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Friday NBA Tips

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Twelve games are slated for Friday’s betting card and the Documented Handicappers have your winning NBA Picks available to get you started this weekend.  Here are some tips to help you make your game decisions.
Miami Heat (-7.5) @ Toronto Raptors
Miami hits the highway for a two-game swing that concludes with a crucial showdown at Boston […]

NBA Play of the Day: 76ers @ Grizzlies

Tuesday, February 21st, 2012

The Philadelphia 76ers are looking to bounce back from a 3 game losing streak and head into the NBA All
Star weekend on a positive note.  The Sixers will have one more game on the road before the long weekend when they travel to Houston tomorrow night.
The Grizzlies are 12-5 at home this season and are […]

NBA Pick of the Day: Mavericks @ Sixers

Friday, February 17th, 2012

The Atlantic Division leaders Philadelphia 76ers host the defending world champion Dallas Mavericks.  Dallas has won 5 straight games but will be playing Friday night’s game without Jason Terry and Philadelphia native Delonte West.  The Sixers are trying to avoid their 3rd straight loss at home.
The 76ers are perhaps the NBA’s biggest surprise.  Coach Doug […]

NBA Pick of the Day - Timberwolves vs Mavericks

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

The defending champion Dallas Mavericks look for their fourth straight when they host Kevin Love and the Minnesota Timberwolves
The Mavericks won their second straight game without superstar Dirk Nowitzki as they defeated the visiting Phoenix Suns 93-87 on Monday to improve to 11-7 overall. Nowitzki has missed the last two games in what is expected […]

Chris Paul to Clippers

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

The Los Angeles Clippers have acquired Chris Paul from the league owned New Orleans Hornets.  The Clippers will send guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota’s unprotected 2012 first-round pick to the Hornets for Paul. The Clippers will also receive two future second-round picks.
Just last week David Stern nixed the deal […]

Stern cancels two weeks of NBA season

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

Citing an impasse with the players’ association over matters that seemed trivial entering the home stretch of negotiations, David Stern announced Monday night the cancellation of regular season games for the second time in his more than a quarter century as commissioner.
The biggest issue that separated the parties in negotiations that began […]

NBA Postpones Camps

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

The NBA postponed training camps indefinitely and canceled 43 preseason games Friday because it has not reached a new labor deal with players.  All games from Oct. 9-15 are off, the league said. Camps were expected to open Oct. 3.  The NBA has lost games to a work stoppage only once, when the 1998-99 […]

2011 NBA Draft Top 10 Picks

Friday, June 24th, 2011

Kyrie Irving headed to Cleveland as the No. 1 pick minutes after the NBA draft started.  Jimmer Fredette had to wait hours to officially become a member of the Sacramento Kings.  Plenty of other players, from veterans to picks, were on the move Thursday night in a draft that was considered a dud talent-wise but […]

Nash to Timberwolves for #2 Pick in NBA Draft?

Thursday, June 23rd, 2011

Sources indicate that the Phoenix Suns and Minnesota Timberwolves are discussions that would send Steve Nash to Minnesota for the #2 overall pick in tonight’s draft.  Typical of a high profile player, Nash would only entertain offers that would send him to a contender.
The Suns are looking at forward Derrick Williams out of Arizona.  Suns […]

Ricky Rubio to Join Minnesota Timberwolves

Friday, June 17th, 2011

The 5th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft may finally be ready to suit up for the Timberwolves.  Ricky Rubio cleared some hurdles the past couple weeks to put him in position to step onto an NBA court.  Rubio had to reach a contract agreement with the Timberwolves and submit it to the NBA by […]