Sports Handicapping – Tips, Picks and Betting

2010-11 NBA Picks Preview: Detroit Pistons

 NBA PREDICTIONS&PREVIEWS FOR 2010-11

2010-11 NBA Picks provides a NBA season preview for the Detroit Pistons, who finished last in the Central division and 12^th in the Eastern conference with a 27-55 SU record last season. 

Some of Detroit’s key offseason player moves include the additions of Tracy McGrady and Greg Monroe, and the losses of Chucky Atkins and Kwame Brown.

 After a disappointing 2009-10 campaign, somewhat interestingly (and curiously), Detroit’s biggest moves during the summer involved resigning its own free agents, Ben Wallace and Will Bynum.

 Wallace, in particular, apparently has decided the Pistons are his team, and vice versa, as this is the third time he’s signed with Detroit for a relatively low price ($4.3M over 2 years). 

Likewise, Bynum was inked for the financially friendly price of $9.75 M over three seasons, a steal compared to comparable point guards like Steve Blake ($16M/4 years) and Derek Fisher ($10.5M/3 years).  Read more... (289 words, 0 images, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

NBA Picks Season Preview: New Jersey Nets

NBA Picks takes a look at this season’s prospects for the New Jersey Nets, last season’s perennial doormat in the NBA.

The Nets were the worst team in the NBA in 2009-10, finishing their pitiful season with a 12-70 SU record.

Some key players who will no longer toil with the Nets this season are Keyon Dooling, Courtney Lee, Yi Jianlian, and Rod Thorn. Some notable additions include Derrick Favors, Troy Murphy, Jordan Farmar, Travis Outlaw, Anthony Morrow, Billy King, and Damion James.

When you have a team as bad as the Nets, every position rightfully comes under scrutiny. But the source of many of New Jersey’s woes is the trading of Kenyon Martin in 2004. The Nets never adequately replaced Martin at the power forward position. Well, they finally addressed this by drafting Favors with the third overall pick in 2010 NBA Draft, and by also acquiring Murphy, who will allow Favors to mature as a legitimate NBA forward.  Read more... (275 words, 0 images, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

2010-11 NBA Picks Atlantic Division Questioner

Time to get your 2010-11 NBA picks ready – the season is here! Yes, I know there were no games, but with every team in the league hosting their Media Day on Monday, it marks the beginning of training camp and another year of life in The Association. It also means it’s time to start asking questions that could affect the season. So we’ll follow the trail of the rising sun and start in the Atlantic.  Read more... (558 words, 0 images, estimated 2:14 mins reading time)

 NBA EXPERT PICKS

1. 1.    Will old age finally take down the Celtics? It’s a question a lot of people asked last year. Lo and behold, the C’s were back in the NBA Finals for the second time in three seasons. Then they had a big offseason – at least physically – adding Shaquille and Jermaine O’Neal and drafting Notre Dame big man Luke Harangody. All three of them will be key in filling the gap left while Kendrick Perkins recovers from the knee injury he suffered in last season’s Finals. All of which should make them a popular NBA pick this season. Now can they mesh around the Big Four of Allen, Garnett, Pierce and Rondo to get them over the hump?

2010 NBA Picks Reports that Nellie is Out In Oakland

Rejoice Golden State Warriors fans, your team may have gained traction in 2010 NBA picks. What was once a successful franchise has spent the past couple of decades floundering around in ways only a Clipper fan could appreciate. The GS-Dubs posted their worst season in eight years, going 26-56 and missing the playoffs for the 16^th time in 18 seasons.

But it’s been a busy offseason for the boys in Oakland. Longtime owner Chris Cohan – long a target of fan angst – sold the team in July for a record $450 million. Immediately the rumors swirled that the new owners, venture capitalist Joe Lacob and movie mogul Peter Guber, planned to make major changes that included removing 70-year old head coach Don Nelson. 

That change has come. Reports surfaced on Thursday that Nelson, the NBA’s winningest coach, would not return to coach the Warriors for a 12^th season. Publicly, the move is being described as a resignation, but according to the San Francisco Chronicle, Nellie was asked to leave the organization completely.   Read more... (383 words, 0 images, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Betting Second Half of the NBA Season – Trends

Looking for trends and value when betting and handicapping the second half of the NBA season

An NBA handicapper looking for Sports betting success can always find trends and angels to guide you along the way and before making your NBA Picks in the second half of the NBA season.

When handicapping NBA Picks, as an expert handicapper, I always find value from betting  angels or trend throughout the long NBA season because sports betting in the NBA gives you tremendous opportunity to find value in trends because you are dealing with teams that consist of only 12 players per NBA team that have to endure a longest season. With that said, as an expert handicapper I must handicap the second half of an NBA matchup using different stats and factors that were not available to me in the first half of the season.

The first half results have shown us who are the pretenders and contenders as top tier teams will start to break away from the pack to make a run in the playoffs excluding injuries.  Read more... (401 words, 2 images, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Sports Betting NBA – Trends, Handicapping & Picks

Betting NBS trends give you more value because you are dealing with twelve players on teams playing almost three to four games a week

Sports betting in the NBA can be fairly predictable for an expert handicapper that pays attention to all the trends and tendencies that a long NBA season has to offer. Unlike other sports, trends give you more value when betting in the NBA because you are dealing with twelve players on teams playing almost three to four games a week in which the human element of habit comes into play. An expert handicapper will take a look at every trend that can possibly give you the betting advantage when making your NBA Picks.

There are only twelve players on each NBA team, which means players tend to play at the same beat.  Read more... (705 words, 1 image, estimated 2:49 mins reading time)