Should I bet on the Lakers tonight, tbh?

[Malik Hairston]

Vs. Memphis @ home, +4.5, no Z-Bo..

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[DeadlyDynasty]

nah

[ElNono]

tbh, I've been on vacations and have not seen the Lakeshow in like a month... good luck if u do bet

[Malik Hairston]

nah

Didn't think you were still watching their games, tbh:lol..

[Strange Love]

What's the longest you've gone without placing a bet, OP?

[DeadlyDynasty]

Didn't think you were still watching their games, tbh:lol..
Tbh I've seen more NBA games this season since I've been out here, moreso than last year when I just didn't care. A lot of hockey too--whatever's on in the morning.

[Raven]

no, kirby is playing

[Thread]

I don't do prognostication...I do postmortem.

[Malik Hairston]

What's the longest you've gone without placing a bet, OP?

I try to bet every day, it's supplemental income, albeit volatile, tbh:lol..

NBA is the easiest sport to bet on IMO, very predictable..

[Malik Hairston]

Tbh I've seen more NBA games this season since I've been out here, moreso than last year when I just didn't care. A lot of hockey too--whatever's on in the morning.

True..I figured you didn't care since you were always bored by regular season games + the Lakers being an atrocity:lol..

[DeadlyDynasty]

tbh my Pittsburgh bookie quit the game so I'm looking for some action (can't access the betting sites here), if you know anyone, vouch for me and send me the details, b...

[Malik Hairston]

tbh my Pittsburgh bookie quit the game so I'm looking for some action (can't access the betting sites here), if you know anyone, vouch for me and send me the details, b...

Ya, I can probably figure something out..where are you at nowadays?

[Venti Quattro]

No Malik Hairston

[spursparker9]

Kobe the passer

[midnightpulp]

I see this being a close game. After New Years Day, on the road in Los Angeles, so you know the Grizz "got their club on" last night and are probably hungover. Kobe probably didn't have a sip of New Years cheer and will treat this like game 7 of the NBA Finals, especially since "he'll have something to prove" against Tony Allen.

Expect the Lakers to cover and maybe win.

[midnightpulp]

17-9 Lakers.

Memphis shooting 4-14 from the field.

:lol Obviously hungover.

Hope you got a bet in, HH.

[Malik Hairston]

17-9 Lakers.

Memphis shooting 4-14 from the field.

:lol Obviously hungover.

Hope you got a bet in, HH.

Didn't bet SU, I checked and still had a 6-game teaser alive from earlier in the night, so didn't want to be on the Lakers twice:lol..

Mavs -2
Hawks -0.5
Warriors Pick
Lakers +8.5
Thunder -3.5

They should easily beat the 8.5, a little worried about the Raptors, but not really..

[midnightpulp]

Didn't bet SU, I checked and still had a 6-game teaser alive from earlier in the night, so didn't want to be on the Lakers twice:lol..

Mavs -2
Hawks -0.5
Warriors Pick
Lakers +8.5
Thunder -3.5

They should easily beat the 8.5, a little worried about the Raptors, but not really..

Looks like you'll win this.

What's the payout?

[Malik Hairston]

Looks like you'll win this.

What's the payout?

5 to 1..

[midnightpulp]

5 to 1..

Nice.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Ya, I can probably figure something out..where are you at nowadays?
Still in AFG

[pgardn]

Didn't bet SU, I checked and still had a 6-game teaser alive from earlier in the night, so didn't want to be on the Lakers twice:lol..

Mavs -2
Hawks -0.5
Warriors Pick
Lakers +8.5
Thunder -3.5

They should easily beat the 8.5, a little worried about the Raptors, but not really..

Mavs giving 2 against whom?

[DMC]

lol Tony Allen the Somalian taking 8 shots in 9 minutes.

[DMC]

I don't do prognostication...I do postmortem.
aka 20/20 hindsight

[pgardn]

Golden St. V. Toronto. Pick?

Bs meter malfunction

[spursparker9]

Ryan Kelly is worst than Ayres

[pgardn]

Thunder started -6.5...

Wowzers...

[Malik Hairston]

Golden St. V. Toronto. Pick?

Bs meter malfunction

:lol What?

NBA teasers are 4 points..if you bet on more than 1 game in a teaser in the NBA, each team you bet on receives an additional 4 points..

[Robz4000]

Ryan Kelly is worst than Ayres

Unpossible.

[Malik Hairston]

Still in AFG

I'm heading to the Mid-East in March, tbh:lol..

Haven't been since I was a teenager..

[pgardn]

:lol What?

NBA teasers are 4 points..if you bet on more than 1 game in a teaser in the NBA, each team you bet on receives an additional 4 points..

Well then it makes perfect sense.
And good luck.

I gotta say those must be tough to hit because the lines don't vary near as much as scores do. Tough way to make a living.

[Malik Hairston]

Well then it makes perfect sense.
And good luck.

