NBA Action is Fantastic Again

I'd like to send a personal thank you to Chauncey Billups for catching fire tonight, making the over an easy cover. I'm surprised the bookmakers haven't realized that the Pistons will put points on the board this season; but until they do, I intend to capitalize on it.

I was watching the Clippers and Hawks game to do a little scouting. This is the 4th Hawks game I've watched this season, which I think qualifies me as their #1 fan. Saturday, the Hawks host the Grizzlies and the first 12,000 fans in attendance get a magnet schedule. There was no further info on what they'll do with the 8,000 they'll have left over. Right now, the Hawks are just way too young to be competitive. The team has six players on their roster that are 22 or younger, and most of them look lost on the court- especially Josh Smith. Salim Stoudamire at 23 is one of their older players, and he just graduated college in June! Every game, they'll go through an eight minute stretch where they completely lose focus- turning the ball over, taking bad shots, missing defensive assingments, etc.- and then you look at the scoreboard, and they're down 15 pts. In other words, they look like a college team playing against pros. Big surprise there. Fearless forecast: Hawks will go 0-11 before finally winning a game at home against Portland, Nov 27.

(Today's NBA: 1-0 ATS; YTD- ATS: 5-5-1; SU 2-0)