Very busy day today with 12 games.
We have clear favorites at Orlando, Atlanta, Boston and San Antonio and some very unpredictable contests, like Clippers-Phoenix, Minnesota-New Jersey and Memphis-Detroit.
The odds show as light favorites Cleveland, Miami, Oklahoma, Golden State and Denver.
I ‘ll take Oklahoma -7,5 at the spread, because this year everybody waits for them an explosion and a battle for one playoff spot.
Kevin Durant, Jeff Green and Russell Westbrook are the young guns in the league and in their third year as pro players they have the experience and the talent to respond on this mission. Big men like Ethan Thomas and Nenad Krstic they have the quality to overcome the opposite front line.
Sacramento is rebuilding around Kevin Martin. Rookie point guard Tyreke Evans is an explosive scorer and second year big men Haws and Green have the talent, but not the experience. Veterans Noccioni, Mason and Udrich, compose a very limited team and if they win over 22 games this season, it will be their achievement.
Orlando made major moves in the offseason. First left the all around Turkish forward Hedo Turkoglu and then the starting rookie Courtney Lee.
But the arrivals were most important, while former all star Vince Carter and his 20+ points landed on Amway Center, alongside to forwards Matt Barnes, Brandon Bass and the reserve point guard Jason Williams.
Philadelphia with Eddy Jordan on the bench as a head coach, want to have a successfully year like a year before. But the key of that success, point guard Andre Miller, left to Portland and leave a big hole on the organize part in this team. Luis Williams is very good scorer, but he hasn’t the creativity of Miller.
Iguodala and Elton Brand are the leaders of the team, but I think they have start to finding a real playmaker.
Minnesota will play without Kevin Love and Big Al Jefferson is doubtful. New Jersey has more options and deeper bench.
Second loss in a row for Cleveland? I can’t believe it, but the spread of 5 points is huge. Especially when Toronto changes their team, hold on just all star Chris Bosh, Jose Calderon and Andrea Bargnani.
If Cleveland has a poor productivity from the bench players, the sadness is around the corner.
Miami and Dwayne Wade want to have another playoff year. The young players will be better and if Wade is healthy all the season long, Miami will catch the spot.
New York is the same unreliable team like the 8 last years. The good thing is that 8 of 14 roster players, is on the last of their contracts. That means they have reason to play well, to find a new contract. But don’t forget we‘re talk about New York. The joke of the NBA.
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