Newb to NBA betting

**pronk** · 10-24-10, 10:38 PM

Patience always pays off especially when it comes to a HT wagers.

**komatsu** · 10-24-10, 11:26 PM

Basketball is the easiest sport to make money in the long run. There are only 5 players on the court for one team at a time to account for and they all play offense and defense as opposed to football which has 11 players for offense and 11 more for defense. The ball is round so it is easy to predict which way it would bounce as opposed to football. Weather is not a factor. A turnover is not as costly as in football. It may only cost 6 points instead of 14 points in football. There are more stats in basketball than there are in any other sport. And the most important factor is that there are many more games to bet than in football.

**Foals** · 10-24-10, 11:38 PM

The most important thing to remember with the NBA is that it is a grind. There will be many games wherein you WILL get fukked by a backdoor cover because of a useless three, or a couple of missed free throws to force an overtime to fvck your under. These bad beats will lead to tilting and you have to remember that these things are normal in the NBA

Even though these things happen, basketball is a great sport to make money in. You will have to pick your spots very carefully and not load up too much on one game because a lot of shady shit does happen in the NBA. The playoffs is where you will make the most money and from my experience it is the most fun time in betting NBA.

Hope this helps and good luck with the season

**thefuture** · 10-25-10, 03:47 AM

Originally posted by komatsu

Basketball is the easiest sport to make money in the long run. There are only 5 players on the court for one team at a time to account for and they all play offense and defense as opposed to football which has 11 players for offense and 11 more for defense. The ball is round so it is easy to predict which way it would bounce as opposed to football. Weather is not a factor. A turnover is not as costly as in football. It may only cost 6 points instead of 14 points in football. There are more stats in basketball than there are in any other sport. And the most important factor is that there are many more games to bet than in football.

I agree with everthing said but the easiest way is to make money is taking advantage of road trips dont get sucked in. Example: Boston -5 at minnesota. Looks good on paper right? Boston should smoke them. But you have to watch out there is a chance that boston could be at the end of a 3 game 4 day road trip!!! Stay away!!! Another one is wait until the last minute to put your play in. In the NBA they dont announce scratches until 10 minutes before tip off. Nothing is worse than finding out 1 or 2 starters are out thats 20-40% of the line up.

**Raven66** · 10-25-10, 10:03 AM

Thanks for the great insight guys.

**sweetjones55** · 10-25-10, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by Raven66

I mostly bet NFL, NHL and Soccer....... Is it a easy sport to make money? I see usually the fav's win the Moneyline. I think Basketball must be the most skilled sport compared to the other sports I bet on. Any insight would be much appreciated.

Take a look at this thread, a lot of good info in there from a lot of respected NBA cappers on here.

http://forum.sbrforum.com/nba-basketball-handicapping/404151-noob-capping-questions-ask-away.html

**waddymark** · 10-25-10, 12:02 PM

Very good advices. I too NBA newbie , ty

**spredzgeek** · 10-25-10, 01:16 PM

stick to first halfs and u will do great

**Raven66** · 10-25-10, 09:20 PM

Originally posted by sweetjones55

Take a look at this thread, a lot of good info in there from a lot of respected NBA cappers on here.

http://forum.sbrforum.com/nba-basket...-ask-away.html

Hey great stuff man......very good info. can't wait for NBA now.

**komatsu** · 10-26-10, 02:59 AM

Raven, do you cap your own bets?