{"id":331555,"date":"2025-03-03T11:34:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T16:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=331555"},"modified":"2025-03-03T13:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T18:56:59","slug":"hawks-vs-grizzlies-prop-picks-march-3-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/hawks-vs-grizzlies-prop-picks-march-3-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawks vs. Grizzlies prop picks March 3: Jaren Jackson Jr. draws plus matchup vs. Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Memphis Grizzlies look to rebound on Monday night against the sputtering Atlanta Hawks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The pregame narrative:<\/strong> Memphis is 2-5 in its past seven, but I think a productive game from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/jaren_jackson_jr\">Jaren Jackson Jr.<\/a> can get the home team back on track. On Atlanta&#8217;s side, I&#8217;m fading undersized centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/onyeka_okongwu\">Onyeka Okongwu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out my Hawks vs. Grizzlies prop picks for March 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hawks vs. Grizzlies prop picks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba\">Full NBA betting markets<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report\">NBA injury report<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players\">NBA player stats<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"insights\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/standings\">NBA standings<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTcxMDUzJnA9MjM3MDk%3D\">Best Bet:<\/a> Okongwu under 17.5 points\/assists (-132)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:110656\">Embed: #110656<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In late January, the Atlanta Hawks made a switch at centre, dropping Okongwu into the starting lineup and shifting 11-year veteran Clint Capela to the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early returns have been solid for Okongwu, who&#8217;s averaging 14.4 points and 3.1 assists (17.5 PA) through 19 starts while shooting 60.9% from the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One challenge for the 6-foot-8 Okongwu is that he&#8217;s undersized for the centre position. A team like the Grizzlies should be able to contain him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Memphis has three rotation players who are 6-foot-10 or above, including Jackson (a two-time block champion) and the 7-foot-4 Zach Edey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the tale of the tape, Okongwu gives up about 70 pounds and six inches to Edey. That might be the greatest size disparity among starting NBA centres right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the Hawks last faced the Grizzlies, Okongwu missed the game with a knee injury. Memphis neutralized Capela, holding him to just eight points and zero assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fairness, Okongwu is more athletic than Capela and will probably have a better game than that. But I still think the under is the correct side of this points\/assists line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okongwu has finished under 17.5 PA in 11 of his 19 games as a starter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Memphis allows the fourth-fewest assists per game to opposing centres (3.72), per Betting Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Quick pick<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTcxMDUzJnA9MjM3MDk%3D\">Jackson over 23.5 points (-122)<\/a>:<\/strong> Jackson&#8217;s first matchup against the Hawks this season didn&#8217;t go well. He got into foul trouble and finished with just 13 points in 25 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I expect tonight to be different. Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Hawks allow the fourth-most points per game to opposing power forwards (24.16).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jackson attempts 51% of his shots from the midrange, which ranks in the 98th percentile in the NBA, per Cleaning the Glass. Atlanta allows the fifth-highest FG% on midrange shots (45.1%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Stylistically, this is a matchup that has Jackson&#8217;s name written all over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s also coming off a season-high 42 points and has been stellar over a 16-game stretch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>24.5 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>51.5 FG%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>43.7 3PT%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75.2 FT%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTcxMDUzJnA9MjM3MDk%3D\">Picks<\/a> made at 11:05 a.m. ET 03\/03\/2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"thestar\">Looking to get started? <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNzQxMyZsPTEzNTI3NDExJnA9MjMyNDM%3D\">Sign up here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Memphis Grizzlies look to rebound on Monday night against the sputtering Atlanta Hawks. The pregame narrative: Memphis is 2-5 in its past seven, but I think a productive game from Jaren Jackson Jr. can get the home team back on track. On Atlanta&#8217;s side, I&#8217;m fading undersized centre Onyeka Okongwu. Check out my Hawks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":331566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-331555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-nba-betting"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hawks vs. Grizzlies prop picks: March 3 | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our Hawks vs. Grizzlies prop picks for March 3. 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