tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86582372011-12-14T18:42:31.642-08:00Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1501100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-82863428410162353042007-10-17T21:29:00.000-07:002007-10-17T21:30:58.880-07:00

For those of you who don't already know, I'm not writing over at Stick and Ball Guy's place.You can see my archive here.

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At this point, I'm not disappointed. The Wolves currently have the 9th worst record in the league, 1.5 games behind Houston and Golden State. If they stay in the bottom 10, they'll get to keep their draft pick next year.KG had his 1 millionth consecutive double-double, and the Boston guys seemed to play well (although I didn't get to see the game). As someone who's looking forward to next year,

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The game was predictable. The Wolves get a nice little lead but can't hold on. Pretty much every game in the Wolves 6 game losing streak has been like this. It's pretty amazing that the Wolves seem to play well for 3 quarters only to blow it in the 4th. There were at least two games in the stretch where they started out the fourth quarter on huge 0-fer streaks.For a while, I was wondering if they

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So the Wolves lose again last night to Chicago. At the beginning of the season, I bet the Bulls to win over 43.5 games. Right now, it looks as though it will take a miracle for them to make it. But the Bulls and the Wolves are alike in the fact that both of them entered the season with good--but not great expectations and have disappointed heavily. But last night, they looked like a team that

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SBG had a link to this article in this post the other day. I was going to leave a comment there, but decided that my comment would be so long that it deserved its own spot over here.The gist of the article is that McHale has done a horrible, horrible job as GM. There was the Joe Smith fiasco and a host of other bad moves that he's made over the course of his tenure that have caused Garnett to be

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After a fun all-star weekend, it will be back to work for the Wolves on Tuesday. The 1st half of the season ended on a pretty strong note for them, with a convincing win over Robert Swift and the Seattle Sonics. Perhaps the best thing I can say for them about that game is that they actually knew like they knew what they were doing out there, which is something I haven't seen for a while. Rather

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I don't have much to say about the game tonight. Toronto came out and shot the shit out of the ball from downtown. The Wolves dominated pretty much every other aspect of the game. They absolutely killed Toronto in the paint. There's not a lot you can do when your opponent shoots 65% from 3-point range.The Wolves had a higher shooting percentage (they were getting much better shots), they

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I've decided that all of my posts will have the title from above until the Wolves actually manage to win a game.I only saw the last 3 minutes of the NOK game the other day. I decided I needed to take a day off from watching them in order to regain my sanity. I got back just in time to see the Wolves take a 2-point lead into a 6-point loss.I saw a bit of the interview with Casey after the game and

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I'll be in attendence for tonight's game. They're selling student tickets for $10. It'll be the first time I've been to a game this season, mostly because most of my friends are too broke to afford tickets. If you're watching on TV, you can look for me. I'm the white guy with dark curly hair who will be sitting in sections that the cameras won't be shooting.

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So after a very nice win against Phoenix, the Wolves come out and completely dominate early against the Cavs, building a 15 point lead in the 1st quarter. Then, the have to go and blow it...again.Rather than gripe about the game, I'll instead look at some of the interesting things that have happened to the Wolves since the trade.1. Marcus BanksHe's been spectacular since coming over. Some people

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For the second straight game, the Wolves didn't hit 60 on the scoreboard until late in the third quarter. The game before that they didn't get there until the 4th I had a bet going that the Wolves would hit 70 by the end of the game.Tonight they played a team that gives up almost 100 points per game and couldn't manage 80. Say what you will about the team having new players that need to adjust

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It was a blowout in the Target Center, as the Minnesota Celtics manhandled the Boston Celtics.All four of the players that the Wolves acquired from the Celtics played at least 18 minutes and had notable contributions. A few days ago I was mourning the loss of yet another first round draft pick. Now, I see what the point was. The two "throw-ins" in the trade both played very well today--

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Maybe I'm jumping the gun on this a little bit, but he had a very solid first effort out there. Here's the line:10-18 FGs26 points6 rebounds3 assistsIn addition, he grabbed a clutch rebound, sunk two clutch free throws and played very solid D.Ricky will bring a few things to the Wolves that Wally could not. The first is speed. I was really impressed with just how quick he was out there. The

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LinkyAfter years and years of talk, the Wolves finally traded away Kandi and Wally.Now close your eyes and try think of what you would most want in a trade involving the two of them.Did you wish for Ricky Davis and Mark Blount? Me neither, but that's what we got. We also managed to lose another first round draft pick, but pick up two second rounders and some spare parts.I've been thinking about

