I just made 2 Futures bets on the Cleveland Cavaliers

[Mac4Lyfe]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">the cavalanche of all cavalanches this season. 19-0 (!!!) run by Cleveland to take the lead, topped off by a Kevin Love behind-the-back dime. top completely blown off at The Rock. im dizzy. <a href="https://t.co/bJ8vhWBDaj">pic.twitter.com/bJ8vhWBDaj</a></p>&mdash; Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) <a href="https://twitter.com/WorldWideWob/status/1490494147647590401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >February 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THIS TEAM IS FUN. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetEmKnow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Et fw">#LetEmKnow</a> <a href="https://t.co/MX54heEufO">pic.twitter.com/MX54heEufO</a></p>&mdash; Cleveland Cavaliers (@cavs) <a href="https://twitter.com/cavs/status/1490493966420111360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >February 7, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I hope they keep winning.

What's cool is that Kevin Love should get some appreciation from this. The coach has his minutes just right. And he's playing great.

[Mac4Lyfe]

NBA - 2021-2022 NBA Championship - Odds to win NBA Championship - Cleveland Cavaliers 20000

Cavs are now down to 40 to 1 to win it all.

[JIBBBY]

Cavs are now down to 40 to 1 to win it all.

Cavs aren't making it out of the east Mac. Stop dreaming.

No way they beat the BUCKS or NETS in a 7 game series come playoff time. If the Cavs keep playing like shiit they may be pressed to make the playoffs even. Finals they would face the Suns or Warriors also if they by miracle made it out of the East. That's even a taller order to hurdle.

Championship is not happening. NO WAY!!!

[Mac4Lyfe]

Cavs aren't making it out of the east Mac. Stop dreaming.

No way they beat the BUCKS or NETS in a 7 game series come playoff time. If the Cavs keep playing like shiit they may be pressed to make the playoffs even. Finals they would face the Suns or Warriors also if they by miracle made it out of the East. That's even a taller order to hurdle.

Championship is not happening. NO WAY!!!

You still don't believe??? This Cavs team has blown out the Heat, Bulls and Bucks this season. TWICE EACH. Think about that??? The Cavs have beat these teams down 2 times each. What other team can you say that about? Plus they have not been healthy with all their players against these teams. This Cavs team is scary good. NO ONE wants to see this team in the playoffs. NO ONE.

[sk0002]

You still don't believe??? This Cavs team has blown out the Heat, Bulls and Bucks this season. TWICE EACH. Think about that??? The Cavs have beat these teams down 2 times each. What other team can you say that about? Plus they have not been healthy with all their players against these teams. This Cavs team is scary good. NO ONE wants to see this team in the playoffs. NO ONE.

No matter how good they have been in the regular season, they have ZERO experience in the playoffs for most of their guys.... we all know most contending teams have years of failure in the failure before coming through, look at the bucks, dubs, etc etc.... Cavs have yet to be in the playoffs with this young group, so chances are, they will make playoffs and fail. secondly, they have no superstar to get them to the promise land, you need that in that in the playoffs.

[d2bets]

You still don't believe??? This Cavs team has blown out the Heat, Bulls and Bucks this season. TWICE EACH. Think about that??? The Cavs have beat these teams down 2 times each. What other team can you say that about? Plus they have not been healthy with all their players against these teams. This Cavs team is scary good. NO ONE wants to see this team in the playoffs. NO ONE.

If they are a 2,3,4 seed then anyone on the other side will be happy to face them instead of Mia, Mil, Phil, Chi. Seeding will be interesting. So much up in the air now, but Brooklyn might be a 6,7,8 and who knows what they will look like. Seeding is very in flux, but I think you're wrong about wanting to face them. If they are a 6,7,8 maybe not, but if they are a top 4 then their opponent will be pleased.

[Wrongside]

Im hoping they go far, but not making the playoffs at all is still a very real possibility...only a few games away from being a play-in team...

[Mac4Lyfe]

Im hoping they go far, but not making the playoffs at all is still a very real possibility...only a few games away from being a play-in team...

Huh? The Cavs are 11-3 the last 14 games and this was with Garland being gimpy and him and Markannen out. They are 1 game back from leading the Eastern Conference. I think it's safe to say they are in the playoffs.

If they are a 2,3,4 seed then anyone on the other side will be happy to face them instead of Mia, Mil, Phil, Chi. Seeding will be interesting. So much up in the air now, but Brooklyn might be a 6,7,8 and who knows what they will look like. Seeding is very in flux, but I think you're wrong about wanting to face them. If they are a 6,7,8 maybe not, but if they are a top 4 then their opponent will be pleased.

