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Trading Russell Westbrook is not the solution. Can you explain how the Lakers will improve their record once Russ is traded? They can even do experiments not to allow Russ to play but don't want to. Russ is still a good player to consider and trading him is not even a good solution.

Fortunately, there are Lakers who are stepping up now. If their consistency will be maintained, the Lakers will have a good bench squad.

If you win on this 30 game parlay are you going to split some of your winnings with us? 

I can't remember the last time I ever saw all 30 teams playing in one night either.  I kind of wish they did this for tomorrow being that I'll now have to focus on the Monday night football game as well as the Chicago Bulls game, and less so the other NBA games that will be on. 

Speaking of the Bulls, we are struggling a bit.  Not coming out of the gates hot like we did last year.  We need Ball back so badly.

I just bet on all the favorites of the 15 matches today in NBA and the total odds is 734.01. Not bad. I am not expecting to win but, wish me good luck guys.


That is the effect of getting big 3 with humongous contract, they do not have space to get decent role players. All they can afford are veterans in minimum contract. Now it is a problem to them because two of the big 3 is already injury prone and the other one is not performing the way he should be. And even if they play together, they do not have role players that can support them to sustain a lead or get wins. They still have plenty of time to make roster changes, maybe we will see one soon.

I already tried lots of times betting on a 4-5 game parlay with "only favorites" and most bets failed lol. That's why just imagine how difficult it is for a 15-game parlay even let's say just tossing a few satoshis and will choose odds playing around @1.1 - @1.3 for a quite a good chance of hitting those.

Maybe it's better to consider not only Favorite but also try to pick a good-worthy handicap bet or O/U totals.

Anyways, good luck to those who will do that.

Instead of improving their rooster they still get veteran and unreliable rooster that's why it affect to much on their game. Maybe the salary cap hit them badly because they already have a huge contract with their big 3 and they take a hard time to dispose on of them so I guess their struggle will continue if they will not trade russ this season or even on next one.

I just made a parlay on stake picking all the favorites tonight moneylines and its 751-1. I wouldn't say pick all the winners but if you throw some spreads in there and maybe a couple upsets, someone could probably get 30000-1 odds.

Jesus, I just checked if you took all the underdogs moneylines tonight and won. 130,895,862-1 currently. That would be a win lol.

Yeah, prove that it didn't work and that's usually what happens for that super team that has all the best players and it doesn't make sense to them because all of them want showtime.
It's certainly the chemistry and those that are on the bench managing them know the problem for sure because they've been on a streak and there should be a change that must happen.
No one has the guarantee that can shoot outside and that's why if there are still possible trades that might happen, they should get a shooter because they've got no problem inside and for the rebounds since they've got the three stars.

Thanks for the short trivia for today's game. We all know getting all those 15 games for parlay is like close to impossible but definitely worth for a few satoshi. Not a bad idea though, however some might enjoy betting with teams they want to place their money on because we do have a lot of games to choose from.
But, if could someone get this 15 game parlay and post it here, that would be AWESOME!
It could be you! Lol

Look, this is surreal! I confess, this is hard to believe.
Despite the start of the regular season, there is still time for the Lakers to improve their performance.
But with these games that have already taken place, the Lakers are performing similarly to previous seasons.

When the Lakers won the 19/20 season the roster at that time could have been weaker than the current one, and LAL only had two excellent players, AD and LeBron at that time, and in the regular season the Lakers had w/l 52/19 ( .732)

Even with yesterday's loss, AD, Wesbrook and LeBron, performed reasonably (under expectations), but they still couldn't beat the Cavs.
I believe this could also be due to the chemistry between the players, I don't know, honestly... I hope the Lakers improve during the regular season!

That is actually a good idea. I wonder what will be the total odds is if I bet on all 15 games betting on the favorites only, Moneyline. I have a few sats to spare, maybe I'll try this later.


But right now, that is what is working for them. I think if they can win if Westbrook is coming from the bench, then they should just let him come from the bench. It does not matter if he is the highest-paid Lakers, as long as they win if he is not starting then it is better. He energizes the second unit of the Lakers and they need that. They obviously cannot win on the back of their stars alone. They needed their secondary unit to perform very well, so if Westbrook can energize the second units to perform better, so be it.

With all 30 NBA teams playing tonight, I urge everyone to put a few satoshis on a 15 game parlay. Granted, nobody will hit it, but if by some miracle someone did get all 15 games right, that would be one hell of a win. Worth tossing a few satoshis at. I can’t remember the last time I saw all 30 NBA teams playing on one night, but it certainly doesn’t seem common. Take advantage!

I'd also add:

Miami Heat VS Portland Trail Blazers

especially in terms of covering the point spread, the Miami Heat are 2-7-1 against the point spread in their last ten games with a loss of -5 units and the Portland Trail Blazers are 7-2-0 against the point spread in their last ten games with a profit of +4 units

Anyway, I'd hit MIA -8 @ -110 (1.91) odds worst.

