It’s the first time since March 10 that we’ve had five or more NBA games on the docket. That’s 143 days, which is 71 days longer than the time Kim Kardashian was married to Chris Humphries. It’s weird, after such…
Month: July 2020
We’re still working out some kinks, but this is the start of my new feature blog where I share my daily basketball bets. Whenever there are games, I will have picks because here at Mike Bets we have a very…
The NBA is finally back. To celebrate the return, I took a deep dive into the twenty-two teams playing in Orlando. Each team is ranked below, and we’ve got key storylines and stats all around. This will act as a…
1. Milwaukee Bucks Record: 53-12 Conference Seed: 1st in East The Bucks were the best team in the league during the regular season, essentially from start to finish. They dominated on both sides of the ball after a relatively slow…
2. Los Angeles Lakers Record: 49-14 Conference Seed: 1st in West The Lakers have won consistently despite concerns about their depth beyond LeBron James and Anthony Davis. James has stepped up to deliver a vintage LeBron season the year after…
3. Toronto Raptors Record: 46-18 Conference Seed: 2nd in East The Raptors lost Kawhi Leonard, the reigning Finals MVP, over the summer, and it looked like a sizable step back was coming. Toronto was still expected to walk into the…
4. Los Angeles Clippers Record: 44-20 Conference Seed: 2nd in West The Clippers never reached the Western Conference Finals during the Lob City era, but they managed to end that stretch with one of the more efficient roster swaps in…
5. Boston Celtics Record: 43-21 Conference Seed: 3rd in East The Celtics, seven years after the massive trade with the Nets that landed them so many draft picks, appear to have found their core in Kemba Walker, Gordon Hayward, Jaylen…
6. Houston Rockets Record: 40-24 Conference Seed: T-5th in West The Rockets, after falling to the Warriors four times in five years, made some major changes. The first was age-based, as they swapped the 34 year old Chris Paul for…
7. Denver Nuggets Record: 43-22 Conference Seed: 3rd in West The Nuggets were basically a slightly worse version of themselves from last year. Nikola Jokic, after a bit of a rough start, was his usual dominant self, but a drop-off…