Spurs getting no love from bookies (Your opinions please)

[The_Worlds_finest]

Bookies are paying out 16/1 all the way to 30/1 for the spurs to win the title. Are the bookies clueless or has the last 3 weeks of Spurs outstanding basketball been a fluke? Im thinking about putting money on the guys. The odds are to high to pass up. What do you all think?

[DesignatedT]

put the farm on it.

[Obstructed_View]

Lines are set based upon the number of people betting. It has absolutely zero to do with how the teams are doing and everything to do with enticing people to bet the way they want people to bet. If you think it's such a good bet, then you'll go put money down on it and prove my point.

[wildbill2u]

Bookies are paying out 16/1 all the way to 30/1 for the spurs to win the title. Are the bookies clueless or has the last 3 weeks of Spurs outstanding basketball been a fluke? Im thinking about putting money on the guys. The odds are to high to pass up. What do you all think?

The race does not always go to the swift, nor the battle to the strong--but that's the way to bet.

A little mad money on this longshot is OK, but don't bet the farm.

[dbestpro]

The bookies are just going with the history of the NBA. It has nothing to do with the Spurs. Very seldom will see a lower seed team be allowed to advance to the NBA championship.

[DMX7]

The odds aren't an actual reflection of what will probably happen, they're made to entice you. You can bet, but don't get carried away.

[InRareForm]

Lines are set based upon the number of people betting. It has absolutely zero to do with how the teams are doing and everything to do with enticing people to bet the way they want people to bet. If you think it's such a good bet, then you'll go put money down on it and prove my point.

this is true but not entirely. Odds based ones perhaps moreso true. But Vegas gambles too. Sometimes they shift the line, sometimes they gamble and keep the line stubborn.

[Obstructed_View]

this is true but not entirely. Odds based ones perhaps moreso true. But Vegas gambles too. Sometimes they shift the line, sometimes they gamble and keep the line stubborn.

Those people have two goals: To always make money and to entice people to spend theirs. Sometimes one casino might hold the line to get some extra action over another, but it never strays far. If anyone knows you can't make money gambling, it's the people that run the casinos in Vegas.

[rascal]

Bookies are paying out 16/1 all the way to 30/1 for the spurs to win the title. Are the bookies clueless or has the last 3 weeks of Spurs outstanding basketball been a fluke? Im thinking about putting money on the guys. The odds are to high to pass up. What do you all think?

You will be throwing your money away.

[exstatic]

Lines are set based upon the number of people betting. It has absolutely zero to do with how the teams are doing and everything to do with enticing people to bet the way they want people to bet. If you think it's such a good bet, then you'll go put money down on it and prove my point.

That.