I really don't think seeding matters much, except maybe for Brooklyn who would get more games with Kyrie if they are road dogs. I said early on that this year may see a lot of teams bunched up at the top which makes for great hedging opportunities. The Cavs are the #1 defensive team in the league. You can go far with good defense. They lead in keeping teams under 100. Look at how they shut down Mia, Chi, and Milw. They have yet to play the 76ers but I think the only team that would give them trouble are a healthy Nets with Durant, Kyrie and a motivate Harden.

No matter how good they have been in the regular season, they have ZERO experience in the playoffs for most of their guys.... we all know most contending teams have years of failure in the failure before coming through, look at the bucks, dubs, etc etc.... Cavs have yet to be in the playoffs with this young group, so chances are, they will make playoffs and fail. secondly, they have no superstar to get them to the promise land, you need that in that in the playoffs.

KLove and Rondo both have won NBA championships and have played in too many to count playoff series. Cedi Osman played in the Finals against GS. Jarrett Allen and Caris Levert both have playoff experience and certainly know failure. The Cavs have more playoff experience than just about any other team in the East except probably the Nets.

Look at the Bucks. The only guys that have been on their playoff runs the last 3 years have been Giannis, Middleton and Lopez. All the other guys had very little to no experience but they still won last year.

[Mac4Lyfe]

I love the Under 99 OKC tonight vs GS. Shai GA is out and Dort is hurting as well. Where are they getting points???

[ChuckyTheGoat]

I love the Under 99 OKC tonight vs GS. Shai GA is out and Dort is hurting as well. Where are they getting points???

Wow, got it by a point.

How sharp was that side? Goes -11.5 to -12.5, closes -12. Lands 12.

[Mac4Lyfe]

GS was pretty pathetic down the stretch but OKC scores 98. The under hits...

[Mac4Lyfe]

Wow, got it by a point.How sharp was that side? Goes -11.5 to -12.5, closes -12. Lands 12.

How the hell do they do it? Unreal.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Of course Dort played and nearly fukked up the under. This Giddy kid is nice too. Great pickup for them. OKC plays tough every game, even short handed. I think they are going to be a good team in a couple of years.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Wow. I like the moves the Pacers are making.


The Indiana Pacers are trading two-time All-Star center Domantas Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings for a package that includes guard Tyrese Haliburton, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
The Pacers are including Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick in exchange for Haliburton, guard Buddy Hield and center Tristan Thompson, sources said.

[d2bets]

Wow. I like the moves the Pacers are making.


The Indiana Pacers are trading two-time All-Star center Domantas Sabonis to the Sacramento Kings for a package that includes guard Tyrese Haliburton, sources told ESPN on Tuesday.
The Pacers are including Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday and a 2027 second-round pick in exchange for Haliburton, guard Buddy Hield and center Tristan Thompson, sources said.

Are you being facetious?

[Mac4Lyfe]

Are you being facetious?

ESPN's Pelton gave the Kings a D+ grade and the Pacers an A. You have to be an insider to read but the Pacers just reshaped their future picking up Haliburton.

https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/33244858/nba-trade-grades-making-sense-shocking-deal-sacramento-kings-indiana-pacers

The Kings really screwed up giving up Haliburton. I think they felt they had to make a trade and just did because they had to. Horrible.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When Kings fans find out they traded Tyrese Haliburton <a href="https://t.co/Iz4bZ7TDdn">pic.twitter.com/Iz4bZ7TDdn</a></p>&mdash; Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJosiah54/status/1491117268675149830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" >February 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Haliburton: 21
Duarte: 24
Miles Turner: 25

Brogdon and Hield can both shoot. Plus picking up draft picks? How could you NOT like what they’re doing?

[Mac4Lyfe]

The Pacers will most likely let Tristan Thompson go. He'll most likely be a Cav or a Laker shortly.

[MartingaleMikey]

All this energy you're wasting on a losing bet

There are still at least 4 teams better than the Cavs in the East. Heat, Bucks, Bulls, 6ers. Not to mention they don't have 1 star.

It's cute that you think your bet has a chance though. If this was the NFL it would be a good bet, but not in a sport that has 7 game series'.

[Mac4Lyfe]

All this energy you're wasting on a losing bet
There are still at least 4 teams better than the Cavs in the East. Heat, Bucks, Bulls, 6ers. Not to mention they don't have 1 star.
It's cute that you think your bet has a chance though. If this was the NFL it would be a good bet, but not in a sport that has 7 game series'.

