ESPN’s Andre Snellings and Eric Moody recently revealed “ one bet to make ” on each NBA team ahead of the 2025-26 season.

For the Boston Celtics, Snellings said that taking Jaylen Brown’s odds (per ESPN BET ) of averaging 28-plus points per game (+225) is “solid value.”

Much of this argument has to do with the fact that Celtics top scorer Jayson Tatum is expected to miss most, if not all of the season as he recovers from a torn Achilles .

“Brown will be Boston’s top scoring option this season with Jayson Tatum out injured. Over the past two seasons, when Brown played without Tatum his scoring average increased from 22.2 PPG to 26.8 PPG. Expect Brown to take a good chunk of Tatum’s 20.3 field goal attempts per game this season, and with the team featuring him, those looks should co

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