NBA Tribute: Western Region (Long Bets)

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My betting started at a young age and soon became a favorite hobby. I always try to play with prudence, respect but not fear of the book and to look for the "betting value" of independent odds, with the aim of course of long-term profit. I always follow some rules, with the main thing being not to bet my money on events that I do not know and have not watched in the long run. Through the company of infobeto I will try to share my knowledge about the NBA. Those of you who have seen me since last year when I started writing in '' tipsters challenge '' It will already be known that my game is based mainly on the classics 1-2 with or without handicap / over-under match, but also in the special players which in themselves constitute a large category of game. Enough with the prologues, it's time to see even comprehensively what happened during the summer and what to expect from this year's championship which is expected to be exciting, starting from Western periphery.

If I were asked to describe in one word this year's offseason, it would be "crazy". The move that overshadowed everything was the decision of the world's top player, Lebron James, to leave the Cavs' favorites for the second time and the eastern suburbs for the first time and move to the glamorous Los Angeles and the clearly tougher and more competitive West of the Lakers, who are finally back in the NBA elite. Bad lies, the NBA needs the franchise and the glamor of the "lake people". With him in the city of angels moved Rondo, Lance Stephenson, McGee and Beasley to be added to the very interesting youth roster, which already existed at the Staples Center and I am really very curious to see how all these -very- special ones will fit together characters next to the "king". However, I estimate that with the addition of Lebron, the Lakers will be able to enter the playoffs, but this option is not a betting opportunity since bookmakers have the exact same opinion. In terms of player-specifics, I confess that I quite like the over 14,5 triple doubles in Lebron's season (last year he scored 18), an option we find at 1,70 in stoiximan, as well as the possibility of succeeding in even one game of the regular season over 50,5 points, at odds close to 2,50 of the same company.

I continue with the champions Warriors, who in turn shook the waters by adding DeMarcus Cousins ​​to their already scary roster. Yes, DMC comes from a serious injury and his return is expected after the end of 2018, but anyway, the warriors showed last year that they do not "care" much for the regular season. If Cousins ​​manages to return to his standard and is 100% ready for the playoffs, the Golden State seems almost unlikely to be defeated by anyone and the three peat seems a given. Betting, as I said before, the champions are the absolute favorite for the title this year as well, but the 1,60 in this time period does not make me, while I did not find anything to like either in the line for their total victories, or in the specials of players. I only thought about the possibility that Durant will chase the MVP award of the season this year (it is offered to us at 10,00), since even after two championships and an equal number of MVP finals, I have the feeling that he wants to prove other things to his critics and establish himself as the top player in the post Lebron era.

On the other hand, I think that the Rockets, who will have the same style of play as last year, remain the biggest threat to the Warriors this year and in my opinion are the second best team in the West. For this reason, I put in my long-term options their over 55,5 wins in the regular season, since it is a given that they will chase the absolute home advantage in the post season again in order to have as many chances as possible against the champions. Besides, their record last season was 65-17. Beyond that, I expect Oklahoma to be better able to keep Paul George, get rid of Carmelo, who never tied with the team, and get two players (Noel and Schroeder) to fill its roster with quality. Respectively, I expect an even better year from Utah, a team that I really appreciate and it is a given that it will occupy us a lot during the season. In the betting part, a choice that made me "click" is the h2h in the total victories between the Jazz and the Lakers, with the Mormons offering us as an outsider at 2,15 while the handwriting samples they have given us are excellent. . On the other hand, the Lakers, as I mentioned above, will enter the playoffs, mainly because of James, but in no case do they have the homogeneity and the degree of readiness of Utah, which aims up to 3rd place. I am also looking forward to seeing how the Pelicans will perform after a very good last season and the impressive "sweep" in the playoffs against Potland, at a time when A.Davis seems more ready than ever to lead the team. while around him there is an excellent roster of very notable players, such as Holiday, Randlle and Mirotic.

I imagine a big question mark in my eyes Blazers who seem to have a ceiling, but do not decide to go to rebuild at the moment and will stick to the same - admittedly successful during the regular season - recipe with Lillard and McCollum. I also appreciate that the time has come for them Denver Nuggets after 6 years to enter the playoffs, as I believe that at first they have matured enough compared to last year, they have an all-star player, Nikola Jokic, and finally with the addition of Isaiah Thomas and the healthy from the beginning of the year P .Millsap are able to approach the 47-50 wins that will put them in the post season. With great interest I personally look forward to seeing this year's Mavericks, who did everything on the night of the draft to acquire the child prodigy of European basketball, Luka Doncic and in combination with the arrival of DeAnde Jordan managed to create a competitive roster . Of course, being able to enter the playoffs seems quite difficult, but over 34,5 in their total victories at 1,80 in stoiximan is a pretty good choice. At the same time, I believe that Doncic has a good chance of winning the Rookie Of The Year award, at odds of 4,00 for two reasons. Firstly, he is by far the most "baked" player in this year's draft class and I believe that he will not face the same difficulties in relation to other rookies in terms of his adaptation and secondly the Mavericks I expect them to have a better year than the Suns, the team of the other big contender for this award and number 1 in the draft, DeAndre Ayton.

Closing this brief reference to the actions of the teams, it is not possible not to make a stop at them San Antonio Spurs. After the series that lasted about a year and was about Kawhi Leonard and whether or not he wants to leave Texas, they finally decided to send him in exchange to Raptors (we will look at this issue in more detail when we talk about the teams of the East) and to take Demar Derozan in return for another move of this year's offseason that caused a lot of discussion and made a special impression. At the same time, Manu Ginobili stopped active and Tony Parker, who continues in the Hornets, was released. So this summer we could say that it was the end of an era for the team that won 5 championships in the last 20 years. So the "spurs" will rely a lot on the mid-range game, having in their roster two excellent scorers from medium distance, Aldridge and Derozan and if they did not have the bad news of the injuries of D. Murray and D.White I would be more optimistic about their course. I can not predict the course of the Grizzlies and Clippers, but I find it extremely difficult to claim their place in the playoffs. The same goes for the Suns who, however, have created a very young and promising roster, with Booker and Ayton pillars, while the Kings will hardly avoid the last position of the periphery. I left for their end Timberwolves and all the ridiculous things that are happening in their body in recent days with the case of J. Butler. It's really hard to know what will come out of this whole story, if the Towns-Wiggins will "wake up" and play harder, or if the team leaders finally decide to send the 29-year-old in exchange all-star. In the betting part, however, it is better to avoid any long-term prediction regarding the "wolves".

In short, my long-term choices for western teams are:

1) L.James - Special bets: OVER 14,5 triple doubles @ 1.70 stoiximan
2) L.James - Special bets: OVER 50,5 number of points in a match @ 2.50 stoiximan
3) Houston Rockets OVER 55,5 total season wins @ 1.87 stoiximan
4) Dallas Mavericks OVER 34,5 total season wins @ 1.80 stoiximan
5) Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz: total victories h2h Utah Jazz @ 2.15 stoiximan
6) L. Doncic: Best rookie of the year @ 4.00 stoiximan

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