Trail Blazers vs. Grizzlies - Spread Market Trap

Our identification of a market trap where the spread price (39%) has decoupled from heavy public action on Portland is reinforced by the Blazers' recent 34-point blowout loss to Atlanta and the uncertain availability of All-Star Deni Avdija (questionable, back). While Memphis is on a back-to-back, their high-effort 7-point loss to Minnesota yesterday and Jaren Jackson Jr.’s 22.6 PPG average provide more interior stability than a Portland rotation currently missing second-leading scorer Shaedon Sharpe.