Friday 4/1 Game Thread

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Who wins?

Kings
7
9%
@ Rockets
6
8%
Suns
7
9%
@ Grizzlies
7
9%
Clippers
5
7%
@ Bucks
11
14%
Wolves
4
5%
@ Nuggets
9
12%
Pelicans
16
21%
@ Lakers
4
5%
 
Total votes: 76

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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#121 » by OGEEZ » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:23 am

I want Dwane Casey's head
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#122 » by 7r5ur » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:24 am

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Read on Twitter


What a joke

And still the G-League squad is going to crush the truly embarrassing roster that OKC is rolling out.

No idea why Casey decided to play the main guys like 5 minutes each... Makes no sense. If you're gonna beat a team automatically, you might as well destroy them and let Cade pad his stats instead of nuke them :lol:
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#123 » by Yuri Vaultin » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:24 am

Remember when Hinkie was fired and driven out of the league for less?
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Post#124 » by MrGoat » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:26 am

Lots of hugs at the end of the Mavs Wizards game. There also looked like there was some amiable banter between KP and his former teammates when he shooting at the line earlier. If there were locker room issues with him in Dallas they sure did a good job of hiding it in this game
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Post#125 » by tripa » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:27 am

MrGoat wrote:Lots of hugs at the end of the Mavs Wizards game.


Thank god, we can all sleep peacefully tonight
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#126 » by MrGoat » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:27 am

Haliburton with 30 points on 10/11 shooting, damn
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#127 » by BoatsNZones » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:29 am

MotownMadness wrote:
BoatsNZones wrote:
sp6r=underrated wrote:The number of gambling ads during NBA games is gross.

Sorry to sound like an old man

I agree. I've been into sports betting since it was grimy and a cold mans game. I don't like them hooking the teeny boppers into it.

Im surprised suicides and stuff arent up with how easy you can gamble now on your phone. I used to have to drive all the way downtown to lose my paycheck at the Casino's. Now you can lose a ton in a second on the comfort of your own couch.

I used to be addicted to playing poker until i realized my wins were not making up for all my losses at all.

Yeah, poker's at least a pure game of skill where if you put in the work and have discipline/bankroll management, you will win (just try to avoid collusion and the bots if you play online, lol). It generally weeds out those that don't have that in them fairly quickly. Sports betting, especially these days, is a much tougher business to win at. But it's a slow ween and everybody thinks they have an edge (about 2% do).
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#128 » by The High Cyde » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:29 am

Mann with a power dunk on Serge, sheesh

Coffee is playing so well, any team would love him next year. Dude is wet from distance.
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#129 » by OGEEZ » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:30 am

Thousands of people are **** over because of this. Why not just give Cade the day off instead of playing him for a few minutes? **** ridiculous. I guess Casey takes April fools day seriously.
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Post#130 » by BigDan245 » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:31 am

Justin Anderson with a late entry for the Oscar
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#131 » by Wolfgang630 » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:31 am

_AIJ_ wrote:Yeah were gonna get beat so bad tonight.

I love how you make this joke post when you know Minnesota does great against Denver.
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#132 » by OGEEZ » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:33 am

BoatsNZones wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:
BoatsNZones wrote:I agree. I've been into sports betting since it was grimy and a cold mans game. I don't like them hooking the teeny boppers into it.

Im surprised suicides and stuff arent up with how easy you can gamble now on your phone. I used to have to drive all the way downtown to lose my paycheck at the Casino's. Now you can lose a ton in a second on the comfort of your own couch.

I used to be addicted to playing poker until i realized my wins were not making up for all my losses at all.

Yeah, poker's at least a pure game of skill where if you put in the work and have discipline/bankroll management, you will win (just try to avoid collusion and the bots if you play online, lol). It generally weeds out those that don't have that in them fairly quickly. Sports betting, especially these days, is a much tougher business to win at. But it's a slow ween and everybody thinks they have an edge (about 2% do).


