2009 NBA Draft Betting
Written by Greg Waters
Wed, 24 Jun 2009
Category sportsbook
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Ok, Kobe and the Lakers hoisted the NBA Championship trophy a few weeks back (was it even that long), but that was the past, now teams have to look to the future, as the NBA Draft approaches.
By the way, the Lakers are listed at +225 at SPORTSBETTING.com to win back-to-back titles. Online sportsbooks are already seeing action on the Lakers to repeat, while bettors are also thinking the Cavaliers learned a lesson in their loss to Orlando, and betting volume has been coming in on them at odds of 4-1.
With an eye to next season, the Milwaukee Bucks dealt Richard Jefferson to the San Antonio Spurs for Bruce Bowen and Kurt Thomas (a complete steal for the Spurs by the way). The Bucks see themselves listed at +10,000 to win the 2009/10 NBA title while the Spurs are at +2000.
Come Thursday, the entire NBA will be thinking about next season and the future as the draft will take place at Madison Square Garden in New York.
If you’ve been following all the mock drafts, it seems almost certain that the Los Angeles Lakers’ wimpy roommates, the Los Angeles Clippers, will select Oklahoma Sooners power forward Blake Griffin with the first selection, although we’re thinking Griffin should pull a Steve Francis and refuse to play for the Clips.
After that things could go a number of different ways.
After the Memphis Grizzlies select second overall, the former Seattle Sonics, aka the Oklahoma City Thunder, make their selection.
Who will go third overall? SPORTSBETTING.com has a prop betting option up letting you wager on who will go third overall.
Standing at 7’3” and weighing in at 267 lbs, University of Connecticut center Hasheem Thabeet could be good for what ails the Thunder.
While the experts say it is a stretch to compare Thabeet to Hakeem Olajuwon, they also say he is more like a Dikembe Mutombo — Thabeet is listed at +250 to be the third selection and like they say, “You can’t teach height.”
Averaging 20.1 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.7 steals a game last season for the Arizona State Sun Devils, shooting guard James Harden could be the way to go with the third pick and is also listed at +250 to be No. 3 overall.
link: http://www.wheretobet.com/redirect/sportsbetting.com-205/all