This is funny hehe He might've underestimated the other teams in the league just because they got a two consecutive win, well, he should not get ahead of his own self because there's still a lot of games before the regular season ends and his safety is not that assured at all because his very prone to any injury.

By the way, to answer your question, Patrick Beverly didn't play on the game versus the Cavs because he was added on the health & safety protocol but I heard it's a non-covid illness.

I know I am criticizing WestBrick, a lot but this time he manage to be what he can be the best he wants to be, but still, they haven't won that game but I think if every player in the Lakers would just have a never say die attitude or mindset I think they can surely carry on, from what I see the Lakers could win that game against the Cavaliers easily but because they have dropped the level of perseverance when the Cavaliers got their momentum this could surely affect the players play, but WestBrick just didn't faze out and shot Three's and never backing down from the Cleaveland,

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Now here are my picks for tomorrow's game,

Indiana Pacers VS New Orleans Pelicans

The stake odds for this game are 2.80 for the Pacers and 1.47 for the Pelicans, both teams end up with position 7, but for me, New Orleans is a team to be very careful at so my pick is the New Orleans Pelicans,

Philadelphia 76ers VS Phoenix Suns

The stake odds for this game are 2.15 for the 76ers and 1.74 for the Suns, Right now James Harden has foot injuries and can not play against the Suns, while Joel Embiid and Danuel House Jr. are questionable if they can play, while Duane Washington Jr., Ishmail Wainright, Cameron Johnson, and Jae Crowder are injured and can not play while Cameron Payne is questionable, but they will still have their game so my pick is the Suns,

Memphis Grizzlies VS Boston Celtics

The stake odds for this game are 2.34 for the Grizzlies and 1.63 for the Celtics, this is a game that is likely Offense VS Defense, and right now Cameron Payne, Ziaire Williams, and Jaren Jackson Jr. for the Grizzlies while Luke Kornet, Robert Williams III, and Danilo Gallinari for the Celtics, for me the Celtics is my pick,

Golden State Warriors VS Sacramento Kings

The stake odds for this game are 1.28 for the Warriors and 3.85 for the Kings, for this one there are no doubts that My pick is the Golden State Warriors, just because I am a fan but for me, the Warriors are going to win

Utah Jazz VS Los Angeles Lakers

The stake odds for this game are 1.56 for the Jazz and 2.50 for the Lakers, in these match for me there is no doubt that I will take the Utah Jazz, for me even though the Lakers now have a good Russell WestBrick it doesn't mean they will eventually keep on winning every game so my pick is the Utah Jazz,

Because, they do not really have "great" players anymore, that’s why. AD had 2 points in the second half as a whole, and he hasn't been great since the championship season. Westbrook played with some good shooting which was needed from him, but he had a terrible plus/minus which shows that him being on the floor wasn't that much helpful neither.

Lastly Lebron is getting older, which means not only he is not doing that great on offense, still good enough but not great, he also lacks defence so much that whatever he contributes on offense is covered by his not so great defence. Which all shows that they are not that great anymore at all, they are just a decent team.

Well if he wanted to retire then so be it, he really turn the NBA into circus, specially when he left Cleveland.

And then the Nets giving him that freedom and the money that really bite them in the ass later. Trade? yeah, again, why not, as long as the Nets is willing to let go and let the franchise free from all the drama, then it's a good decision for them. Just sad for them to make the wrong decision to get him or even Harden and next is Ben Simmons.

Kyrie Irving has responded to the Nets six step plan for him to return to the team by telling them that he plans to retire. This seems like it may be the latest stunt to force a trade. The amount of drama that has followed Kyrie from his exit in Cleveland has been impressive. The guy is a walking drama machine. I agree with his stance though. First covid and now free speech. The NBA is getting a little too controlling.

That might work but it will not work forever because good teams will just beat them on their starters. Westbrook is one of the highest paid NBA players, he should not be on the 2nd unit only, he needs to be a starter but he also needs to improve. Bring the old Westbrook who average triple double, or maybe a double is enough.

They should because they have a title to defend and an image to uphold, they can't be messed up just because what happened recently. I agree with that, all those issues have it's right time and place to tackle but when it comes to their games, they should act professional because that's what they signed up for. Tomorrow they will be having another game and this time it will be played on their own soil against the Kings, I'm expecting a bounce back here after their five consecutive defeats.

And they still need consistency to survive because even if they get lucky and managed to get a spot in playoffs, it's very likely that they will be just eliminated in the first round. And about Westbrook, I'm glad to see that he's slowly getting back to his form, he was heavily criticized before but Darvin Ham helped him to get over with it. If he's better coming from the bench then I think he should remain that way.