I haven’t been this excited for the start of a season in a long time (maybe the 2006 Buckeyes comes close). Tonight, the Cleveland Cavaliers take the floor to open the 2009-2010 NBA season against the Boston Celtics. The two teams who did the most to improve their teams will start the war at The Q.
- Will Shaq and LeBron get along?
- How will opposing defenses find seven men to guard LBJ, Shaq, and the rest of the team?
- Will Z’s role off the bench be the key?
- Will Delonte get substantial play, and how will he handle it?
- What impact will Anthony Parker have?
- How about Jamario Moon?
- Will Daniel Gibson loosen up, no longer having to be the 6th/7th man?
Tonight, we start to see some action.
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Last year, the Cavs covered the spread in their games A LOT. We wanted to see what kind of prosperity would come our way if we took the Cavs against the spread 82 times this season, and so we shall.
The following is a dramatization. We are not actually placing wagers, but we are going to run a little experiment to see how much we could have won if we actually DID place bets on the Cavs. The BBC does not use this site a s a tool for gambling, and if you would like to place your own wagers, please visit any one of the advertisers listed in the right column of this page.
Recently, we put 100 “dollars” aside. For the first five games of the year, we will place 20 dollar wagers on the Cavaliers, “theoretically”. After those five games, that money will be placed in a “special account”.
Whatever amount is in the account, we will wager half of that on Game 6. Then we’ll wager half of what’s left on Game 7, and so on and so forth.
If the total amount goes over 400 dollars total, we will set aside everything (except for 200 dollars) in an extra account. For example, if we win a bet and the total amount is now at 520 dollars, we will place 320 dollars aside (in the extra account) and only use the remaining 200 to place our next wager.
If the total amount goes under 20 dollars, we will “borrow” from the extra account to bring the total up to 100 dollars, and place our wager on the next game. For example, if we lose a bet and the total amount is now 15 dollars, we will pull 85 dollars from the extra account and use the 100 dollars total to place our next wager.
Got it? Let’s see what kind of money we could have made (if the aforementioned wagers actually took place).
For reference, if we had done this experiment last season, our initial 100 dollar investment would have been turned into 1,612 dollars.
Game 1 is tonight. Should be fun. The Celtics are getting 5 points.
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