Doing a substantial amount of drinking. Expect Post per hour efficiency to skyrocket.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Playing Sefalosha-Ibaka-Perkins down the stretch made them go 2-on-5 on offense. Not sure I agree with that call.[/quote]
Ya what’s up with Harden not being in when they clearly need another offensive option on the floor with Allen denying Durant so well?
[quote]red04 wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
Playing Sefalosha-Ibaka-Perkins down the stretch made them go 2-on-5 on offense. Not sure I agree with that call.[/quote]
Ya what’s up with Harden not being in when they clearly need another offensive option on the floor with Allen denying Durant so well?
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I was thinking the same thing. Plus allows Grizz to hide Conley on D by putting him on Sefalosha. Harden/Westbrook both kill Conley.
Why on earth does Spoelstra play a lineup without Wade or LBJ, even for three minutes?
[quote]chillain wrote:
[quote]Teledin wrote:
I really don’t know if Lakers are a better team with Artest or without him. Would love to get more insight into this.[/quote]
LAL fans are similarly confused, but I suspect it comes down to matchups.
Artest’s greatest value is against perimeter studs like Durant, Anthony, Pierce etc. But he can’t seem to slow down Dirk (no one can) or even Jason Terry (apparently) so he’s not exactly contributing a whole lot out there.
I’d like to see Odom continue to start at the 3 since it keeps him more mentally involved throughout, but we saw the drawbacks to that as well - poorer defensive rotations on the perimeter and an even more decided bench edge for DAL.
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I just saw this - you nailed it, Artest doesn’t have value against DAL who has no perimeter scoring threat. Awkard though because you can’t just bench him for a whole game.
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
raj - meet me halfway (9-1) and you’re giving me something to think about
as you said earlier, there is no precedent…
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9-1 odds on how big of a bet?[/quote]
$50 payout for me $450 for him. Would you take either side of that bet?[/quote]
I was asking him if he wanted to make the bet with me since you said you couldn’t.
I need to think about it though… those are good odds but not sure if I want to risk everything I’ve won on bball this year on a single bet just to win $50[/quote]
I would take it if I were working and had consistent cash flow. Especially if I’m up $450 this year.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
raj - meet me halfway (9-1) and you’re giving me something to think about
as you said earlier, there is no precedent…
[/quote]
9-1 odds on how big of a bet?[/quote]
$50 payout for me $450 for him. Would you take either side of that bet?[/quote]
I was asking him if he wanted to make the bet with me since you said you couldn’t.
I need to think about it though… those are good odds but not sure if I want to risk everything I’ve won on bball this year on a single bet just to win $50[/quote]
I would take it if I were working and had consistent cash flow. Especially if I’m up $450 this year. [/quote]
Insinuating something?
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
raj - meet me halfway (9-1) and you’re giving me something to think about
as you said earlier, there is no precedent…
[/quote]
9-1 odds on how big of a bet?[/quote]
$50 payout for me $450 for him. Would you take either side of that bet?[/quote]
I was asking him if he wanted to make the bet with me since you said you couldn’t.
I need to think about it though… those are good odds but not sure if I want to risk everything I’ve won on bball this year on a single bet just to win $50[/quote]
I would take it if I were working and had consistent cash flow. Especially if I’m up $450 this year. [/quote]
Insinuating something?
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You catch on quick sir.
who’s going to win tonight?
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
[quote]scj119 wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
raj - meet me halfway (9-1) and you’re giving me something to think about
as you said earlier, there is no precedent…
[/quote]
9-1 odds on how big of a bet?[/quote]
$50 payout for me $450 for him. Would you take either side of that bet?[/quote]
I was asking him if he wanted to make the bet with me since you said you couldn’t.
I need to think about it though… those are good odds but not sure if I want to risk everything I’ve won on bball this year on a single bet just to win $50[/quote]
I would take it if I were working and had consistent cash flow. Especially if I’m up $450 this year. [/quote]
Insinuating something?
