This weekend the NBA regular season will be put on hold for All-Star weekend. This year the NBA’s best will showcase their talents at the Anway Center in Orlando, home of the Orlando Magic. The actual All-Star game itself will be played on Sunday, but there are a number of entertaining events that take place on Friday and Saturday. For those of you looking to spice up your All-Star weekend and make a little cash while your at it, here is a look at some interesting prop bets you can make. Odds...
Read more about 2012 NBA All-Star Game Odds Odds to Win 2012 NCAA Player of the Year - February 21, 2012The 2011-12 college basketball season is quickly winding down with just a few weeks left before Selection Sunday. Most of the focus is on teams positioning themselves inside the conference and building up their resumes for the NCAA Tournament, there are a select bunch of players who are competing for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year Award. Heading into the stretch run of the season, it appears to be a three-man race between Thomas Robinson of Kansas, Anthony Davis of Kentucky,...
Read more about Odds to Win 2012 NCAA Player of the Year Handicapping NBA Hot & Cold Streaks ATS - February 20, 2012The NBA can be an extremely difficult sport to handicap. With the long schedule it is difficult to predict when a team is going to not show up and leave you hanging on a game they could have easily covered if they played up to their potential. In order to be successful in the NBA you have to take advantage of every angle you can find, and you have to continue working to find new angles as oddsmakers will quickly adapt to the game. A lot of people will make their picks on NBA games based off a team’s...
Read more about Handicapping NBA Hot & Cold Streaks ATS Handicapping NBA Home Court Advantage - February 17, 2012There’s no denying that most teams play better at home than they do on the road. During the 2010-11 season home teams went 743-487 (60.4%). That really shouldn’t come as a big surprise, over the years home teams win right around 60% of the time. The question everyone wants to know is how you incorporate home court advantage when picking against the spread. A lot of people like to use a set number that home teams are given, for example most believe the home team gets 3-points before...
Read more about Handicapping NBA Home Court Advantage Handicapping NBA Players Returning From Injury - February 15, 2012A lot of people pay attention to when a player is expected to miss a game with an injury, but what about the times when a player is primed to return from an injury. When a star player goes down with an injury the initial reaction of everyone is to jump on the other side. On the other hand, when a star player returns from injury the public tends to back that team. It almost seems like the public will blindly bet both of these situations. I agree with the fact that a an injury will have a huge impact...
Read more about Handicapping NBA Players Returning From Injury Handicapping NBA Injuries - February 14, 2012It’s no secret, if you want to be a successful NBA handicapper you have to keep up with all the injuries. The problem is the lack of accurate reports available to the public. Most people have to rely on the injury reports scattered across the internet, which many of you know can’t be completely trusted. There’s nothing worse than making a pick on a team when you see a key player on the other team listed as doubtful and he ends up playing. Unfortunately with the way things are...
Read more about Handicapping NBA Injuries Betting NBA Teasers - February 14, 2012First off, a teaser bet is when you take two or more teams and tease the lines of each game by a set number of points (must use the same number for all games involved). The most common teasers are 4.5-points, 5-points and 5.5-points, but there are sportsbooks out there that will let you go even higher. For example, if you had a three team 5-point teaser on Bulls -6.5, Magic +5.5, and Celtics +1.5, you would be getting the Bulls -1.5, Magic +10.5, and the Celtics +6.5. The bet works similar to that...
Read more about Betting NBA Teasers NBA Point Spread to Money Line Conversion Chart - February 13, 2012The majority of people who bet on the NBA, tend to bet the favorites a lot more than they do the underdogs, especially when it comes to the general public. A lot of people see a team favored to win a game by a set number of points, and instantly think that team is a lock to win the game. They focus more on whether or not they will cover the spread, disregarding the fact that the underdog could win the game outright. It should come as no surprise that the more a team is favored by the higher the probability...
Read more about NBA Point Spread to Money Line Conversion Chart Betting NBA Underdogs - February 13, 2012I’m not going to sit here and tell you that you should only bet underdogs in the NBA. In fact, you would be no better off if you took every underdog over a course of a season than if you took every favorite. On average both underdogs and favorites will win about 49% of the time, while the other 2% end up pushing. That’s not to say you can’t have a lot of success betting underdogs, some NBA handicappers make a lot of money betting mainly all underdogs. The key is being able to...
Read more about Betting NBA Underdogs Betting NBA Favorites - February 10, 2012It’s no secret that the public loves to back favorites, and that is definitely the case in the NBA. It’s a lot easier to back a team to win by a certain number of points than predict when an underdog is going to claw their way to a cover or win the game outright. Simply betting every favorite on the board over the course of an entire season isn’t going to net you a big profit or any profit at all for that matter. On average both the favorite and the underdog will cover the spread...
Read more about Betting NBA Favorites Handicapping NBA Totals - February 10, 2012Most wagers on NBA games are placed on who will cover the spread. It’s generally a lot easier to form an opinion on who you think will win the game, rather than determine the total number of points that will be scored. While betting NBA totals isn’t as popular as betting the spread, there is money to be made if you are willing to put in the work. What a lot of people don’t realize is just how much goes into whether or not a game will go over or under the set total. Tempo –...
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