Brandon Anderson

Brandon Anderson

1664 Posts
Brandon Anderson
1664 Posts
Role
Staff Writer
Experience
9 years
Location
Aurora, Illinois
Total Bets
6.1K
Followers
226.5K

Summary

Brandon Anderson is a staff writer at the Action Network, primarily focused on covering the NFL and NBA. He writes weekly NFL power rankings and makes picks for every team in every game each week, including spreads, totals, props, escalator bets, long shots and more.

Brandon also contributes to Action’s NBA coverage throughout the season and regularly appears on the BUCKETS Podcast with Matt Moore and a host of other Action NBA analysts.

Experience

Brandon has been betting on sports for his entire life and writing fantasy football columns, weekly NFL picks articles, and long-shot futures picks articles over the past few decades. 

Prior to joining the Action Network, Brandon’s writing has been featured in Sports Illustrated’s The Cauldron, Sports Pickle, Grandstand Central, Pivot Analysis, BetMGM Sports, and elsewhere.

Nobody loves a longshot future quite like Brandon, who has an incredible ability to spot a 150-1 longshot that somehow drops to 3-1 before losing with immense CLV and pride.

Education

Brandon studied Bible and Math at Wheaton College. He got his Master’s in Biblical Exegesis.

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Brandon Anderson's Picks

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As discussed on Buckets. iHart and Siakam dead tied for lead in both reb and chances but iHart has all the upside if his playing time increases at all, plus he’ll also improve on 18% contested reb. This is looking like a h2h vs Siakam and we have pascal +700 pre series, but this is a good standalone bet too cuz iHart should be the favorite and probably a minus number. Worth playing G3 leader too, hit G2 and should be the favorite.
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Nembhard assists have faded hard, 6-4-1 and the potentials even harder 12-5-3. He’s turning it over too much and using al his energy defending, so Hali TJ are getting all the assists. Looks like just 2-3 most games forward barring a big change. SGA assists have swung around a lot but the potentials are there and he gets dimes when OKC wins. If you like Indiana here, probably skip this one. If you don’t have this H2H you can also just play Nembhard u4.5a if you like, or SGA/jdub +155 vs Hali/Nemb. You can also play it straight at -250 if you prefer.
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SGA assists have swung around a lot but the potentials are there and he gets dimes when OKC wins so this is a good aggressive proxy for an OKC win since Hali assists also are 2-4 lower in losses. Still think SGA is live for series assists leader if your book is offering a long number, even from 8 back. OKC will adjust and get SGA on the ball, and I expect the MVP to bounce back in a big way.
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This hit Game 1 and 2 and was two points away in G4. Has hit in over half of Pacers games this playoff run. If you think it’s an OKC blowout, probably skip this one. If it’s competitive, this has proven to be a bad number.
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Leone Fiebich Most Improved Player of the Year+6000
0.5u
Tailing @TurveyBets fav 3 wnba futures, listen to his case on WNBA Buckets 🪣
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Sophie Cunningham Sixth Player of the Year+1100
0.5u
Tailing @TurveyBets fav 3 wnba futures, listen to his case on WNBA Buckets 🪣
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Napheesa Collier MVP+475
1u
Tailing @TurveyBets fav 3 wnba futures, listen to his case on WNBA Buckets 🪣 Phee lit it up all summer with Unrivaled but left the playoffs disappointed so maybe she’ll parlay that into an MVP breakout
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Futures
San Francisco 49ers+2000
2025 NFL Superbowl - To Win
1u
49ers as next year’s Eagles? My first 2026 Super Bowl pick Hot Read 🔥: https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/2026-nfl-futures-expert-projects-next-season-super-bowl-pick
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Seattle Seahawks+7000
2025 NFL Superbowl - To Win
0.5u
Next year’s Vikings? Elite D, great O weapons & new OC Kubiak elevates O: https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/2026-nfl-futures-expert-projects-next-season-super-bowl-pick
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Matthew Stafford+5000
2025 NFL MVP
0.5u
MVP requires stats, wins, and narrative. Rams offense should be far healthier + Davante Adams, which could mean huge numbers and a push into top 5 all time pass yards, plus big wins and a top 2 seed if the young defensive front continues to improve. Would be a crowning HOF achievement at his age and an obvious media narrative boost. No reason a QB this good on a team this talented to be priced this long. Should be half this number max. https://www.actionnetwork.com/nfl/nfl-mvp-futures-picks-best-5000-long-shot-on-board
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Past Performance
Yesterday0-0-00%
0.00u
Last 7 Days2-9-018%
0.01u
Last 30 Days40-83-132%
16.97u
All Time2596-3400-9943%
833.29u
Top Leagues
NFL1082-1393-3043%
409.60u
NBA1303-1708-6242%
328.28u
NCAAB150-211-541%
68.78u
NCAAF31-25-154%
17.94u
Champions6-4-155%
7.98u
WNBA5-4-056%
7.32u
MLS1-0-0100%
1.66u
ATP1-3-025%
1.13u
La Liga1-0-0100%
1.04u
Women's World Cup1-0-0100%
0.01u
World Cup3-9-025%
-2.70u
Premier League3-14-018%
-8.91u
Betting Highlights
Favorite Bet of All-Time
Bet the Texans to go from worst to first in the division, and even doubled down with a Will Anderson DROY cherry on top. Joe Flacco CPOY +25000 and Nuggets over Heat +1600 exact outcome were fun, too!
Most Heartbreaking Bet
MVP bets. Tom Brady +1400 in 2021, odds-on favorite in December, but shutout vs. Saints on SNF. Nikola Jokic +900 in 2023, rightful leader all the way, but the moron voters get bored and go with Embiid last minute. Brock Purdy +5000 in 2024, odds-on favorite on Christmas, but the voters are too proud to vote for him or Dak. You're killin' me, Smalls!
Specialties
  • Futures
  • NFL Picks (every team, every game!)
  • NBA Spreads & Props
  • Escalator bets
  • Long Shots