3 NBA Player Prop Bets for Wednesday 12/6/23

Player props can be useful in a variety of ways -- from taking advantage of them straight up to measuring a player's potential to produce in daily fantasy basketball on FanDuel. Here, we're going to focus on the former.

Using a wealth of statistical data, including numberFire's daily basketball projections, here are some NBA player prop bets that look appealing via the NBA odds at FanDuel Sportsbook.

Please note lines are subject to change throughout the day after this article is published.

NBA Prop Bets

Coby White Over 27.5 Pts + Reb + Ast (-120)

We've got a matchup between two bottom-ranked defensive teams in the Charlotte Hornets and Chicago Bulls, and I think Coby White is most fit to take advantage.

On the season, White is averaging 22.3 combined points, rebounds, and assists (PRA). But in the last three games with Zach LaVine (foot) out, White has seen an increase in usage and efficiency, averaging 36.4 PRA over that three-game span.

White's recent numbers were solid even before LaVine's injury. He's averaged 35.3 PRA over his last six games. But LaVine being on the sidelines creates a lack of depth with Chicago guards and forces White into a larger scorer role.

The Hornets are a great team to target when searching for a weak defense that can grant opposing players the ability to punch above their weight. Charlotte has the worst defensive rating in the league and allows the fifth-most points, 10th-most assists, and eighth-most rebounds per game. To guards per 36 minutes, they surrender the fourth-most points and eighth-most assists.

White scores a hefty 57.1% of his points from behind the arc. The Hornets allow the eighth-most three-point attempts (3PA), highest three-point percentage (3P%), and third-most three-point makes (3PM) to guards per 36 minutes. White is averaging a lofty 10.3 3PA over his last four games and is shooting at a 40.3% 3P% clip on the season.

Charlotte lets up the sixth-most points in the paint per game, and White scores 27.3% of his points from this area.

It's encouraging to know that the two major areas in which White is a scorer correspond with where Charlotte is most sacrificial. The LaVine-less Bulls grant White more responsibility than usual. And perhaps the fact that Charlotte is allowing opponents the fifth-highest field goal percentage (FG%) could aid in turning assist opportunities into assists -- the Bulls have the fifth-worst FG% in the NBA, so we could see them draining more shots than usual, whether it be White off the pass or White as a scorer.

James Harden Over 6.5 Assists (-115)

In the nine games since the Los Angeles Clippers debuted their Russell Westbrook-less starting lineup, James Harden is averaging 7.7 assists and has cleared this prop in seven out of nine outings.

The Clippers have a 113.5 implied team total against the Denver Nuggets tonight. During this aforementioned nine-game span, the Clippers scored 113-plus points on four occasions, and Harden averaged 8.0 assists in those four games.

While Harden is not the assists machine we knew him to be in seasons prior, he has seen an uptick in this stat as of late. He's also been good against the Nuggets. In his last five games against Denver, he is averaging 8.0 assists.

The Nuggets let up the 12th-fewest assists per game. However, in Denver's last six games, they are allowing the 12th-most assists. The Nuggets are also ceding the ninth-highest FG% to opponents across their last 10 games, and if Denver keeps those numbers up tonight, it should help Harden capitalize off of assist opportunities.

While the Nuggets aren't the easiest matchup, I don't think the line here is fully accounting for Harden's numbers in the Clippers' new-look lineup. numberFire is projecting 8.2 assists for Harden tonight.

Tobias Harris Over 24.5 Pts + Reb + Ast (-108)

The Washington Wizards surrender the second-most points, the most rebounds and the most assists per game. Yet the PRA line for Tobias Harris is set lower than where his average stands.

Harris is averaging 26.8 PRA this season. There's certainly some blowout potential with this one, which is a cause for concern. The Sixers crushed the Wizards by 18 points in November and come into tonight as a 10.5-point favorite. But even though Harris saw less time on the court than normal (31 minutes) in the aforementioned 18-point win, he still managed 28 PRA.

We should be interested in Philly's slate-high 125.5 implied team total. In eight games where the Sixers have scored 125-plus points, Harris is averaging 28.4 PRA -- and that includes an early exit, 23-minute outing in a 44-point Sixers victory.

Harris scores a majority of his points (57.9%) in the paint. Washington's paint defense is terrible as they permit the second-most paint points per game.

Further, the Sixers are coming off of four days rest going into tonight. In two games this season where Harris had three-plus days of rest, he is averaging 31 PRA.

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