso on their roster. Gilgeous-Alexander was dominant without Giddey on the floor last season. SGA saw nearly 1200 minutes without him, averaging 38.2 points on a per-36 minute basis.
I do have some concerns for Gilgeous-Alexander because of the way Oklahoma City’s roster is constructed. Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams are both players who could take another step forward in their development. Oklahoma City also added Isaiah Hartenstein, who can score under the basket.
Overall, the offense is going to continue to run through Gilgeous-Alexander, and he will see as many shot attempts as he wants. It’s going to come down to how much he wants to score versus facilitate. I believe the scorer is going to continue to score on an MVP-potential campaign.
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Cam Thomas MORE Than 24.4 Points Per Game
Thomas was viewed as a potential high-end scorer when he was drafted out of LSU. He saw limited opportunities through his first two seasons but broke out in his third year. In 2023-24, he averaged 22.5 points on 18.0 field goal attempts in 31.4 minutes per game.
Thomas is one of very few bright spots for the Brooklyn Nets at the moment. He will be the focal point of the offense in the 2024-25 season, and he should see more opportunities than he’s seen in the past. He should also take the next step forward as a fourth-year player.
The biggest key to Thomas’ progression is the trade of Mikal Bridges. It limits the amount of scorers on Brooklyn’s offense, and there isn’t really anyone to take away from Thomas anymore. Granted, there are players who can score – Cameron Johnson, Jalen Wilson, Bojan Bogdanovic, Dariq Whitehead – but there isn’t anyone who is going to command shot attempts over the young shooting guard.
Thomas played a total of 560 minutes without Bridges on the court last season. He averaged a healthy 29.6 points on a per-36 minute basis in those minutes. He also averaged 22.2 field goal attempts, 7.8 three-point attempts, and 7.9 free throw attempts in that situation.
The other aspect to consider is that Bogdanovic, who is the second-best scorer on the team, is likely to be traded at some point. Brooklyn isn’t going to compete this season, and there’s very little reason to keep him on the roster.
Thomas is going to completely take over as the leader of this offense, and I’m expecting him to take another step forward this season.
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