The Toronto Raptors will open their 2025-26 NBA season in Atlanta on Wednesday night against an improved Hawks team that should contend in the Eastern Conference this season.
Canada Sports Betting’s best Toronto Raptors player prop for this contest is Brandon Ingram over 3.5 turnovers.
Brandon Ingram over 3.5 turnovers
Brandon Ingram over 3.5 turnovers
Ingram will be making his regular-season debut for the Raptors after being acquired by Toronto last February from the New Orleans Pelicans while he was injured. Now healthy after rehabbing a severe ankle sprain, Ingram has the pressure of taking the Raptors to the next level by elevating them to a playoff team in the Eastern Conference.
An elite offensive player, Ingram will surely want to create a memorable first impression in this contest, but that could also lead to him overhandling the ball and trying to do too much offensively, especially early in the contest. The 28-year-old wing averaged 3.8 turnovers per game in 18 contests for the Pelicans last season and turned the ball over four or more times in seven of his last 10 games before suffering the ankle injury.
Atlanta boasts two ball-hawking defenders on its roster in Dyson Daniels, who led the league with an average of three steals per game last season, and Jalen Johnson, who also ranked in the top 20 in the NBA in thefts with 1.6 per game last season. As a team, Atlanta forced the third-most opponent turnovers with an average of 16 per game last season, so you can bet the Hawks will ramp up the defensive pressure on Toronto, especially given the additional adrenaline a season opener provides the home team.
It wouldn’t be surprising to see Ingram put up 20 or more points as Toronto’s primary offensive option in this contest, but we’ll wager at plus money odds that those buckets will come at the cost of a high turnover rate.