I've already made a killing betting the Cavs. An absolute killing.

You may say there's 4 teams better than the Cavs but...

The Heat got their asses kicked both games vs the Cavs

The Bucks won the first game after they were down big for 3 quarters. The Cavs then have beaten the Bucks down 2 other times in blowouts. 29 point bludgeoning and a 16 point ass kicking.

The Bulls won the last game with several Cavs players coming back with Covid. They beat the shit out of the Bulls in the other game by 23 points.


So the Cavs are 5-2 vs those 3 teams. All 5 wins by BLOWOUT. One loss they were up big for 3 quarters, the other they were dealing with Covid. They haven't played the 76ers yet but there's nothing cute about what the Cavs are doing. They are kicking ass and taking names.

[Mac4Lyfe]

You do know you can bet series prices??? I'm already in great shape to hedge the playoffs.

[MartingaleMikey]

I've already made a killing betting the Cavs. An absolute killing.

You may say there's 4 teams better than the Cavs but...

The Heat got their asses kicked both games vs the Cavs

The Bucks won the first game after they were down big for 3 quarters. The Cavs then have beaten the Bucks down 2 other times in blowouts. 29 point bludgeoning and a 16 point ass kicking.

The Bulls won the last game with several Cavs players coming back with Covid. They beat the shit out of the Bulls in the other game by 23 points.


So the Cavs are 5-2 vs those 3 teams. All 5 wins by BLOWOUT. One loss they were up big for 3 quarters, the other they were dealing with Covid. They haven't played the 76ers yet but there's nothing cute about what the Cavs are doing. They are kicking ass and taking names.

🤣🤣 I doubt it. All liberals do is lose and cry about people richer than them. Regular season means absolutely nothing. Cavs have a 10% chance of winning one series won’t even win a series so you better hedge big on the first round.

[MartingaleMikey]

I’d be willing to bet 1 ethereum coin that I’ve made more 💰 fading the Lakers this year than you have on the Cavs this year.

[Wrongside]

Bucks are done playing around…F. They have too many try hard’s.

[Wrongside]

Cavs are good and let’s hope they keep their level of play up. Re: my playoff comments… Raptors and Celtics are at 6 and 7—both only 3 games back of Cavs, and both are red hot. Who’s at number 8? Only the Nets…Hornets are number 9.

So, I’m not sure why there was such astonishment at the idea that they could find themselves in the play-in tourney.

[MartingaleMikey]

4 teams can win it all this year.

Dubs, Suns, Bucks, Heat.

Everyone else is average at best.
Nets are heartless bitches

[sk0002]

"KLove and Rondo both have won NBA championships and have played in too many to count playoff series. Cedi Osman played in the Finals against GS. Jarrett Allen and Caris Levert both have playoff experience and certainly know failure. The Cavs have more playoff experience than just about any other team in the East except probably the Nets.

Look at the Bucks. The only guys that have been on their playoff runs the last 3 years have been Giannis, Middleton and Lopez. All the other guys had very little to no experience but they still won last year."

LOL the washed up rondo, and klove is way past his prime as well, Jarrett allen had 2 years of playoffs experience as a role player, so did caris levert. You cant compare the bucks to the cavs, Bucks went through years of struggle with their best players, the core, GIANNIS and Khris middleton both failed years before they succeeded.

Who are the best players on current Cavs squad now?? Mobley? garland? All these young Cavs players have never even sniffed a playoffs yet, and Mobley is still a rookie LOL. No, just no, it'd be a miracle if they made it past round 1. Way too many young studs on the Cavs with no failure yet in the playoffs, so the answer is no. You can probably get away with just a stud youngster on a championship team, but Cavs are too young and too inexperienced to do well in the playoffs.

[Mac4Lyfe]

藍藍 I doubt it. All liberals do is lose and cry about people richer than them. Regular season means absolutely nothing. Cavs have a 10% chance of winning one series won’t even win a series so you better hedge big on the first round.

Dude, don't bring that liberal bullshit in this thread. WTF?

[Mac4Lyfe]

I’d be willing to bet 1 ethereum coin that I’ve made more  fading the Lakers this year than you have on the Cavs this year.

Good job. I'm sitting on a shitload of Ethereum that I bought for about $10 back in 2016. You can go back to the crypto thread and check my record. It is all documented. But thanks for joining a couple weeks ago and telling us how you've faded the Lakers. What's the play on the Lakers today???

