Michael Beasley Stopped Smoking Weed online sportsbook rankings
When Michael Beasley was drafted as the second overall pick of the 2008 NBA Draft, he had appeared destined for stardom. In college, Beasley had jaw-dropping stats and a body that was built for the professional level. Unfortunately, Beasley’s lack of maturity and constant smoking of weed kept him from reaching his potential with the Miami Heat.
This offseason, while the Heat were dumping contracts to attract LeBron James and Chris Bosh to town, Beasley was sent to the Minnesota Timberwolves. In Minnesota, general manager David Kahn insists there will be one big difference with Beasley: he has stopped smoking weed.
Honestly, if you’ve watched Beasley play the last two seasons, you can easily imagine him getting high before each game. He didn’t run much, he moved in slow motion with the ball, he lost focus easily and the munchies appeared to do a number on his body.
If Beasley has stopped smoking weed, at least during the NBA season, he may reach his potential. Or, perhaps, weed was the key to his game and he’ll fall off the map.
Stay tuned.
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Chris Paul Pulls a LeBron James online sportsbook rankings
Apparently LeBron James is a trendsetter. LeBron gave up winning a championship on his own and decided to go to the Miami Heat to be Dwyane Wade’s sidekick. Now Chris Paul is doing the same thing.
Chris Paul – Wikimedia Commons
According to reports, Paul doesn’t think the New Orleans Hornets are close enough to a championship. For that reason, the superstar point guard wants to be traded to a team he feels has a better chance. Teams that he’s interested in include the New York Knicks, Orlando Magic, Dallas Mavericks and Portland Trail Blazers.
Excuse me but since when did NBA superstars become cowards? Back in the day, superstars would try to improve their team with blood, sweat and tears. They looked at other superstars with hate. Beating those superstars was the ultimate.
Not anymore.
Today, superstars want to join with other superstars to make the road to a championship easier. Chris Paul, instead of wanting to a win a championship on his own, wants the help of players like Dwight Howard and Amare Stoudemire.
Hopefully this doesn’t become an epidemic in the NBA. Competitiveness should still mean something.
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NBA Betting – Celtics Will Win in Six online sportsbook rankings
So the Celtics finally got their break last night, and they are now one game away from stealing this series and winning their second NBA title in three years. To be honest, I was a bit surprised about Game 5.
NBA Betting Odds:
Boston Celtics +6.5
Los Angeles Lakers -6.5
O/U 187.5
I kinda got this awful feeling after Game 3 that the Lakers will eventually steal one more from Boston to then close at Los Angeles; it sounded too easy now that I think about it.
NBA betting fans should now that the Lakers ship left Kobe alone in the last two games. It was both the bench and the starting players; think about, if Kobe wasn´t nearly as amazing in the third quarter last night, it would it be a monumental beating by the Celtics.
However with all that, the Lakers were close to tying the game in the last two minutes because Boston lacked the tempo to close the deal.
Two things happened that will be a key on the next to games. First Paul Pierce woke up, finally.
And suddenly the Lakers are against the wall, something that hasn´t happen since the Oklahoma City series.
To me, the Lakers could win the next one but it won´t be nearly as easy as it was in Game One. You have to realize this is another series, a hard one with a tough physical game.
Before the series started, I took the Celtics in six and I’m sticking with it. They could steal this one because of the momentum and the pressure on the Lakers right now.
The games that Los Angeles was winning before are gone. Suddenly Pierce can shoot, and Garnet has healthy knees and can play physical against Gasol.
Take Boston because six points to cover in a must-win game against a great defensive team is too hard.
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