Posted Tuesday, February 09, 2010 02:07 PM
Betting the NBA during the week leading up to the All-Star break is gambling at its riskiest. You really don’t have any clue which teams are going to check out a few days early and leave your money to blow away in the wind.
I usually avoid it like a public urinal. But like a public urinal, sometimes you just have to.
Take tonight. The Wiz opened as 8.5-point dogs on the road at Betjamaica against the Bobbies and I just can’t see any reason why they would give a flying bullet who wins this game.
They are coming off a relaxing 3-day vacation in sunny Orlando because they were storm-stayed over the weekend due to the blizzard in Washington. Their Sunday game in D.C. against the Hawks was rescheduled for March 11.
(Meanwhile, the Pittsburgh Penguins managed to make it to D.C. for a 1 p.m. Sunday game despite playing in Montreal the night before. The Pens got in at 2 a.m. and took a 5-hour bus ride after flying to Newark. )
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Posted Tuesday, January 12, 2010 09:19 AM
Leave it to the Zenmaster to be the only one who seemingly has some sense in the NBA amidst the Gilbert Arenas gambling fiasco.
While others are either banning gambling on their teams or remaining silent on the subject, Lakers coach Phil Jackson said over the weekend that he won’t support a ban on his team simply for PR reasons.
“What are these players going to do when they get back to their hotels, when they are in their own space, even their houses?” Jackson said to reporters on Friday. “They’re going to go their rooms and gamble. I think maybe on the planes would be a better spot for that because it could be monitored. It hasn’t been a problem.
“We have guys that play, four or five guys that play. They seem to have a wonderful time. It seems to be a great release for them.”
What a concept: treat players like adults.
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Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 02:57 PM
Looks like our boy Tim Donaghy isn't making out so well in the joint. The disgraced former NBA ref ended up on the wrong side of a beat down in prison, according to reports from the L.A. Daily News and a few other sources.
The injury report says Donaghy suffered a tear of the lateral maniscus when he was beaten with a "paint rolling stick" back in November. Some sources are saying the administer of said beat down was a member of the New York mob.
All I can say is that Donaghy must be disgusted at the length of time it took for this story to break.
"If that was me, I would have had the injury reported to the appropriate parties within minutes," he was overheard telling a shower mate at the Florida prison where he is currently serving out his sentence.
Donaghy is scheduled to be moved to a halfway house in the Tampa area next week but the government owns him until October.
Posted Wednesday, May 13, 2009 08:45 PM
An unnamed source has informed Covers.com that Mark Wunderlich will be on the floor as part of the officiating crew for Thursday's Game 6 between the Lakers and Rockets.
Most will remember - especially Mavs and under bettors - Wunderlich was the official who made the non-call on Antoine Wright six seconds before Carmelo Anthony made the game-winning 3-pointer for the Denver Nuggets in Game 3 against the Dallas Mavs.
The NBA issued an apology just hours after the game saying Wunderlich should have made the foul call on Wright, which would have given Denver the ball out of bounds. Instead, Melo hit the shot and you know how the rest goes.
Betjamaica.com has the Rockets listed as 8-point dogs and the total is set at 197 for Game 6,
You might want to wager at your own risk on this one. But we're probably also safe to infer that Wunderlich isn't going to pull up on his whistle on any 50-50 calls so we can expect a decent number of free throws in this one.