I've made $350 profit this month on yahoo daily fantasy. Most months I break even or just win a small amount. So far so good, but maybe that'll change for the worse. we'll see
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#133 » by MrGoat » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:34 am

The Wizards and Knicks are two of the three teams who have swept the Mavs, an easy remaining schedule isn't necessarily a good thing for us
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#134 » by sp6r=underrated » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:34 am

BoatsNZones wrote:
MotownMadness wrote:
BoatsNZones wrote:I agree. I've been into sports betting since it was grimy and a cold mans game. I don't like them hooking the teeny boppers into it.

Im surprised suicides and stuff arent up with how easy you can gamble now on your phone. I used to have to drive all the way downtown to lose my paycheck at the Casino's. Now you can lose a ton in a second on the comfort of your own couch.

I used to be addicted to playing poker until i realized my wins were not making up for all my losses at all.

Yeah, poker's at least a pure game of skill where if you put in the work and have discipline/bankroll management, you will win (just try to avoid collusion and the bots if you play online, lol). It generally weeds out those that don't have that in them fairly quickly. Sports betting, especially these days, is a much tougher business to win at. But it's a slow ween and everybody thinks they have an edge (about 2% do).


Sports betting is entirely a sucker's game.

1. Lines are highly efficient for all major sports leagues: EPL, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, Major College sports. Every line contains the bets of tens of thousands of bettors. Their bets signify the knowledge they bring to the table. When you bet, you're saying tens of thousands of people have mispriced the line but you know the real value. Does that seem likely to you? Of course not.
2. Accordingly you will lose money if you bet with any regularity on these sports.
3. The only way to make money with any consistency is to have the patience to only bet on maybe 1 NBA game out of 50, were the line has some substantial error.
4. Online gambling sportsbooks are designed to make #3 impossible to achieve for most bettors.
5. The spread of smartphone gambling has increased percentage of sports bettors, and percentage of sports bettors that are problem gamblers.


As you said only a small minority, and I think it is a lot smaller than 2%, can beat the odds at a high enough rate to draw a profit.

And the people who are in that small minority have advanced analytical skills. If you have those skills you could make a lot more money investing in the stock market. The wind is at your back with the market not against you in as in sports.
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#135 » by somerandomdude » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:35 am

Carlisle should be ripping these refs a new one.
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#136 » by MotownMadness » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:36 am

OGEEZ wrote:
BoatsNZones wrote:
MotownMadness wrote: Im surprised suicides and stuff arent up with how easy you can gamble now on your phone. I used to have to drive all the way downtown to lose my paycheck at the Casino's. Now you can lose a ton in a second on the comfort of your own couch.

I used to be addicted to playing poker until i realized my wins were not making up for all my losses at all.

Yeah, poker's at least a pure game of skill where if you put in the work and have discipline/bankroll management, you will win (just try to avoid collusion and the bots if you play online, lol). It generally weeds out those that don't have that in them fairly quickly. Sports betting, especially these days, is a much tougher business to win at. But it's a slow ween and everybody thinks they have an edge (about 2% do).


I've made $350 profit this month on yahoo daily fantasy. Most months I break even or just win a small amount. So far so good, but maybe that'll change for the worse. we'll see

You sound like my buddy, ill just be sitting there watching him win a quick $500 on blackjack knowing damn well if i try it im losing out the ass.
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#137 » by Wolfgang630 » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:36 am

Is Minnesota the greatest 3 point shooting team? Austin Rivers with 2 wide open 3’s and can’t make them.
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#138 » by MotownMadness » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:39 am

zshawn10 wrote:
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What a joke

So stupid, why even play them? Like it somehow looks like you tried or something and were all stupid :lol:

Now were gonna win anyways with scrubs that dont matter and Cade stuck with a 2 point game on his avgs
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#139 » by ITYSL » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:40 am

Haliburton fouling on that play is lame AF
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Re: Friday 4/1 Game Thread 

Post#140 » by KenoP13 » Sat Apr 2, 2022 1:41 am

25 free throws and the refs are ripping the Celtics? Riiiight..

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