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Article posted on Friday 21 December
The
NBA is once against hand-delivering us an exciting slate of Christmas Day games to close out the 2018 calendar. Pretty much all of the biggest stars will get run on national television, from
LeBron James and
Stephen Curry, to
James Harden and
Russell Westbrook, to
Kyrie Irving and
Joel Embiid. Before all betting lines are released, we have a complete primer so you can eventually head over to the sportsbooks with confidence.
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Article posted on Thursday 13 December
Can you believe we're already one-third of the way into the NBA regular season? Now is a great time to check up on NBA title futures and adjust your preseason wagers accordingly (or make them for the first time). By now, there's enough of a sample size on teams to predict whether they'll be playing come June or not.
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Article posted on Monday 08 October
The landscape of the NBA changed dramatically over the summer when LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Los Angeles Lakers. The best player in the game is now in the same division as the best team in the game, the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors, and while that certainly makes the Western Conference much more interestings, it has turned the Eastern Conference into a wide-open affair.
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Article posted on Friday 28 September
Preseason NBA basketball is here. Are you ready to make some money? Many will answer no. They prefer not to bet on exhibition games. That's silly. There's a path to making money on the NBA preseason. More notably, there's ways for you to apply what you see now to your regular-season bets.
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Article posted on Friday 28 September
The Los Angeles Lakers were viewed as a team in the middle of a growing process last season. That all changed with the addition of one of the greatest NBA players of all time — and so did the league's betting future odds. L.A. inked LeBron James to a four-year, $154-million contract in July. It altered the Lakers and the balance of power in the Western Conference with one signature.
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Article posted on Friday 21 September
Are you ready for a change in conference leadership in the NBA? Because it's coming. Last year, the Houston Rockets finished with the West's top record while the Toronto Raptors towered over the East. As you gear up to place your futures bets for the 2018-19 season, please know that, in at least one instance, we're due for a change.
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Article posted on Friday 14 September
Complacency is the enemy of success. It's also the product of it. The Golden State Warriors are facing complacent times. They've won back-to-back NBA titles, and three of the past four champions. Though they're heavy favorites to repeat yet again in 2019, should they be?
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Article posted on Wednesday 30 May
This has never happened before, in any major North American sport. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors will meet for the fourth straight NBA Final. Golden State won the first and third meetings, while Cleveland took the second.
LEGAL SPORTS BETTING
Article posted on Wednesday 16 May
Thanks to a ruling by the United States Supreme Court, it would appear that sports betting is now open to any of the country's 50 states. America's highest court reversed a law that prohibited legalized sports betting in any state other than Nevada. But despite urging from the NFL, MBA, MLB and NBA to uphold the law, the court opted to change the betting landscape in America forever.