[Mac4Lyfe]

Cavs are good and let’s hope they keep their level of play up. Re: my playoff comments… Raptors and Celtics are at 6 and 7—both only 3 games back of Cavs, and both are red hot. Who’s at number 8? Only the Nets…Hornets are number 9.

So, I’m not sure why there was such astonishment at the idea that they could find themselves in the play-in tourney.

You are correct. It really isn't much of a stretch. The Cavs could very well still miss the playoffs. Good call. I stand corrected.

[Mac4Lyfe]

LOL the washed up rondo, and klove is way past his prime as well, Jarrett allen had 2 years of playoffs experience as a role player, so did caris levert. You cant compare the bucks to the cavs, Bucks went through years of struggle with their best players, the core, GIANNIS and Khris middleton both failed years before they succeeded.

Who are the best players on current Cavs squad now?? Mobley? garland? All these young Cavs players have never even sniffed a playoffs yet, and Mobley is still a rookie LOL. No, just no, it'd be a miracle if they made it past round 1. Way too many young studs on the Cavs with no failure yet in the playoffs, so the answer is no. You can probably get away with just a stud youngster on a championship team, but Cavs are too young and too inexperienced to do well in the playoffs.

I guess you missed playoff Rondo in 2020 who pretty much helped Lebron win another title. He has more playoff experience than all the Bucks combined I believe. KLove past his prime? He's 3 years older than Middleton and is easily the 6th man of the year this year. The Bucks went through their struggle with Giannis, Middleton and Lopez. How is that more of a core than Rondo, Love and Osman? You don't think they know struggle?

Best players... Giannis, Middleton, Holiday. Cavs - Garland, Mobley, Allen, Love

no way in hell should Middleton have been an All Star. Jarrett Allen was more deserving. But I'm glad he wasn't chosen. Big chip on his shoulder now. Too young. I heard the same thing about a Trae Young Hawks team. Too young. I heard the same thing about a 21 year old Lebron leading the Cavs to the Finals, scoring a triple double in his first game.
The great thing about this discussion? We will all soon find out. Anything can happen. You could very well be right. That's why it's called gambling. I'm just glad I'm sitting on several Cavs futures tickets that have gone up in value.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Huh? They have a better chance than some random crappy college team that has no chance.
I'm not saying Cleve wins the division or whatever, but when a team has a lot of new players, especially young, you never quite know what might happen. I think this year is going to be especially weird and I'm expecting a lot of parity. Don't expect 65 win or 15 win teams. Gonna be a lot of teams bunched up in the 35-45 win range.

I think we might see a lot of parity as well. The teams in the Central could beat up on each other and make it a close race. If they could just stay close into the last few weeks, there'll be some good hedging opportunities there as well.

D2 called it. A lot of teams bunched up in the East. Anyone could come out of this on top. Injuries and possibly Covid could hit any team. No team has been hit as much as the Cavs. No one could imagine the Cavs being a game out of 1st place without Sexton AND Rubio??? Plus losing EVERY GUY on the team for several stretches this season.

[Str8Mush4Life]

Haven't bet The Cavs in awhile but still been watching intently Mac, with some Jarrett and Mobley player props here and there.

I have also watched that Love behind the back to Cedi pass about 1000 times already.

Can't wait for the band to get back together.

[Mac4Lyfe]

Cavs are good and let’s hope they keep their level of play up. Re: my playoff comments… Raptors and Celtics are at 6 and 7—both only 3 games back of Cavs, and both are red hot. Who’s at number 8? Only the Nets…Hornets are number 9.

So, I’m not sure why there was such astonishment at the idea that they could find themselves in the play-in tourney.

On further inspection, yes they could drop to the play in game but it is virtually impossible for them to miss the playoffs. The Pistons, Magic, Pacers and Wizards (Beal is now out the rest of the year) are all in tank mode already and the Knicks just flat out suck. So worst case the Cavs are in the playoffs. The Hornets and Nets have been in free fall but I expect the Nets to turn it around once Durant comes back but that could be another 3 to 4 weeks. They might dig a hole that they can not get out of. Harden's hammy looks like it might never heal until he gets traded. Their worst enemy is themselves. They couldn't get out of their way last year and shooting themselves in the foot again this year. That team might just be cursed. Thanks Kyrie.

So the chances of them dropping to the play in is pretty slim. They've lost their key player in Garland and still kept on trucking. This team is probably the most resilient team in all the NBA.

[jjgold]

Zero shot on a finals but could at lest threaten in East