In the first month of each NBA season handicap requiring special pay much attention. New coach, new players, injuries and line-up shifts require the oddsmakers and handicap at the top of their game. For example, after starting 17-3 last season under coach Nate McMillan, the Seattle SuperSonics have stumbled out of the game in the first year under coach Bob Weis. They got bombed in a game after Weis read them the riot act. Defense is a major weakness. Heading into theWeekend Sonics' opponents to shoot 50 percent from the field this season the best in the NBA! Seattle started 2-5 against the spread, a money-burning machine totally different from Sonic's launch a year ago.
Where's Nate McMillan have to go? To Portland and the Blazers appear to be a happier ship than last season have. The Blazers started 4-2 against the spread and 3-1 SU / ATS at home. Portland is an over-under McMillan at 4-1 against the spread as an outsider.
In Charlotte,find that this week, rookie Raymond Felton Knight started in place of injured Brevin. Felton to start busted out with 18 points and 10 assists in his first career to the Bobcats snap a five-game losing streak with a 122-90 victory over the Pacers. I do not propose a change, as the Bobcats on the offensive machine, or a good team to watch again on the whole. However, you must keep a watchful eye on changes like this, and the impact on theCourt.
Another team with a ton of lineup changes this week, our Utah. The problem is, it's the same thing happened last season: Too many injuries. Andrei Kirilenko and Carlos Boozer still not recovered. In their blowout loss at Sacramento this week, Utah had to start a rookie guard Andre Owens his first NBA do with reserve guard CJ Miles and backup center Robert Whaley NBA debut!
In Dallas, the Mavericks Doug Christie left home Thursday to Seattle in return for asecond opinion on his surgically repaired right ankle. Marquis Daniels started shooting guard against Atlanta on Thursday and end with 11 points. Coach Avery Johnson said, is to Jerry Stackhouse well enough to return to action, the Mavericks a small list to use at times because they are a bit tired at shooting guard. This could be hurt if recovered in Big Team.
Some players are proud to be sixth man, but not Corey Maggette. Maggette also plays asixth man, but not like his role: "I'm not a sixth man," he said this week. Woah! Was the basis of the position of small forward Quinton Ross, who has 8.1 points and 4.6 rebounds on average, but the team's best defenders. Barriers need to keep tabs on them in shifts, and when players start again from the injuries, how they play, the team can influence.
Finally, I will leave you with a note about the miserable Atlanta Hawks. The Hawks are the youngest team in the NBA. Your playersAverage 23.5 years old. "We have children here," Hawks coach Mike Woodson said. "This is what we have to keep reminding us. Most of these people should be in school." The youth is a factor not for the Hawks, which means Atlanta will be bad season is about to change!
