{"id":3383,"date":"2008-10-27T18:35:18","date_gmt":"2008-10-27T23:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=3383"},"modified":"2023-02-07T07:11:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T15:11:34","slug":"2008-nba-season-preview-271008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/nba\/2008-nba-season-preview-271008\/","title":{"rendered":"Sportsbook.com 2008 NBA Gambling Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>NBA: SEASON PREVIEW<\/h2>\n<p>The NBA season is here and Sportsbook.com has you covered with odds and promotions that last all the way through June.<\/p>\n<p>We start with our <strong>Basketball Beat the House promotion<\/strong> that is back by popular demand. This one-of-a-kind contest allows you to earn points for every winning NBA and NCAA wager. With thousands of dollars in weekly prizes and a huge Grand Prize, signing up to play is a Slam Dunk. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The <strong>odds for the NBA Championship<\/strong> have just been updated and the Los Angeles Lakers are the 5:2 favorites with the belief that a healthy Andrew Bynum can put them over the top. The defending champion Boston Celtics (3:1) are right behind as they know Kevin Garnett\u2019s intensity will not allow them to rest on their accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of interesting teams in the <strong>West Conference Odds<\/strong> are the Houston Rockets (4:1) and New Orleans Hornets (5:1). Houston obtained Ron Artest from the Sacramento Kings and the hope is his nasty demeanor rubs off on co-stars Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. The Hornets signed free agent James Posey from Boston, and they believe his championship experience will come up huge for them.<\/p>\n<p>The Philadelphia 76ers are another team who made a big off-season splash. They signed power forward Elton Brand from the L.A. Clippers, and they think he makes their 12:1 odds to win the East Conference very exciting. Another team providing great value is the Toronto Raptors at 12:1. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 1px solid #ffffff;\" title=\"Sportsbook.com\" src=\"http:\/\/affiliates.commissionaccount.com\/processing\/impressions.asp?btag=a_2744b_41\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/>The addition of Jermaine O\u2019Neal to go alongside Chris Bosh makes this team a sleeper \u2018North of the Border\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>We also have odds for all six of the divisions with the Southwest particularly competitive.<\/p>\n<p>One of the NBA \u2018Rookie of the Year\u2019 favorites is not even a guy drafted last year. Portland center Greg Oden missed all of last season with a knee injury but he\u2019s still a 2:1 co-favorite along with Miami\u2019s Michael Beasley. While Oden will be the better all-around player, Beasley is sure to score a lot of points which always attracts voter attention.<\/p>\n<p>The Season MVP is also a two-way tie right now with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James each listed at 4:1. They are universally considered the best two players in the league and are heavily relied upon by their clubs. Chris Paul is next at 6:1 and you have to remember that he received a lot of consideration last year.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a fantasy basketball fan you\u2019re going to be interested in our Top Scorer, Top Rebounder, and Top Assists props. Kobe (9:4) and LeBron (2:1) are the top scoring duo, while Orlando strongman Dwight Howard (3:2) is expected to dominate the boards once again. Paul (6:5) is the assist favorite but don\u2019t forget about living legend Steve Nash (2:1).<\/p>\n<h2>And if that wasn\u2019t enough, there\u2019s a whole series of Other Props to get in on. Enjoy and Bet today at Sportsbook.com &#8211; Sign Up Here Now!!!!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBA season is here and Sportsbook.com has you covered with odds and promotions that last all the way through June&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176,12],"tags":[3941,1979,3945,1597,3944,3938,3939,3949,3936,744,3953,3946,1599,3942,747,3940,3950,3948,2381,3937,3925,3951,3952,1412,1178],"class_list":["post-3383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-betting-props","category-nba","tag-2008-nba-betting","tag-basketball-betting","tag-basketball-betting-trends","tag-basketball-handicapping","tag-basketball-lines","tag-basketball-odds","tag-bet-on-basketball","tag-mvp-futures","tag-nba-basketball-futures","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-betting-promos","tag-nba-betting-tips","tag-nba-free-picks","tag-nba-handicapping","tag-nba-lines","tag-nba-money-lines","tag-nba-mvp-betting","tag-nba-mvp-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-point-spreads","tag-nba-predictions","tag-nba-preview","tag-nba-props","tag-season-preview","tag-sportsbookcom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106630,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3383\/revisions\/106630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}