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Yet again, the Wolves blew a huge lead and lost a game that they should have won by double figures. Forget all the close games that the Wolves lost earlier this season, there have been at least 4-5 games now that the Wolves have lost that probably should have been double digit victories (2 in the past week).If the Wolves had won of these games, they would now be a very respectable 23-15. Had they

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Every time I disappear from posting for at least a week, the Wolves seem to go on a run. Then, when I start posting again they start to go downhill. Sorry to disappoint you all by posting, but if I make it short, maybe it won't matter.The Wolves have now won three straight, largely on the basis of improved rebounding. The Wolves don't need to be a great rebounding team to win, they just have

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It's been two games since I've posted, and two embarrassing losses. The Dallas game has one of the wierder box scores you'll see. Check out the field goal attempts and makes:Minnesota: 33-67 (49%)Dallas: 30-85 (35%)The Wolves took fewer shots and made more. They even had a 9-point edge late in the game before completely collapsing. The main problem as I see it, is that they have as many

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It's common knowledge that there are a lot of conspiracy theorists out there who believe that NBA officiating is biased. I'm not one of those people.There is a psychological bias that everybody has that causes this. In poker, it is very common. Everybody thinks they're getting bad beat more than they dish it out. The truth is that the bad things just tend to stick out in one's mind more than the

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I think Casey might have read my previous post, because the Wolves stayed with their gameplan for the entire 48 minutes on Wednesday against Dallas.The game started out pretty sloppy, and the Wolves missed a bunch of shots. Again, we had a chance to pounce on the opposition early but missed it. At that point, I pretty much assumed it was a matter of time before the Wolves began to collapse and

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LinkThe NBA had their first head coach firing today. Weiss was cut loose from the struggling Sonics.In Weiss's defense, people were probably holding him to unrealistic expectations. The Sonics overachieved in a major way last season. Despite being 22 games over .500, the Sonics only outscored their opponents by an average of 2.6 points. The small point differential leads one to believe that they

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The games. Two brutal losses.After singing EG's praises after the Sonics game, he seemed to revert to his old three-point-hucking self against the Magic. I think he just got too much confidence after that game and decided it was OK for him to take bad shots again. But I think Casey may have had a talk with him because he did a better job against Miami.Speaking of Miami. The Wolves played really

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After playing really well for a while, then playing extremely poorly for a while, the schizophrenic nature of the Timberwolves continued as they beat the crap out of the Sonics on Wednesday.In addition to solid performances by KG, Wally, and Marko, a big key to the victory was the outstanding play by EG. One of the biggest differences I saw from him on offense in this game was that he was moving

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I ranted the other day, over at SBG's place about a fourth down and one situation during the Viking's game. In essence, the Vikes needed to score and they punted the ball instead. It was a terrible call by Mike Tice for so many different reasons. For starters, you're on about the 40, so you don't gain a whole lot by punting. Second, teams tend to be much too conservative in these situations (this

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Seriously. WTF was that?

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I haven't been betting much lately. Basically, I started betting for fun and profit, and wasn't having much of either. It was starting to seem like a chore looking for good bets every day, so I've mostly given up. I'll still post bets from time to time, but I think my days of daily betting are over unless it starts getting fun today.Anyway, I'm taking advantage of an overrated Clippers team

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So I took my last final today and will now have plenty of time to relax and watch basketball. So I got out of class and picked up a tasty dinner from Erbert's and Gerbert's then headed to Best Buy to pick up a video game and the new Korn CD to entertain myself after the Wolves game.After 4 rather disappointing losses, the Wolves pulled off their most impressive win of the season. Instead of

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For the second straight night, the Wolves had a horrendous 2nd quarter, which eventually cost them the game.This time though, the crappiness seemed to span the entire quarter as the Wolves were held to a franchise low 8 points. At one point, the Wolves sporting a lineup of: EG, Kandi, McCants, Jaric, and THud. I have to wonder exactly what Casey was thinking putting this lineup in the game. The

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So I think the worst is behind me now. I only have one final and it's not for a week. I don't have any grad school apps due for over two weeks. I woke up this morning at 5 am (my sleep schedule is gradually returning to normal, as I was actually going to be later than this a week ago) and for the first time in what seems like months, I had a completely free day ahead of me.It was a very bizarre

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That's two inspiring wins in a row for the Wolves. They would have won by 30 had they been avoid to avoid stepping on the baseline and staying in the lane too long. Petey said he had some stuff about coaching he was going to write about. Hopefully he gets it together while make my sprint to the finish line for the term.

