{"id":338903,"date":"2025-04-08T15:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=338903"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:47:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:47:39","slug":"nba-prop-bets-april-8-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-bets-april-8-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop bets April 8: Fade Castle, look for Gilgeous-Alexander and Edwards to shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/shai_gilgeous_alexander\">Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/anthony_edwards\">Anthony Edwards<\/a> have my attention on Tuesday&#8217;s NBA prop market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><strong>The pregame narrative<\/strong>: SGA has been a bit quieter than usual as a scorer in recent games, but he&#8217;s ratcheting up his assist numbers. Edwards, meanwhile, is shooting \u2014 and scoring \u2014 in bunches. In the final game of the night, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/players\/stephon_castle\">Stephon Castle<\/a> is my top fade candidate against the Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out the best NBA prop bets for April 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NBA prop bets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/sports-hub\/basketball\/nba?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=sportsbook_nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Full NBA betting markets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/article\/nba-injury-report?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=injury_reports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA injury report<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/news\/stats\/nba\/top-players?utm_source=insights&amp;utm_medium=text_link&amp;utm_term=&amp;utm_content=&amp;utm_campaign=stats_pages\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>NBA stats &amp; standings<\/strong><\/a><\/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> Castle under 1.5 threes (-118)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:112287\">Embed: #112287<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castle is looking like the runaway winner in the NBA Rookie of the Year race, but it&#8217;s not because of his 3-point shooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Castle has a 28.3 3PT% this season, which ranks 23rd out of 26 rookies (minimum 15 games played and 2.0 attempted 3s per game).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>With those same parameters (15 GP and 2.0 3PA), Castle ranks 291st out of 303 NBA players in 3PT%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Castle is even colder from deep right now, and he&#8217;s in a matchup that won&#8217;t work to his advantage. So there are lots of reasons to fade the ex-UConn guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over their past 15 games, the Clippers \u2014 Castle&#8217;s opponents \u2014 have allowed the fewest 3s per game (10.9) on a league-low 31.9 3PT%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Castle is just 2-for-13 from deep against the Clips this season, hitting this under in two of three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s better off scoring from the inside while creating value as a passer and rebounder. Those are the traits that have him on the cusp of NBA ROY honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Castle is shooting 24.4% from deep in his past 10 games, going under 1.5 threes in eight of those matchups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best NBA picks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTcxMDUzJnA9MjM3MDk%3D\">Gilgeous-Alexander 8+ assists (+116)<\/a>:<\/strong> There&#8217;s a lot of juice on SGA over 6.5 assists (-152), so let&#8217;s bump up the risk a bit with this plus-money milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my case for riding with the MVP favourite against the Los Angeles Lakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gilgeous-Alexander has 8+ assists in 7 of 10 games since March 16.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He finished with exactly nine assists in both matchups against L.A. this season (including this past Sunday).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since March 1, SGA has averaged 12.8 potential assists per game, according to NBA.com.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And as a cherry on top, the Lakers allow the third-most assists to opposing point guards (9.7), per Betting Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.ca\/page?key=ej0xMzUyNDU3MiZsPTEzNTcxMDUzJnA9MjM3MDk%3D\">Edwards over 26.5 points (-127)<\/a>:<\/strong> I wouldn&#8217;t want to face Edwards right now with the type of run he&#8217;s on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out his stats in the past 12 games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>28.6 PPG<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20+ points in 10 of 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>27+ points in 8 of 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>His 35.1 3PT% in that span isn&#8217;t particularly notable \u2014 but his 10.9 attempted 3s per game are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given that he&#8217;s taking about 20 shots per night right now, and about half of them are coming beyond the arc, Edwards has an opportunity baseline that any prop bettor can appreciate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope to see that 3-point volume remain high against the Milwaukee Bucks, who allow the eighth-most attempted 3s per game (39.1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edwards had 28 points on 10-of-33 shooting (4-of-17 from 3-point range) when he faced Milwaukee in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 2:14 p.m. ET on 04\/09\/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>Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Anthony Edwards have my attention on Tuesday&#8217;s NBA prop market. The pregame narrative: SGA has been a bit quieter than usual as a scorer in recent games, but he&#8217;s ratcheting up his assist numbers. Edwards, meanwhile, is shooting \u2014 and scoring \u2014 in bunches. In the final game of the night, Stephon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":338941,"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-338903","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>NBA prop bets April 8: Picks, predictions &amp; odds | NorthStar Bets<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out our best NBA prop bets for April 8, 2025. 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