{"id":387223,"date":"2025-12-17T15:45:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=387223"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:45:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:45:47","slug":"nba-prop-picks-and-predictions-december-17-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/nba-prop-picks-and-predictions-december-17-2025-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Best NBA prop picks Dec. 17: Fade Aldama and Allen, look for Reid to cash 3s at plus money"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a trio of NBA prop picks from Wednesday night&#8217;s doubleheader, featuring two predictions from the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today&#8217;s NBA props narrative<\/strong>: The plus-money price on Naz Reid&#8217;s 3s prop is worth a look as the big man continues to score in bunches. On the flip side of tonight&#8217;s Memphis\/Minnesota matchup, Santi Aldama will likely struggle to score against a potent defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-8f1effd0-db18-40a8-916e-091372420d9e\">Check out my top NBA prop picks for Dec 17, featuring Jarrett Allen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Join NorthStar Bets &amp; start betting on the NBA<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"block-0a4ee124-09d4-4260-81c9-fd6fe232dbb3\">NBA prop picks Dec. 17<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Best bet:<\/strong> <strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Reid over 2.5 threes <\/strong>(+105)<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reid is on fire from 3-point range right now, and he&#8217;s facing a team that should help him keep that rolling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Grizzlies allow the fifth-most made 3s (14.5\/game) and the sixth-most attempted 3s (39.5\/game) in the NBA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reid is 5-1 vs. this prop in December.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>On the season, Reid is shooting 39.1% from deep on a career-high 6.2 attempts per game. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not quite as much volume as I&#8217;d typically want to see for this prop, but Reid&#8217;s volume has been trending up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">See full props for Grizzlies vs. Timberwolves<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>First 12 games:<\/strong> 5.2 attempts, 32.3 3PT%, 3-9 vs. this prop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Last 14 games:<\/strong> 7.1 attempts, 43.4 3PT%, 9-6 vs. this prop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In a favourable matchup, these plus-money odds definitely have my attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-479767b6-5872-497b-ac44-239c07c7e3d5\"><strong>Key stat<\/strong>: Reid is 4-1 vs. this 3s prop in his past five matchups against the Grizzlies, shooting 19-for-33 (57.6%) from deep in those games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Best NBA picks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aldama under 15.5 points (<b>-118)<\/b><\/strong>: This line seems a bit lofty for Aldama, who&#8217;s averaging 13.1 points this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s a career-high mark for the fifth-year power forward, and it doesn&#8217;t rise to the number that&#8217;s being asked of him tonight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Full betting markets for Wednesday&#8217;s NBA doubleheader<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Against a team with a top-10 defensive rating, I wouldn&#8217;t expect Aldama to have an above-average performance. Especially given how he usually fares in this matchup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Timberwolves have held Aldama to 8.4 PPG on 37.0% shooting in their past five matchups against him (since January 2024). This under cashed all five times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This season, Aldama has gone under this point total in 18 of 26 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NBA player prop predictions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong><strong>Allen under 8.5 rebounds <\/strong><\/strong>(+100)<\/strong>: On paper, the Chicago Bulls are a team Allen should dominate on the boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, they play fast and allow the fourth-most rebounds per game to opposing centres, per Fantasy Pros.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Allen&#8217;s minutes workload and rebounding output are at their lowest since his rookie season nine years ago. And I can&#8217;t trust him to hit the nine-rebound mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Bet on Cavaliers vs. Bulls in Chicago<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Allen is averaging 7.3 rebounds and 25.9 minutes, which are his lowest marks since 2017-18.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This under is 12-4 in Allen&#8217;s 16 games this season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He only had three rebounds in his lone matchup vs. the Bulls (Nov. 8).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Allen is one game removed from a six-game absence due to a finger injury, so it&#8217;s also possible that his minutes will be capped against the run-and-gun Bulls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"block-84329f2b-7888-4034-9979-03e8608897e5\"><em>NBA prop picks made at 3 p.m. ET on Dec. 17, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"acq_only\"><strong>-> <a href=\"https:\/\/online.northstarbets.com\/promoRedirect?key=ej0xMzUyNTA0MiZsPTEzNTI1MDAwJnA9ODMzNw%3D%3D\">Sign up to NorthStar Bets today<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got a trio of NBA prop picks from Wednesday night&#8217;s doubleheader, featuring two predictions from the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Minnesota Timberwolves game. Today&#8217;s NBA props narrative: The plus-money price on Naz Reid&#8217;s 3s prop is worth a look as the big man continues to score in bunches. On the flip side of tonight&#8217;s Memphis\/Minnesota [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":387195,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sidebar_plugin_meta_block_field":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[452,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-com","category-nba"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NBA prop picks Dec. 17: Best bets, predictions &amp; odds | The Boost<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"NBA prop picks Dec. 17, 2025. 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