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Ok, I probably won't disappear completely, but I'm going to largely have to put my blogging and NBA betting on hold as I prepare for the end of the term. In addition to having finals, I also need to start getting my applications in for next year. I'll post periodically (hopefully), but likely won't have too much time for anything in depth. I'll try to convince Petey to help pick up the slack.

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What a disappointing day today was, losing 2 bets within the last 10 seconds. New Oklahoma(+7.5) at Seattle ($32.70/$30)Memphis/Dallas Under 185.5 ($33/$30)Detroit/Milwaukee Over 194.5 ($32.10/$30)Yesterday: 2-3 -$12.22YTD: 38-52-2 -$326.55

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Houston/Memphis Under 174 ($33/$30)Memphis(-5.5) over Houston ($21.20/$20)Sacramento(-8.5) over Toronto ($21.20/$20)Charlotte(+5.5) over Boston ($21/$20.18)Charlotte(ML) over Boston ($20/$44)Yesterday: 0-2 -$41YTD: 36-49-2 -$314.33

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Last night's loss was so ridiculous it's just impossible for me to talk about it without getting pissed off. Much like the Wolves did in the 3rd quarter against the Wizards when we blew our huge lead, KG barely touched the ball on offense while the Wolves watched their 16-point lead get swallowed.At one point, Jim Peterson commented that when things are going badly, maybe it would be a good idea

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There have been a lot of rumors going around lately about KG potentially being traded. The two most prominent ones have been:KG and Wally to Knicks for Penny Hardaway and Antonio Davis-and-KG to Detroit for Rasheed Wallace and Darko MilicicIn order to understand more about the validity of these rumors, it's important to know how they were started. Up until last Thursday when KG did an interview

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I found this site a few weeks ago when I noticed that something I had written had shown up on there. I meant to put a link to it here, but I neglected to do so until just now.It's an excellent site with many well written and insightful articles that are meant to cater to a more modern approach to thinking about the game.I've actually meant to write a further response to the above, but hadn't

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Last night's game wasn't on local TV, but fortunately I have NBA league pass so I was able to watch it. The Thursday night game was on TNT so this makes two consecutive games I've gotten to watch without the Hanneman/Peterson crew.I remember watching the Wolves back in high school and going into work and one of my co-workers, rather than asking about the result of the game, asked me how Harlan

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No bets for today, will be back with some real content later.Yesterday: 3-2 +$6.99YTD: 34-44-2 -$250.93

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Very solid day yesterday, would have been amazing had Chicago not managed to turn a double digit lead into a double digit deficit yesterday. As they say, even a blind squirrel finds a nut sometimes.NO(+6.5) at Orlando ($20/$19.99)Washington(+4) at NJ ($33/$30)Detroit(ML) at Dallas ($20/$24.70)Memphis/Utah Under 174 ($22/$20)Charlotte(+3.5 1st Quarter) at Minnesota($22/$20)Yesterday: 4-2 +

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I was at work until late and missed the beginning of the game. Then I came home and my cable was still on the fritz. I could watch the game, but it was a bit choppy and blocky and was hard to tell exactly what was going on from time to time. It's kinda like watching video on the internet, except without all the boobs.I started to get worried when the Wizards started to make their push and you

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So we played pretty well but still managed to lose. I had mixed feelings about it. I was hoping for a win (obviously), but was glad to see the Wolves not come out flat.I don't have anything in particular to say, so when in doubt, just steal good material.SBG made a nice post earlier today with some interesting observations about the Wolves thus far. Rather than just giving a response there, I'll

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I can't find anything I like today, so I'm taking the day off.The good news for everybody is that after I finished my test today, I won't have anything due for a full week. The last time I didn't have anything due for a week was probably the last day of summer. So, I should be back with a real post later tonight.Yesterday: 3-5 -$57.70YTD: 26-38-2 -$279.42

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Last night the Wolves put up what was easily their worst performance of the young season. Everything that made me think such good things about them for the first few games was completely gone. When I turned on the game and found out K-Mart wouldn't even be playing, I thought we would be in for a good game and a win. I had pretty much stopped watching the game about half way through the 3rd

