South Sudan's Carlik Jones Tops Odds for a 20-Point Game vs. USA
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00:00What's also fascinating is that a player that a lot of people probably have never heard of or limited of is Carlick Jones.
00:11He is the favorite on the FanDuel Sportsbook to have 20 points or more amongst all of the other props that you can bet on.
00:18You see LeBron James there plus 220. You mentioned Durant at plus 280.
00:21And then you have several other players from Team USA here.
00:25So when you look at the board here, you basically, Carlin, can get almost two to one on any player going into this game tomorrow to get 20 or more points.
00:34Do you like any one or more?
00:38You know, Craig, I look at these odds and Jones is actually the player who I would maybe least expect to score 20 points in this game.
00:44He had a triple-double during that exhibition game.
00:47And I feel like, if anything, Team USA is really going to take that personal matchup to heart and not let him do what he did.
00:54He's a very talented player, has a little NBA experience, spent some time with the Chicago Bulls most recently, and he's a very talented player.
01:00But I do think that, you know, with Drew Holiday and the perimeter defenders that Team USA has, Derrick White being another one of them, it's going to be difficult for him to find his way once again.
01:09We saw Kevin Durant was very efficient in a short period of time.
01:13I like him replicating that.
01:14We've seen just what he's capable of doing at the FIBA level.
01:17He's one of the greatest to ever wear Team USA's colors in the FIBA game.
01:21So I like him replicating his performance.
01:24He had, I think, 23 points in about 18 minutes in that Serbia game, and he scored 21 of them in the first half.
01:30So I can see him doing that again against South Sudan.