NBA Picks, Predictions & Best Bets

With no prices posted anywhere on the board, our lean is a disciplined pass, plus a small matchup tilt toward Houston if a number ever shows up.

Five names on the two injury reports and no price on the board yet: we lean Phoenix at home, but only if the number comes back honest.

Six Day-To-Day tags and no posted price yet: the Desk leans Golden State at home, but only at a number worth taking.

No number is posted yet, and our lean is Boston at home, but only at a short spread once the board opens.

The market shaves this to a point and a half, and we will take the points with Minnesota +1.5 (-105) at DraftKings.

No number on the board yet, but Washington's banged-up frontcourt points the Desk toward Detroit when Pistons vs Wizards finally gets priced.

Six injury tags, zero posted prices, and a home floor edge that points the Desk toward Indiana when a number finally lands.

No market is posted yet, and the Desk still leans LA Clippers in a Saturday opener where one side looks healthier where it matters.

No prices are posted yet, and the Desk leans to the Denver Nuggets at home in a game that is about rotations, not records.

No price is posted yet and three Charlotte rotation names are day-to-day, which is exactly why we lean Milwaukee and shop the opener.

No number is posted yet, six players carry day-to-day tags, and the Desk still leans Cleveland at home once a fair price shows up.

Houston is a -300 favorite but the cheapest way to back them is a +100 price on the -8.5 spread at theScore Bet, and that is where our lean lives.

No price is posted yet, and that is exactly why we already like San Antonio as a lean before this Delta Center number opens.

No price is posted yet, and that is exactly why we like the Knicks side at Madison Square Garden before the market sets a number on Monday night.

No prices posted yet, six names on the injury sheets, and the Desk leans Brooklyn when the Nets vs Wizards number finally opens.

Six day-to-day tags and zero posted prices make this a wait-and-shop spot, and the Desk leans Atlanta at home once the number arrives.

No board is posted yet, and that is exactly why we lean Portland and tell you to shop the moment a price appears.

Three Kings sit day-to-day and the board is still empty, which is exactly why we lean Portland when this number finally posts.

The Lakers are a 63.6% favorite with the vig stripped out and priced at exactly that, so we take the small, honest side: Los Angeles -175 at DraftKings.

No price is posted yet, and that is exactly why we like Toronto at home in a preseason spot where depth decides it.

No prices posted yet, six day-to-day tags on the board, and the Desk still leans Orlando at home once the number appears.

No number is posted yet, and that is exactly why we like Oklahoma City at home before the market firms up.

No number is posted yet, and with six day-to-day names on the two injury reports, our lean is Boston in a short-rotation preseason opener at TD Garden.

Two 2-0 starts, six names across the injury reports, and no posted price yet: our lean is the Miami Heat at home once the number lands.

No number is posted yet, and the Desk leans Minnesota at home once it is, with Donte DiVincenzo out and Jalen Duren day-to-day.

No price is posted yet, and that is exactly why we like Milwaukee at Fiserv Forum as a matchup lean before the market catches up.

No number is posted yet, and our lean is the San Antonio Spurs at home as a matchup read, not a price play.

No number is posted yet at Intuit Dome, and the Desk leans Denver when the first spread hits the board.

Three Mavericks are day-to-day and no price has posted yet, which is exactly why we lean New Orleans with the points once the number lands.