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I had been hoping to wait until I had time to write about last night's disappointing loss to the Nuggets, but it's not going to happen. Maybe later tonight if I have time. After my hell week is over, I should have a bit more time.Today's Picks:Chicago(+5.5) at GS ($22/$20)Memphis(-3.5) vs. Lakers ($20.20/$20)Utah(-3.5) vs. NY ($41.60/$40)NY/Utah Over 173 ($33/$30)Yesterday 0-2 -$33YTD 22-30-2 -

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The day started out well, but didn't quite get to the amazing day I thought I might have. Memphis blew a 12-point lead only to win by 1 at the buzzer (c'mon guys, if you're not gonna cover, at least give my beloved Hawks their first win).Minnesota(+6) at Denver ($21/$20)Toronto(+3.5) vs. Seattle ($22/$20)Yesterday 3-3 +$16.20YTD: 22-28-2 -$102.12

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The day started out well, but didn't quite get to the amazing day I thought I might have. Memphis blew a 12-point lead only to win by 1 at the buzzer (c'mon guys, if you're not gonna cover, at least give my beloved Hawks their first win).Minnesota(+6) at Denver ($21/$20)Toronto(+3.5) vs. Seattle ($22/$20)Yesterday 3-3 +$16.20YTD: 22-28-2 -$102.12

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Well, the GRE is finished. I think it went pretty well, though not spectacularly. It's 66 questions in 170 minutes. I breezed through the first 17 questions in about 20 minutes, which was really nice. After that, the questions started to get a bit harder, so I had to slow down. But, I did have extra time to work through the more difficult questions because of all the time I had saved.Anyway,

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I've got the Math GRE at 8:30 this morning. Hope it goes better than my NBA betting. Hopefully I'll have a chance to put up a real post this weekend. It was kind of a good time for them to have some time off--at least from my perspective.No bets today. At least not yet.Yesterday: 1-6-1 -$115YTD: 19-25-2 -$118.32It's always nice to know that a monkey making picks randomly would be doing better

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1131691907994280942005-11-10T22:46:00.000-08:002005-11-11T13:40:16.063-08:00

Managed to recoup a bit of my losses from yesterday today. I'll probably check in tomorrow to see what the lines have done and may be adding some more.Indiana/NJ Under 192 ($22/$20)Utah(-4) at Toronto ($21.60/$20)Denver(+2) at Sacramento ($21/20)Denver(ML) at Sacramento ($20/$24.40)Analysis: Toronto and Sacramento have been terrible. That is all.Yesterday: 2-1 +$19.40YTD: 18-19-1 -$3.32Edit:

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Well I finally broke my run of 50/50 days. Guess I should be careful what I wish for. As is generally the case with Thursdays, today is a light schedule, but I managed to find quite a bit of value nonethelessHouston(+6) over Miami ($22/$20)Detroit(-1) over Phoenix ($22/$20)Detroit/Phoenix Under 201.5 ($20.60/$20)Yesterday 1-3 -$52.70YTD 16-18-1 -$22.72

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I'll start off with the Wolves notes, since that's why most of you come here. I don't normally talk too much about myself on here, but I know some of you might be interested to learn more about me and this seems like a good time, as I might be able to elicit some sympathy from some of you.Wolves NotesThe home game the other night against showed some very positive signs. After a disheartening loss

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1131529614765986182005-11-09T01:25:00.000-08:002005-11-09T02:18:02.530-08:00

First off, can people see the comments on here and do they look right? I had some problems with them. If you can't see them or whatever, please drop me an email and let me know.Wish I could have posted about the Wolves today, but I've been swamped with work again. Sometime this week, I'll give you some Wolves insight, as well as some insight into the world I've been living in.I managed to go 50/

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1131478858196919392005-11-08T11:32:00.000-08:002005-11-08T11:40:58.210-08:00

I delayed in putting this up because I didn't want to trample a Petey post right away. I also have plenty to say about last night's game, but I'm going to wait until later to write that up. Here's what I've got for today.GS(+6) over Milwaukee ($21/$20)GS(ML) over Milwaukee ($20/$40)Orlando/Houston over 175 ($30/$30.60)Seattle/Memphis over 185.5 ($22/$20)Yesterday 2-2 +$2.50YTD 13-13-1 +$21.98

