West -5.5
Not only does the west have far superior personnel.. But two huge factors in NBA all star games are three point shooting (because of how often teams jack up three pointers) and also continuity. The west has 2 thunder players, 3 Warriors players, and 2 Spurs players... And all these players happen to be players that will get the most of the minutes. at some points during the game you might as well call it a three point shootout, and that is where the west is lethal. Think there's some value on this number and would reccomend a small play on this excibition game as I think the style of the game fits the west.. Hopefully this turns out similar to the pro bowl guys.. BOL
Prop: Kobe Bryant UNDER 10 assists/rebounds -140
Kobe Bryant was recently interviewed about his playing time and said "Im good with ten minutes". While I do think kobe will play longer then that, I think he is content with not playing a crazy amount of minutes in his final all star game and letting the young guys take over. When kobe is in the game, it's been openly stated in the media that the western all stars are going to try and feed him the ball to score. I'll take advantage of the likely scoring mentality that kobe will have.. By playing the under on his rebounds/assists.