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You catch on quick sir.
who’s going to win tonight? [/quote]
Haha, I want that money for vegas. Also, when you win money over the course of 20 or so bets, it’s hard psychologically to risk all that “work” on 1 bet. But I think 1:9 odds is really good for this. I dunno.
If you’re making me pick… BOS has the momentum but they’ve blown a lot of 4th qtr leads. Can I say that MIA-BOS will split Boston’s home games without telling you which game MIA will win? IMO, MIA will win one game and you can flip a coin as to which one it is.
^^^ haha I bet you wish you hadn’t picked BOS after what just happened.
That looked bad enough to end Rondo’s season.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
^^^ haha I bet you wish you hadn’t picked BOS after what just happened.
That looked bad enough to end Rondo’s season.[/quote]
To quote Prof X… “reading comprehension fail.” I didn’t pick Boston, I said they have the momentum but they lose a lot of 4thQ leads. I waffled more than Aunt Jemima…picked no one.
I understand the psychological aspect of losing all your winnings but I PERSONALLY would not feel bad losing money on a solid bet.
For you to lose the bet the Lakers would have to make history. That’s how I see it.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
^^^ haha I bet you wish you hadn’t picked BOS after what just happened.
That looked bad enough to end Rondo’s season.[/quote]
Did they have to replay it 30 times? That looked nasty. Wade is getting the treatment from the Boston fans every time he touches the ball.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I understand the psychological aspect of losing all your winnings but I PERSONALLY would not feel bad losing money on a solid bet.
For you to lose the bet the Lakers would have to make history. That’s how I see it.[/quote]
Understandable, and I felt the same way reading about bettors before it was my own money at stake.
My thought is, LA still has more total talent in this series. If they can win one game who knows. They are the kings of being thought of as done, then rebounding.
That being said, I was willing to bet “Dallas in 6” for 8-to-1 odds before any games had been played… I should be willing to bed “Dallas to win series” for 1-to-9 odds after they’ve won 3 games. I just don’t like staking large amounts of money to win small amounts, I prefer making the other side of bets because sports are more random than people think when they watch every game.
In other words, I need to consider it while sober lol
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]therajraj wrote:
^^^ haha I bet you wish you hadn’t picked BOS after what just happened.
That looked bad enough to end Rondo’s season.[/quote]
Did they have to replay it 30 times? That looked nasty. Wade is getting the treatment from the Boston fans every time he touches the ball. [/quote]
hah - yeah that’s an American thing. I’ve heard people here bitch about excessively showing gruesome injuries on American television.
And as I type this they showed it again -Ah!
Can’t believe he’s back on the floor. Do not know much dislocation injuries but I’m guessing they’re painful as hell.
Why the Eff is Rondo in the game with 2mins to play while up 12? His fucking elbow is dislocated.
Anyway, I’m calling bullshit on Rondo “dislocating” his elbow. He may have hyperextended it, but there’s no fucking way he dislocated it and came back out. That’s more manufactured hype like when Pierce came back out in the wheelchair in the Finals a couple of years ago. Don’t know if any of you have ever dislocated something, but it’s not just a “hey, I’ll pop it back in and be cool” kind of thing. The NBA is turning into the WWF more and more.
Holy shit!
I dislocated my elbow in February, shit was no joke.
I don’t know how serious Rondo’s is but I couldn’t move that arm at all for 3 days. Could take the sling off after then but I had to brace it. Took me about a week and a half before I could start using that arm again to hold anything above 2lbs.
I’ll have a stab in the dark here but I say he already one time dislocated that elbow and it just popped outta place.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
I understand the psychological aspect of losing all your winnings but I PERSONALLY would not feel bad losing money on a solid bet.
For you to lose the bet the Lakers would have to make history. That’s how I see it.[/quote]
That’s how I feel about also.
When you think about it … where else will you get a 100% - 200% return on your investment? In finance you learn the more reward you seek, the greater the risk you will face.
So I think I am pretty much set, I’m not going to hedge this bet! But LAL are 6.5-1 right now for me. It would be stupid to not at least consider making a sure 200% - 250% return (business guy inside me talking) even at the marginal risk of decreasing a 380% return…
