The NBA season starts this week!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!
For those who went with me last year on futures, we had a really nice profit mostly driven by Denver winning the title. Last year my futures picks went 10-16 and brought in 9u of profit.
But, before we get to that let’s discuss my content plans for the year - simply put - I am not going to have day-to-day NBA coverage here. I may from time to time drop picks in the Gamblers Paradise Discord and I will come here to drop updates on the futures and also maybe place some more, but other than that, this is all you are getting for the regular season.
Let’s have a great year!
Future bets
Okay, one last thing before I get to my NBA futures picks - Remember that I keep 100u bankroll PER SPORT, so while I am taking 18.5u of risk here, that is my personal NBA-only bankroll. You need to make sure you are doing the right thing for your bankroll.
All the amounts posted are “to risk” amounts across this newsletter.
Team Totals (8.5u):
2u Plays
LA Clippers under 46.5 (-105)
Indiana Pacers over 38.5 (-120)
1u Plays
Chicago Bulls under 37.5 (-110)
Atlanta Hawks over 42.5 (-135)
Miami Heat over 44.5 (-110)
0.5u Plays
Orlando Magic under 37 (-115)
Denver Nuggets over 52.5 (-115)
New Orleans Pelicans under 44.5 (-115)
Championships (6.5u):
NBA Title
1u Milwaukee Bucks (+400)
1u Phoenix Suns (+650)
0.5u LA Lakers (+1400) ← placed July 1; now 9-1
0.25u Philadelphia 76ers (+2500)
0.25u Sacramento Kings (+5000)
Eastern Conference Championship
1u Milwaukee Bucks (+170)
0.25u Philadelphia 76ers (+1200)
Western Conference Championship
1u Phoenix Suns (+325)
0.25u Sacramento Kings (+2200)
Division
0.5u LA Lakers to win the Pacific (+350)
0.5u Atlanta Hawks to win the Southeast (+200)
Other / Awards (3.5u):
0.5u New Orleans Pelicans to miss playoffs (+120)
0.25u LA Clippers to miss playoffs (+185)
0.5u OKC to make the playoffs (-145)
0.5u Giannis Antetokounmpo MVP (+650)
0.25u Devin Booker MVP (+2000)
0.25u Austin Reaves MIP (+1400)
0.25u Brandon Miller ROY (+2500)
0.25u Anthony Edwards MIP (+4000)
0.25u Giannis Antetokounmpo DPOY(+850)
0.25u Bam Adebayo DPOY (+1000)
0.25u Quinn Snider COY (+1800)
All of these will be tracked and will be reported on once the season completes.