Well, the moment we have all been waiting for is upon us. I love the NBA and spend a lot of time following it so I will be posting my picks this season for everyone to enjoy. All plays will be ranked on a scale of 1-10, so play accordingly. I will try and do writeups for all plays, but won't play all of them and I may play none of them. After I break down all the games, I will list my official plays. I will do str8 bets, ML parlays, and Teasers.
Cavs are great at home, everybody knows that. This is an enticing line to Cavs backers. Celtics are still great and will be gunning for the straight up win. Celtics will take this straight up or it goes down to the last shot. With KG coming back, Rasheed, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rondo it is more of a complete team again with a better bench. The Cavs need Deltone West in this one. Cavs still have Lebron, Shaw and Mo, but I am not sold on the bench. Cavs beat the teams they are supposed to, but against the NBA Elite is a different story. Smallest play of the day with 1* ML rating. Wait till gametime as this one heads into the 5.5-6 range.
1* ML Celtics @ Cavs:
Cavs are great at home, everybody knows that. This is an enticing line to Cavs backers. Celtics are still great and will be gunning for the straight up win. Celtics will take this straight up or it goes down to the last shot. With KG coming back, Rasheed, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Rondo it is more of a complete team again with a better bench. The Cavs need Deltone West in this one. Cavs still have Lebron, Shaw and Mo, but I am not sold on the bench. Cavs beat the teams they are supposed to, but against the NBA Elite is a different story. Smallest play of the day with 1* ML rating. Wait till gametime as this one heads into the 5.5-6 range.
4* Clippers @ Lakers -11:
While Pau is out, I am not worried. Bynum looks great, Artest is awesome, and you know the rest. I do like the Clippers this season to at least improve.
Thorton, Gordon have a lot of promise but vs the seasoned lakers , its gonna be a long night. Clips might even have a close to .500 season as long as Baron Davis keeps a good attitude. With Griffin out and Davis's foot issue I think Lakers win this one by 13+
3* Rockets @ Blazers -9:
This game is a mismatch nightmare for Rockets. Portland is stacked right now and they play great at home. They have their 2 headed beasts in Oden and Pryzbilla and Carl Hayes isn't
going to be able to stop them, neither is Scola or Landry. I know Rockets are a scrappy bunch but Portland is just too deep and throw in the revenge factor.
3* Wizards @ Mavs -8:
While Mavs are without Howard, Wizards are without Jameson. In my opinion Wiz team is same as last year except they have Arenas back and Jameson out. For
Wiz to be successful they need all three, and without Jameson tonight they have tough time. I know they got Miller and Foye who I like but Dallas is still the better team. Who on this team is going to guard Dirk? Wiz don't play much defense anyway. neither does Dallas but right now Wiz don't have the firepower to keep up.
OFFICIAL PLAYS: Since it is the beginning of season and it is hard to tell exactly what kind of effort you will get. I am going to be conservative tonight and bet a 3 team 8 point teaser tonight. Lakers -3, Blazers -1, Mavs @ Pk. $1200 to win $1000. GL Everyone!
