Am I the only one who is gradually losing the interest to watch and wager on NBA games? I'm nor the novice, nor the naive. I am completely aware and understand that any game involving humans will translate into a product that includes all the human ingredients: greed. greed and lots of greed. But, the League is counting on the short memory the public has and is gradually cancelling any handicapping instruments that were seemingly helping the bettor assuring him that he has a fair chance to win his wager. The best example of what I just said happened today in Atlanta. But, that incident was so obvious - the 3 years old could see it. I'm talking about much more games (3 in the recent days) that in order to handicap them you have to handicap the handicapping and that is the field of handicapping that doesn't involve any stats or any trends. It is an instant handicapping for me.
No, I didn't discover America. MK and Phixer were preaching that in the pilgrimage era. But, if that was some rare occurrence then that was visible to only a few - today it is already almost the mainstream. For an example - when the teams are taking the choices while 2 points down to shoot 3 pointer instead of an easy lay up (twice today and it worked twice - the last just now with the Lakers that won me $1550 after I wagered $100 on the Lakers when the score was 109-105 T'Pups).... There are so many examples to represent the point I'm trying so hard to make/stress....
And, on the other hand - if you know to handicap the handicapping - being on the right side of the... then, the sky is the limit.
So, if I was a Rothschild, or Buffet - I would organize my own league with the players playing for money. Lot's of it. I don't need LBJ for that, or RW, or KD/KL. I can very well manage with competitive players I can handicap. But, what would happen then? The house would lose it's pants (that would be me) and we would be back at square one.
So, let's continue to handicap the handicapping (not the handicappers). That is the only way I see we can still enjoy and profit at the same time.