{"id":394744,"date":"2026-01-06T06:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/394744\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T06:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T06:20:15","slug":"picks-props-for-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/394744\/","title":{"rendered":"Picks &#038; Props for Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>RotoWire&#8217;s experts lay out their favorite bets for Monday, including player props for Toumani Camara, Nikola Vucevic and Kawhi Leonard.<\/p>\n<p>Updated on January 5, 2026 6:17PM EST<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lozad \" style=\"aspect-ratio:16 \/ 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/xsit2jnm3gqwg2lmdpj4.jpg\" alt=\"Best NBA Bets Today: Free Picks &amp; Player Props for Monday, January 5\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-credit=\"\u00a9 Troy Taormina-Imagn Images\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Looking for the best NBA bets for Monday? RotoWire&#8217;s experts have you covered with some player props.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba\/odds\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Odds<\/a>, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba\/futures.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba\/player-props.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA player props<\/a>, visit RotoWire&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Betting<\/a>\u00a0page. We also have betting tools like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba\/archive.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Historical NBA Odds<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba\/ats-standings.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ATS Standings<\/a>. For up-to-date\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/news.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA player news<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/injury-report.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Injury Report<\/a>\u00a0info, head to RotoWire&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/nba-lineups.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Lineups<\/a>\u00a0page. You can find more picks at<a href=\"https:\/\/bookies.com\/picks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Bookies.com\/picks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure where to bet? Check out our information on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba-betting-apps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Betting Apps<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/betting\/nba-betting-sites\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Betting Sites<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you play\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy basketball<\/a>, check out RotoWire&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/articles\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA Fantasy Advice<\/a>\u00a0and helpful tools like our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/ratings.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Current Fantasy Basketball Rankings<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/daily\/nba\/optimizer.php?site=FanDuel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA DFS Lineup Optimizer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-the-minute updates on injuries, lineups, roster changes and more, head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/news.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">RotoWire&#8217;s NBA News<\/a> or follow<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RotoWireNBA\" rel=\"nofollow\"> @RotoWireNBA<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n<p>Get The RotoWire Picks App: Search &#8220;RotoWire Picks&#8221; on your iPhone, iPad or Android device.<\/p>\n<p>Best NBA Bets Today (Friday, Jan. 2)<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/toumani-camara-5987\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toumani Camara<\/a> over 2.5 made threes (-130) vs. Utah Jazz<\/p>\n<p>BetRivers, 4:51 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>Alex Barutha: Over the past 10 games, the Jazz have allowed the most above-the-break three-point makes (11.5). Camara shoots from everywhere beyond the arc, but he&#8217;s made 2.6 above-the-break triples per game across his past 10. Overall across his past six games, he&#8217;s made 3.8 triples on 44.2 percent.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/nikola-vucevic-3212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Vucevic<\/a> over 1.5 made threes (-130) at Boston Celtics<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings, 4:56 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>Alex Barutha: With both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/jalen-smith-5169\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Smith<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/zach-collins-4162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Collins<\/a> sidelined, the Bulls have no backup center, which could lead to Vucevic playing extra minutes. He&#8217;s already seen 30+ minutes in four straight games, averaging 2.3 made triples on 52.9%. Going up against Boston is a good opportunity for him to get more. Boston is allowing the second-most three-point makes per game from above the break (11.2) over the past 10 games &#8212; essentially where Vucevic takes all of his triples.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/dyson-daniels-5385\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dyson Daniels<\/a> over 12.5 AST+REB at Toronto Raptors (-106)<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings, 5:08 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>Nick Whalen: It&#8217;s easy to notice Daniels going well over this number against Toronto on Saturday, but the larger sample reveals that he&#8217;s gone O12.5 AST+REB in eight of his last 11 games. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/trae-young-4369\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trae Young<\/a> out, we&#8217;ll take the bait on what should be a gettable number for Daniels, who averages almost three more assists per 36 without Young off the floor this season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/kawhi-leonard-3195\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kawhi Leonard<\/a> over 2.5 made threes vs. Golden State Warriors (-139)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0DraftKings, 5:08 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>Nick Whalen:\u00a0Leonard has scaled up his outside game this season, taking 7.0 threes per game and posting a career-high 36% three-point attempt rate. Over his last seven games, Leonard is averaging just under 10 three-point attempts. The Clippers will need him to be aggressive once again tonight, particularly if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/james-harden-3018\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Harden<\/a> (shoulder) is unavailable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/nikola-vucevic-3212\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nikola Vucevic<\/a> over 1.5 threes at Boston Celtics (-129)<\/p>\n<p>DraftKings, 5:08 PM CT<\/p>\n<p>Nick Whalen:\u00a0The Bulls cannot get stops right now, so I see this as a spot where they&#8217;ll have to rely on the three-ball to keep up with the Celtics in Boston. The Celtics do play at one of the league&#8217;s slowest paces, but they still surrender over 38 three-point attempts per game and the fifth-highest opponent three-point attempt rate. With no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/jalen-smith-5169\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jalen Smith<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/basketball\/player\/zach-collins-4162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Collins<\/a>, this should be a spot where Vucevic is set for a heavy workload. He&#8217;s gone over this number in seven of his last 11 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RotoWire&#8217;s experts lay out their favorite bets for Monday, including player props for Toumani Camara, Nikola Vucevic and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85],"class_list":["post-394744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}