As many of you may have noticed, it’s been a bit quiet around here in Social Gambler towers. John has had a baby, The Doctor has a new job in DC, ICED has drunk himself into the ground, Greg and Trevor have just had their company – BETDAQ taken over by Ladbrokes and Roy The [...]
Okaaay time to dip our toes into the waters of basketball betting for the first time this season… as some of you know we had an extremely profitable NBA season last year, hopefully we can do it again. I’m getting started on my NBA/college basketball betting about a month later than usual, I’ve had a [...]
Continue reading …New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony has been suspended one game without pay for confronting Boston’s Kevin Garnett in the arena tunnel, near the players’ locker rooms, and in the parking garage following Monday’s game against the Boston Celtics at Madison Square Garden. The NBA announced the suspension on Wednesday. Anthony will serve the suspension on Thursday when the Knicks take on [...]
Continue reading …Russell Westbrook tipped away a pass, got into the open court all by himself and then braced for a big take-off and a signature throwdown dunk. Instead, he meekly flipped the ball into the basket and grinned sheepishly at the Oklahoma City Thunder bench after the miscue. “I really thought he was going to do something a little [...]
Continue reading …James Harden and the Houston Rockets play host the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday from the Toyota Center. Head to head, the Nuggets are 5-2 ATS in the last 7 meetings in Houston, while the road team is 5-2-1 ATS in the last 8 meetings and the underdog is 7-2-1 ATS in the last 10 meetings. The [...]
Continue reading …New Orleans Hornets coach Monty Williams blasted the NBA’s protocols for determining when a player can return from a concussion, a day after No. 1 draft pick Anthony Davis suffered a mild one. Williams unloaded before Saturday’s game against the Chicago Bulls, saying, “Now, they treat everybody like they have white gloves and pink drawers and it’s [...]
Continue reading …Thunder coach Scott Brooks was happy to see his team get off to a fast start that made his job easy at the end. Russell Westbrook shrugged off a sore shoulder to score 19 points and Oklahoma City cruised past the Toronto Raptors 108-88 on Tuesday night. Serge Ibaka added 17 points for the Thunder, who led [...]
Continue reading …It might have taken The Dwight Howard Era of Los Angeles Lakers basketball a little while to get off the ground, but it appears it was well worth the wait. Howard played his first game as a Laker in Sunday’s 99-92 loss to the Sacramento Kings, nearly six months to the day after undergoing major back surgery to repair [...]
Continue reading …After pushing through an MVP performance in the NBA Finals and winning an Olympic gold medal in the past 10 months, Miami Heat forward LeBron James said Sunday he’s taking a cautious approach to training camp. That process could start with James skipping the Heat’s preseason opener Oct. 7 against theAtlanta Hawks. James said he’s not concerned about wearing [...]
Continue reading …Up until yesterday my number one sport was women’s American football, specifically, the Lingerie League. Until NOW. Enter Bikini Basketball which in two short words delivers exactly what it promises. Hotties in bikini’s playing basketball. Awesome stuff. You may have read my article some time back about how women’s beach volleyball was the greatest sport on earth. It [...]
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