Now we just reviewed the top 10 negatives of the NBA. Let’s take a look at the positives. The fundamentals of the game are still the same and it’s still the game of basketball itself that excites me. Removing all the “entertainment” and “drama”, there’s still a game being played where there’s a winner and a loser, rivalries, and unbelievable individual performances. Now that we’re a few weeks away from tip-off and hearing all the free agent talks and trade rumors, I’m getting pumped up for the season. I won’t even consider December 25, 2011 Christmas Day anymore but rather Opening Day.
The NBA lockout is over and there will be a 2011-12 NBA season. After 149 day lockout, the season will begin on Christmas day with a shortened 66 game regular season. I’ll have to admit I wouldn’t have really missed the NBA if the season was cancelled. That’s odd since I’ve been obsessed with basketball for about 25 years. It’s a different game now than what it was even 10 years ago. The game has become too much about greed, popularity, and sports “entertainment”. Owners/players have become greedy. The Superstars have too much power over the game. Lastly, there’s too much unnecessary drama. Let’s go over the negatives of the NBA having a season this year.
You get 1 point for picking the favorite correctly, and 2 points for an upset win or a pick’em game. Our picks will be in BOLD and upset picks are denoted by a *
So, here are the scores headed into Week 3…
Kaiser Kronner
14 9
And our picks for Week 4:
Rev. Kaiser
Carolina @ Chicago(Vegas Line – Bears by 6.5) Minnesota @ Kansas City (Vegas Line – Viks by 1.5) *Tennessee @ Cleveland (Vegas Line – Browns by 1)
San Francisco @ Philly(Vegas Line – Eagles by 7.5) N’Orleans @ Jacksonville (Vegas Line – Saints by 7) NY Giants @ Arizona (Vegas Line – Giants by 1.5)
Denver @ Green Bay(Vegas Line – Packers by 13)
NY Jets @ Baltimore(Vegas Line – Ravens by 3.5)
Kaiser can get up to 9 points this week.
Dr. Kronner
*Detroit @ Dallas (Vegas Line – Cowboys by 1) Buffalo @ Cincinnati (Vegas Line – Bills by 3) *Washington @ St. Louis(Vegas Line – Pick’em/Line is 0)
Pittsburgh @ Houston(Vegas Line – Texans by 4) Atlanta @ Seattle (Vegas Line – Falcons by 4.5) New England @ Oakland (Vegas Line – Pats by 4.5)
Miami @ San Diego(Vegas Line – Chargers by 7)
Indianapolis @ Tampa Bay(Vegas Line – Bucs by 10)
Kronner can get up to 10 points this week.
So there we have it, check back next week to see how the grudge match it working itself out…
Feel free to post your own picks in the comment section below…
Holy shit that was an exciting end to the season. A month ago, everyone was talking about how there was no races except maybe the AL Central. Well it ended up that the Tigers were the first team in MLB to clinch and we had some crazy finishes for the Wild Cards last night. The collapses of Boston and Atlanta were crazy. Hopefully the playoffs will be just as exciting. We are going to preview the Divisional Series and give you our prediction for who will end up in the League Championships.
For the rest of the year Kaiser and I will split up each week’s games and we’ll see who is smarter. We’ll split the games down the middle. And while we are simply picking winners, we’ll use the Vegas line determine the favorites. You get 1 point for picking the favorite correctly, and 2 points for an upset win. Our picks will be in BOLD and upset picks are denoted by a *
So, here are the scores headed into Week 3…
KaiserKronner 6 4
Well, that was embarrassing. Perhaps I’ll lay off the upsets this week…
And our picks for Week 3:
Rev. Kaiser
*San Fran @ Cincinnati (Vegas Line – Bengals by 2.5) Detroit @ Minnesota (Vegas Line – Lions by 3.5) *Miami @ Cleveland (Vegas Line – Browns by 2.5) *Houston @ New Orleans (Vegas Line – Saints by 4) Baltimore @ St. Louis (Vegas Line – Ravens by 3.5) KC @ San Diego (Vegas Line – Chargers by 14.5)
*Arizona @ Seattle (Vegas Line – Cardinals by 3.5) Pittsburgh @ Indy (Vegas Line – Steelers by 10.5)
The Road Warrior Kaiser can get up to 12 points this week.
Dr. Kronner
Jags @ Carolina(Vegas Line – Panthers by 3.5)
Denver @ Tennessee(Vegas Line – Titans by 7)
NY Giants @ Philly(Vegas Line – Eagles by 7) NewEngland @ Buffalo (Vegas Line – Pats by 8.5) *NY Jets @ Oakland(Vegas Line – Jets by 3.5) *Green Bay @ Chicago(Vegas Line – Pack by 3.5) *Atlanta @ Tampa Bay (Vegas Line – Bucs by 1.5)
Washington @ Dallas(Vegas Line – ‘boys by 5)
Kronner can get up to 11 points this week.
So there we have it, check back next week to see how the grudge match it working itself out…
Feel free to post your own picks in the comment section below…
That’s not great, but he still thinks he is awesome, so we’re gonna do something new. Well, for the rest of the year he and I will split up each week’s games and we’ll see who is smarter.
We’ll count week one as a warm up, so Kaiser gets a clean slate. From here out we’ll split the games down the middle. And while we are simply picking winners, we’ll use the Vegas line determine the favorites.
You get 1 point for picking the favorite correctly, and 2 points for an upset win. Our picks will be in BOLD and upset picks are denoted by a *
So, here we go…
Rev. Kaiser
Kansas City @ Detroit (Vegas Line – Lions by 8 ) *Cleveland @ Indy (Vegas Line – Browns by 2) Green Bay @ Carolina (Vegas Line – Packers by 10) Baltimore @ Tennessee (Vegas Line – Ravens by 6) Jacksonville @ NY Jets(Vegas Line – Jets by 9) Cincinnati @ Denver (Vegas Line – Broncos by 3.5)
Houston @ Miami (Vegas Line – Texans by 3) St. Louis @ NY Giants (Vegas Line – Giants by 6)
Kaiser can get up to 9 points this week.
Dr. Kronner
*Oakland @ Buffalo (Vegas Line – Bills by 3)
Chicago @ New Orleans (Vegas Line – Saints by 6.5)
Tampa Bay @ Minnesota (Vegas Line – Vikings by 3)
Seattle @ Pittsburgh (Vegas Line – Steelers by 14) *Arizona @ Washington (Vegas Line – ‘skins by 3.5) Dallas @ San Francisco (Vegas Line – Cowboys by 3) *San Diego @ New England (Vegas Line – Pats by 7) *Philadelphia @ Atlanta (Vegas Line – Eagles by 2.5)
Kronner can get up to 12 points this week.
So there we have it, check back next week to see how the grudge match it working itself out…
Feel free to post your own picks in the comment section below…
Grizzly Bomb 