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Okay, so as we all know, I suck at blogging (and life but that's for a different blog). However! I should be getting league pass in a month or so when I move into a new place here in the OC.Anyway, Saturday morning I realized that the Twolves were in town playing the Clips and like the genius I am I didn't have tickets. No problem, I decided I could watch it on TV while IMing Greek (who most

PThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08840009850458610777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1131353651252587872005-11-07T00:49:00.000-08:002005-11-07T14:44:35.470-08:00

It's been a long day of work, and I almost forgot to make my picks for today. Here they areChicago (+6) over SA ($21.20/$20)The Spurs showed a bit of mortality against Dallas the other night. Chicago is a strong team at home and even if the can't manage to take out the Spurs, there's still a very good chance they'll beat the spread.Miami(-3) over NJ ($20.60/$20)I know I said I'd be betting

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I don't have time to comment on the game right now. In fact, I'll be extremely busy all week so my posting will be slim. GS(+4) over NY($30/$30.30)Denver(-1.5) over Lakers($21.40/$20)Yesterday 4-4 -$3.40YTD 10-10-1 +$10.59

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It was about a year ago that Petey and I went to go see the Timberwolves play the Sonics at the Target Center. Things were quite a bit different then. Petey lived in Minnesota. Flip Saunders was still the head coach of the Timberwolves. Nate McMillan was still the coach of the Sonics. Dwane Casey was assistant coach of the Sonics. I thought the Wolves would be good and the Sonics would suck.A

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1131087783350713962005-11-03T22:51:00.000-08:002005-11-04T17:26:38.800-08:00

...but Shaq finally got injured.It seems like it was only a few days ago when I said:"Walker is total crap and Shaq is older and for some reason decided he needed to put on more muscle. The good thing about this for the Heat is that once he gets hurt, they won't even notice Walker taking so many shots."The day of Shaq's injury finally came today when he landed on Ron Artest's foot an rolled his

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but not a great one either.Had the game ended after the third quarter, I would have been much happier with the Wolves performance. Even when they got way behind, I noticed that every single shot they took was either in the paint or a wide open jumper. If we could continue doing this, I knew that the shots would eventually start falling and that we'd probably win the game.Well, that did happen,

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Well, my NBA betting career is off to a pretty craptacular start. The Spurs game played out much like I expected. It was very sloppy at first, but there seemed to be a lot of scoring anyway and they made it just past the over.Next came the Dallas/Phoenix game. Had this ended at regulation, the score would have been 35 points under the total. If it had ended after one overtime, I would have made

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1130834768315087802005-11-01T00:04:00.000-08:002005-11-01T00:52:05.186-08:00

Ah yes, the NBA season will finally kick off tomorrow. Undoubtedly, I'm going to have to subscribe to NBA League Pass this season so that I can watch anything I want whenever I want.Thanks for the advice Todd. I'll try and get around to changing the comment system as soon as I get a chance. This whole spam thing is ridiculously annoying. I encourage everyone who visits my site to not click on any

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1129441829500118062005-10-15T22:10:00.000-07:002005-10-15T22:50:29.550-07:00

While the World was busy gawking at the horrible umpiring of MLB, the Wolves were getting busy at home against Milwaukee for the first time this season! A few days later, the Wolves traveled to Indiana for their second game.Already, things are not quite off to the start I envisioned. Neither KG nor Marko have played a minute because of injuries, and Wally had to leave during the third quarter

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1128853738606599142005-10-09T02:42:00.000-07:002005-10-09T03:36:53.216-07:00

Something about being awake at 5 in the morning really brings out the insomniac in me...Anyway, here's some more stuff about sports betting.TrendsThe essence of all sports betting is based on trends. If you can figure out a trend that seems to determine a likely scoring distribution for a basketball game, you can handicap it well and become a winning sports bettor. Since sports aren't as

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1128326427541683782005-10-03T00:41:00.000-07:002005-10-05T20:41:54.270-07:00

Well, I've been griping about the Wolves situation for a while now. I've been essentially calling this a rebuilding season and had almost essentially given up on the Wolves before they even started.I've been starting to crunch some numbers here in my quest for the future evaluation of teams and I've run across some rather interesting numbers. I'm trying to evaluate the addition and subtraction of

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Pinnacle release their season win totals today, and as far as I know, they're the first sports book to do it. As the other books start releasing these odds, it will be interesting to see how they compare and to possibly look for scalping/middling opportunities.Anyway, Here they are (in a rather crude format): Team Total Over Price Under Price Char 19.5 -134 124 Bos

