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Portland and Duke...nice work fellas 

#thisthreadspittingoutwinnersagain

Locked in:

Lowry to win mvp 250-1....250/62750

Posted during a bottle feeding that went sour 

Reasoning behind this flyer:

Lowry has paid his dues to the league

Hes the heart and soul of this franchise for many years running, and if this pace for the raps continues, they may end up with 60+ wins without even trying

He leads the league in assists by a significant margin to the 2nd place Draymon by approx 3 full assists more

He plays gritty D every night and always willing to take charges in the paint

Hes become a very good overall 3pt shooter

Hes as fit as ever, last year he lost alot of playing weight and it helped him alot, this summer he got even more cut

Hes playing with a chip on his shoulder (call it a quasi f u tour to the raps upper brass for trading his bff to the spurs behind his back)

Hes playing in the last year of his contract - so this typically is the season where players his age put it all on the line to get paid one more huge payday by playing balls to the wall

He has the most talented roster ever surrounding him with sharp shooters, kawhi, and what now appears to be the best and most effecient center combo the league has seen for a while in Valinciunas and Obaka

I could list a few more too...but at 250-1 this warrants an auto bet for anyone who reads this post...the people on the list with odds between 20-1 thru Lowry is ridiculous and pure fantasyland of them ever sniffing a top 3 ballot here for mvp...Lowry may end up being the floor general of the best team in the league not named the Globetrotter Warriors, so that alone will generate alot of media hype and buzz around Lowrys play and leadership....

Obviously Kahwi will split votes with Lowry if my read here comes true, however with the way Leonard stiffed the Spurs last season and all the drama around him, i would like to believe if all things were equal, the voters would rather give it to Kyle seeing how Leonards overall future with the Raps will always be up in the air this season, whereas even if Lowry leaves to sign with another team (which i dont think will happen if the Raps get to the finals), Kyle will be looked upon more favorably for what hes done for this franchise as a whole.

At 250-1, this just makes sense backing the captain of arguably one of the best teams in the league.

ODB...nicely done on day 1...you got kahunas man getting involved with that many plays...i side hustled a bit at half time backing Spartans and BOston College hoping for a 2h flip flop, but nothing else really stood out except Duke...holy cow, they could give the Cavs a run for their money in a 7 game series 

Perusing last night's box scores, it reminded me why I seldom play college hoops. 

Boston College was a 17 point favorite over UW-Milwaukee and were losing by 10 at the half. They needed to cover 27 in the final 20 minutes and did.

Texas Tech was a 34 point favorite over Incarnate Word ( I don't make these names up, I just report them as is) and were up by 9 at half meaning they needed to cover the 20 minute 2H by 26. They did, outscoring the bizarre Christian school to the tune of 48-7. 

Tonite we can take St. Francis -42.5 over Medgar Evers College. Lovely. I'd rather take TCU -18.5 over Bakersfield,CA. That sounds like a winner (even if we get off to a slow start).

^^^^ you cant make this stuff up folks 

Locked in:

OKC -5.5...need for action tonight got the better of me

GL tonight fellas...nothing interests me preflop tonignt.

Am i crazy or am i seeing Warriors -5.5 only at home, even without Draymon, this line is very enticing