USA takes on Brazil in the men's Olympic basketball quarterfinal, and LeBron James headlines these prop bets.
The pregame narrative: LeBron has been doing it all for Team USA in his fourth Olympic games. I'm backing him to clear his assist total and am also fading Brazil's Bruno Caboclo on the glass.
Check out our Brazil vs. USA props for the Olympic men's basketball quarterfinal match on Aug. 6.
Brazil vs. USA props
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| Brazil vs. USA props | Odds | Bet now ⬇️ |
| LeBron over 6.5 assists | -118 | Add to betslip |
| Caboclo under 6.5 rebounds | +105 | Add to betslip |
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Best Bet: LeBron over 6.5 assists (-118)
LeBron might be the elder statesman on a stacked Team USA but he's arguably been the team's best player.
The 39-year-old is averaging the third-most points per game on the team (14.3) and the fourth-most assists per game among all Olympic hoopers (7.3).
He's cleared this line in two of three games, with the outlier being a five-assist performance against South Sudan.
The Americans are massive 26.5-point favourites on Tuesday so a blowout is certainly possible.
But Team USA has won each of its games by 16-plus points, so we already have an idea of how head coach Steve Kerr will handle LeBron's minutes.
He's playing just north of 20 minutes per night and unsurprisingly had his highest assist total (nine) in the game where he played the most (27 minutes vs. Serbia).
Surrounded by some of the best scorers on the planet, there will be no shortage of opportunities for the King to rack up helpers.
Key stat: LeBron's 8.3 assists per game in the 2023-24 NBA season were the fifth most in the league.
Other picks
Caboclo under 6.5 rebounds (+105): Toronto Raptors fans might remember Caboclo, who was drafted 20th overall by the team in 2014.
He was notably described as being "two years away from being two years away" during draft night.
Caboclo ended up playing just 25 games with the Raptors and 105 games total in the NBA, averaging 2.6 rebounds per game despite an otherworldly 7-foot-7 wingspan.
The Brazilian has filled out his frame since then and is coming off a season in which he made the all-Bundesliga first team.
But he wasn't able to compete with NBA players back then and I struggle to see him feast on the glass against the USA's all-star team.
Caboclo put up an absurd 33 points and 18 rebounds against an undersized Japanese team but had zero rebounds in 11 minutes against Victor Wembanyama and France. He recorded five rebounds against Germany.
Fade him against the world's best.
Picks made at 2:00 p.m. ET on 08/05/2024.