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Betting Season Win TotalsNow that I've covered the basics of how to win at sports betting, it's time to get into some specifics of identifying good bets. Right now, many sportsbooks have put up lines for odds to win the NBA championship. I haven't really thought much about it, so I'm not going to talk about it. However, you can check out Pinnacle's lines if you're interested. Right now, the

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1126772492874602662005-09-15T01:01:00.000-07:002005-09-15T01:21:34.070-07:00

I've decided to take a break from my sports betting series and post some actual Wolves content for a change. There has been a lot of talk about the terrible offseason the Wolves have had. For a while, it looked like resigning Madson would be the highlight of the summer. However, we then made a solid trade with the Clippers and started stocking up on young talent.They lost the Michael Finley

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There was a recent post over at Celtics Blog about a possible trade rumor between the Wolves and the Celtics which may actually be of interest to many of you Wolves fans (although it seems to be mostly conjecture at this point). The deal seems like it would be a relatively solid one for the Wolves, mostly because it involves us getting rid of Kandi.Unfortunately, somebody posing as me went over

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If you haven't already, you should look over Part I. It will be trivial for some of you, but the concepts there are crucial.How Often do we need to win to break even?First off, I'll answer the question about why you need to win 51.2% of the time to break even when laying -105 on a bet. To do this, we need to calculate the EV of that bet, assuming the probability we will win is p. Since we win p

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Before I start getting into specifics about what exactly I plan to do when betting basketball, I need to cover some of the basics of sports betting. There hasn't really been much written about it, and part of the reason for that is that informing the public of exactly what to do is bad for you if you make your living as a sports bettor. I--on the other hand--do not make my living as a sports

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1123928831778959062005-08-13T03:09:00.000-07:002005-08-13T03:43:02.546-07:00

StoryIt took almost all summer, but the Wolves finally made a move, trading Sam Cassell and a conditional first-round draft pick to the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night for guards Marko Jaric and Lionel Chalmers. Cassell was pretty much finished with the team, so I think pretty much any trade would be good here.The ESPN article was entitled "Sam I Am to bring playoff experience to Clippers".

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Well, I'm sure I disappointed at least one of you out there when I disappeared and stopped posting. There were several reasons for my disappearance.The first was just a general frustration with the way the Wolves season turned out. And as bad as last season went, the off season has been just as bad. The only good thing that's happened for the Wolves is that they managed to resign Madson (whoopie!

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1116148382076904952005-05-15T01:44:00.000-07:002005-05-15T02:49:39.626-07:00

I was trying to convince Petey to write this one, but unfortunately, he was unable to keep his manlove for Dwyane Wade from spewing all over the place. Thus, I had to come in as his back-up.Pacers vs. PistonsI know I said the Pacers had about a 0% chance to win this series, so how'd they get up 2-1?I was watching them on Friday and they just looked completely out of whack out there. On offense,

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1115714031510299802005-05-10T01:19:00.000-07:002005-05-10T01:34:26.240-07:00

A while ago, I was ranting about how I thought the first round was one of the best first rounds ever. Under normal playoff circumstances, this is where I say "Now that we've gotten the first round out of the way, it's time for the real playoffs to start".However, this year is different. Despite a general trend of parity in the league, the top 2 teams in each league are just too strong. What made

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1114674986116479432005-04-28T00:38:00.000-07:002005-04-28T01:24:46.920-07:00

Two more days of NBA playoffs. Six More Games.TuesdayThe Miami and Detroit games went pretty much as expected, with both teams winning easily.I had been eagerly anticipating the Kings vs. Sonics game, but unfortunately for me, I had forgotten just how terrible the Kings have gotten. I mean, they really looked awful during most of the game. Getting rid of CWebb was probably a good move for this

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So, I only caught the last bit of the Indiana/Boston game and saw Reggie doin' his thang. While part of me wants to hate and loathe him, it was very exciting to see him more or less single handedly lead his team to victory in a crucial game against a superior squad. Unfortunatley, Boston will still win this series. They simply have many more good players. Indiana is like three deep: O'Neal,

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So, ever since the T-wolves were knocked out of the running for the playoffs, I swore off basketball in order to recharge for the playoffs. I caught at least part of every single game this weekend. Here are my assorted thoughts:SaturdayI really think Detroit is the team to beat in the East. They just ground down the 76ers all game and I think they'll be doing that to everyone. Remember that

PThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08840009850458610777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1113788376773207332005-04-17T18:28:00.000-07:002005-04-17T18:44:36.623-07:00

Well, it's official now. The Wolves are a lottery team.The game wasn't even on TV, so I didn't get to watch it all end. It's unfortunate that the Wolves had to wait this long before starting to play well, because they just put themselves in a spot where they have very little chance to make the playoffs. Had we actually made the playoffs, we would have been a big pest to the Suns in the first

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1112997878882111142005-04-08T14:43:00.000-07:002005-04-08T15:07:05.320-07:00

Tonight is a big night for Wolves fans.Tonight we play Denver and a win could be a huge step toward making the playoffs. A loss, however, might cripple our chance of making it. If we lose, we will fall 5 games behind Denver in the loss column, meaning that we'll have virtually no chance of catching them. We still might be able to catch Memphis (who plays Miami tonight), but we will then be either

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1112746934162307752005-04-05T16:56:00.000-07:002005-04-05T17:46:36.056-07:00

So the Wolves managed to lose a tough game to Phoenix, which was quite a disappointment. They played very well throughout the game only to have the Suns get hot in the closing minutes and take the game away.The good news is that they've been playing very well as of late, and still have a good chance to make the playoffs. I figured that the Wolves could lose 1 or 2 games and still make the

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1112164438506051502005-03-29T21:54:00.000-08:002005-03-29T23:03:22.730-08:00

I've been back from Vegas for over a week and I've only managed to see one Wolves game--a victory which we almost blew against the Hornets.This is rather unfortunate because the Wolves have actually been winning (I'm not sure if this means they're playing well or not). Luckily for me, I actually do realize that there's a game tomorrow and am planning to watch it.As for the Wolves playoff chances,

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Well, I've finally returned from my long trip and I've decided to give you all what you've always wanted--a long entry with only marginal NBA content. For your convenience, I will divide the entry into subsections, so that you can ignore the boring ones and just go straight to the parts that interest you.TimberwolvesBulls vs. ClippersI Got A Lap Dance From Joe MauerPoker In VegasTimberwolvesI'm

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Well, the Wolves did manage to beat the Bobcats somehow. And they actually Managed to stay close against Miami for three-and-a-half quarters before eventually collapsing. Still, it's always fun to see Hack-A-Shaq in action. Unfortunately for the Wolves, Shaq was a monster both on and off the free throw line tonight.This makes the Wolves 0-1 in their stretch in which I said they need to go 4-1 or

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1110171576352749972005-03-06T20:41:00.000-08:002005-03-06T22:15:11.506-08:00

So despite losing to the pathetic Warriors, the Wolves pull off an inspirational win against the Bucks on Friday, then follow up with another impressive win today against Boston to climb back to .500. The Wolves have a home game Tuesday against Charlotte and then their next five look like this:@Miami@OrlandoDallas@Dallas@San AntonioNormally, coming down the stretch run, a schedule like this would

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1109890603109838002005-03-03T14:55:00.000-08:002005-03-03T14:56:43.110-08:00

We blew an 11-point second half lead at home to the Warriors. What more is there to say?

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1109567960124263272005-02-27T21:05:00.000-08:002005-02-27T21:21:58.743-08:00

First we lose to the Clippers.Then we blow a 16-point second half lead against Seattle.Tonight, we managed to barely avoid a catastrophic collapse for the second straight game.Afterwards, the Wolves announcers went on and on about what a big win this was.Haven't I told you all this story before?It was a big win only because it doesn't completely eliminate all hope of our winning a championship.

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For those of you who have been with us since the beginning (and that makes one of you), you might remember Pete writing preseason reviews of some of the NBA divisions. He had originally intended to write previews for all 6 divisions, but because he's a lazy sack of shit (just kidding Pete) he only actually got around to writing two. One for the Pacific Division, and one for the Northwest division

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As I've probably mentioned before, I'm currently a grad student at the U of Minnesota. As part of my financial aid package, I'm a half-time TA. Normally, this leaves me with one class and I do about 20-hours a week. Unfortunately, this term they've assigned me two different classes at 25%.For one of my classes, I basically do nothing but grade. I hold one office hour a week, and am responsible

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I took a little trip out to the bar the other night to watch the Wolves on a big screen. Despite the fact that I've lost a lot of my enthusiasm for the team, I continue to watch almost all of their games (I may not be able to watch tonight's). So we sat down and before you knew it, we were down 19-5 and we were giving up threes left and right. Normally, I would have been pissed off, but luckily