I gotta say those must be tough to hit because the lines don't vary near as much as scores do. Tough way to make a living.

I don't bet on the teasers with the expectation to win, they're just side bets for 0.25/ 0.5 units, usually..

For example, I bet 5 units on the Mavs -6 tonight vs. Boston, it was the only game I felt comfortable going with, no-brainer, but then I added a few random 5 or 6-team parlays and teasers for 0.25-0.5 units, so minimal risk/high reward..the teasers/parlays usually lose, since they're tough to hit, as you said, but the reward is nice when you hit..it looks like I'm going to hit the teaser I posted here for 5 to 1 winnings, but I lost the other 2 small teasers I attempted, which still results in a nice net win..

Betting full units on teasers/parlays is a sucker bet, Vegas preys on those people:lol..

[Bynumite]

Chink is 10x worse of a scrub in the clutch. It's like his brain freezes and chink can't think.

[Malik Hairston]

Chink is 10x worse of a scrub in the clutch. It's like his brain freezes and chink can't think.

:lol He's so fucking terrible, tbh..

[Thread]

Chink is 10x worse of a scrub in the clutch. It's like his brain freezes and chink can't think.

Just like our Oriental Buffet CN.

[pgardn]

I don't bet on the teasers with the expectation to win, they're just side bets for 0.25/ 0.5 units, usually..

For example, I bet 5 units on the Mavs -6 tonight vs. Boston, it was the only game I felt comfortable going with, no-brainer, but then I added a few random 5 or 6-team parlays and teasers for 0.25-0.5 units, so minimal risk/high reward..the teasers/parlays usually lose, since they're tough to hit, as you said, but the reward is nice when you hit..it looks like I'm going to hit the teaser I posted here for 5 to 1 winnings, but I lost the other 2 small teasers I attempted, which still results in a nice net win..

Betting full units on teasers/parlays is a sucker bet, Vegas preys on those people:lol..

The Celtic Mavs line was the only one that stood out to me.
I thought some Mavs might have the flu or Rhondo was having some pregame panic attack.
Ive bet these types before and a 20 pt game gets cut to 6 even though the game was long over.
FT, fouling, leaving guys wide open in junk time...

[TheCultOfPersonality]

I always say bet against the Grizzlies when they play crappy teams.

[Bynumite]

Actually not a bad look with less than a second on the clock. Oh well.

[Malik Hairston]

Damn, that shot looked good from that angle, tbh..

[midnightpulp]

Actually not a bad look with less than a second on the clock. Oh well.

:lol He just ain't clutch like Tim Duncan :toast

[Sean Cagney]

GOOD BET, tough shot by Kobe at the end and almost impossible to make but I thought that was going in. Another miss by Kobe in the clutch as usual but that one was very tough so he gets a pass with that time left and that shot there.
:lol He just ain't clutch like Tim Duncan :toast

Duncan is actually VERY CLUTCH now that I think of it, alot of game winners or game tying buckets in the last minute or second. I would love to know his % in those situations and I would bet it's better than ALOT of guards.

[lefty]

Vs. Memphis @ home, +4.5, no Z-Bo..

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Well that was a stupid question

[DeadlyDynasty]

I'm heading to the Mid-East in March, tbh:lol..

Haven't been since I was a teenager..

Dubai, Israel, or Lebanon?

Wherever it is, go with Emirates--you'll never go back to the other airlines for transatlantics after that.

[DMC]

GOOD BET, tough shot by Kobe at the end and almost impossible to make but I thought that was going in. Another miss by Kobe in the clutch as usual but that one was very tough so he gets a pass with that time left and that shot there.

Duncan is actually VERY CLUTCH now that I think of it, alot of game winners or game tying buckets in the last minute or second. I would love to know his % in those situations and I would bet it's better than ALOT of guards.

Does he get a pass for needing 14 shots to get 15 points?

[Sean Cagney]

Does he get a pass for needing 14 shots to get 15 points?

Never, he is Kobe and his shooting % is flat out horrible. He is a chucker with bad shot selection.

[scanry]

Dubai, Israel, or Lebanon?

Wherever it is, go with Emirates--you'll never go back to the other airlines for transatlantics after that.

I hear Qatar Air & Etihad is also pretty good. It was the Asian airlines like Singapore, Malaysian, Cathay & Qantas that offered the best service in the 2000's. Now nearly every one of them airlines is bankrupt. The middle east airlines benefit from cheap gas and low taxes, so i guess they are sustainable.

[Robz4000]

I hear Qatar Air & Etihad is also pretty good. It was the Asian airlines like Singapore, Malaysian, Cathay & Qantas that offered the best service in the 2000's. Now nearly every one of them airlines is bankrupt. The middle east airlines benefit from cheap gas and low taxes, so i guess they are sustainable.

Hopefully they don't start disappearing like the former have tbh.