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The 40-26 SU Sacramento Kings are the new odds-on favorites to win the Pacific Division.Sacramento defeated Phoenix 128-119 last Saturday night for their first 40-win season since the 2005-06 NBA season.The Kings however are still longshots at +6600 to win the NBA title and have the longest championship odds among the Pacific Division teams. Light the beam now. The Sacramento Kings are your ne...

Lauri Markkanen has moved up to second in the latest Most Improved Player odds boards. Markkanen is averaging 31 points and 8.3 rebounds per game in his last 10 games. The 25-year-old Finnish star scored a career-high 49 points against the Houston Rockets three games ago. Lauri Markkanen’s breakout season is going full steam ahead. Markkanen is making a push to make the West All-St...

Nikola Jokic has moved up to 4th in the latest NBA MVP odds boards. The Joker is currently priced in the +700 to +1000 in the latest MVP betting boards. Jokic scored 40 points, grabbed 27 rebounds, and issued 10 assists last Sunday against the Charlott Hornets. The NBA’s MVP race has a new contender. Well, he’s not new as he’s been here before and he has even won the award twice. Niko...

Mattress Mack made the inaugural bet at the Caesars Sportsbook at Horseshoe Lake Charles last Monday. The bet was a $1 million wager on the Houston Cougars to win March Madness at 8-1 odds. Mattress Mack won a record $75 million last month when the Houston Astros won the 2022 World Series. Houston furniture shop owner Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale was on hand at the opening of Horseshoe...

Jayson Tatum has moved up to third in the latest NBA odds boards. Tatum is averaging 32.3 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game this season. The Celtics are 10-3 SU as of Sunday and have the second-best record in the entire NBA. The rest of the NBA finally took notice of Jayson Tatum as a primetime player when he won the first-ever Larry Bird Eastern Conference MVP award, lead...

Victor Wembanyama is the -350 betting favorite to be the no. 1 overall pick of the 2023 NBA Draft. Wembanyama’s current draft odds aren’t really that high but considering the next option in the odds board is the rest of the field at +450, it’s almost sure as day that he will go first in next year’s NBA Draft. The San Antonio Spurs and Utah Jazz are the betting favorites to land Wembany...

UCLA is the odds-on- favorites to land Bronny James in recruitment at even money odds. Oregon has the second-best odds to recruit LeBron James’ son at +125 odds. Bronny is an upcoming senior at Sierra Canyon School in Los Angeles, California, and is the 43rd overall recruit in the class of 2023. The UCLA Bruins have emerged as the odds-on favorite to land Bronny James in recruitment...