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1108454301457753782005-02-15T00:17:00.000-08:002005-02-15T00:32:02.206-08:00

I think the house pretty much nailed the poll questions except for:#7 There is exactly 0% chance Phil Jackson coaches the T-wolves.#8 Less than 1% of basketball fans picked the Sonics to win the division - I'd tell you to look it up, but I don't need to here, ;).Okay, now on to Chad Ford. My feelings for him can be summed up in three letters and one symbol:Ugh!I don't get ESPN insider mainly *

PThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08840009850458610777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1108372208640690832005-02-14T00:59:00.000-08:002005-02-14T01:30:20.546-08:00

Did you actually expect that having McHale at the helm would instantly chance our team? Did you expect that somehow, it would help us beat a team like the Bulls?Somewhere--deep down--I kinda did.Instead it's just the same shit on a different day. There was a Sports Nation Poll over at ESPN.com that asked some pretty good questions. I figure I'd take a look at it and answer the questions more in

Greek Househttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485867178487943387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8658237.post-1108254970868258392005-02-12T16:18:00.000-08:002005-02-12T16:37:39.363-08:00

I wasn't planning on posting again until tomorrow, but I got back from an afternoon run to find this. To be honest, I was pretty shocked. I figured that if they were going to fire Flip, they would have done it a while ago. Since this hadn't happened, I assumed he was going to be there at least until the end of the year, at which point the Wolves organization would reevaluate this situation.It has

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First of all, did anyone else see who got the top spot in the all overpaid team? In honesty, I would have put him behind Dikembe and Brian Grant.We've had a couple games since I last blogged. First, we had a game against Memphis. To be honest, I didn't see much of the game after the first quarter. I was stuck in the bathroom, vomitting from what I had just seen. This seriously has to be one of

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I decided to take a break from blogging. I've been busy all weekend and have been frustrated by a lack of good things to say. Today's entry should be nice and short. There have been two games since the last time I blogged, and the Wolves managed to find ways to lose both of them. Watching both games, I felt like we should have won both of them, but missed opportunities at the end of the game

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So in my last blog I said that the Wolves had exactly a 0% chance of winning the title. For those of you who are math-oriented, you realized that that was a lie. It was just one of the many lies I tell every day either in person or in print. But like all lies that I tell, I don't allow the person to believe my lies for too long before telling the truth. So I got to thinking about the Wolves and

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The silver lining here is that now all Wolves fans can stop deluding themselves. There is exactly a 0% chance that the Timberwolves will win an NBA championship this year (slightly higher if they can make a trade). So now that we've all accepted this, we can work on trying to improve this team, rather than continuing to chase pipe dreams of winning it all this year. We can start by doing the

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So it appears that rumors of the Wolves return to glory were greatly exaggerated (by me mostly). The scouting report on the Wolves is out, and it says "Crash the boards on offense as much as possible. The Wolves only have KG who can consistently rebound. And nobody on the team can start a fast break, so there's no downside in over-committing to the glass." Sam started tonight, and for a

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When I first started thinking about the game against the Kings, I thought it would be a good test for the Wolves who have started to play better. Then, when I found out that both CWebb and Peja would be out, I figured the game would be a walk in the park. The Wolves started off slowly (as has become tradition), but after the first half, it looked like I would be right, taking a 6-point lead into

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Last night's game was a very good sign that the Wolves are back. Although Utah's record is not very good, they're actually a pretty decent team. They started off the season quite well until AK-47 got hurt and then things fell apart for them. Now that AK's back, the Jazz should be a better team, though not really a title contender. The Wolves offense started out slow (as has become tradition).

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After the Timberwolves win over the hapless and hopeless Atlanta Hawks, Glenn talyor was asked about doing any trading before the deadline. His response was: If there's something we see that will help our team, either this year or in the long run -- and it's probably more in the long run -- you would look at this thing. Well, perhaps it should be reassuring that he has faith in the squad as is

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The Wolves took another solid step forward toward becoming the team everybody thought they could be. The would have been a blowout, had it not been for an absolutely horrendous 3rd quarter, during which the Wolves didn't make a field goal for the last 9:10. But before I go any further, I've gotta give props to my boy Eddie G. Last night, he missed a triple-double by 3 blocks. This makes the

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