Analyst · 3-4 on settled picks
“So I like the Clippers at around that five and a quarter number. You can get plus 525 at BetMGM. I love what the Clippers have done, and I believe they're real.”
Clippers did not win the 2024 NBA title; Boston Celtics won the championship. (Celtics beat Mavericks 4-1 in Finals)
“I've seen what I've needed to see for them to win the West. You can get that around plus 250, and then for them to win the title at plus five and a quarter. So I have a pretty healthy position on the Clippers.”
Clippers did not win the West; Dallas Mavericks won the 2024 Western Conference. (Clippers lost first round; Mavericks won West)
“Yeah, I'm going to go with the Dallas Mavericks at 35-1 at MGM.”
Mavericks reached the Finals but lost 1-4 to Boston; did not win the 2024 title. (Celtics def. Mavericks 4-1 in Finals)
“I'd go say Shea Gildas Alexander SGA at plus 210. I think he's everything you want in a point guard who's leading a very young team”
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander did not win 2023-24 MVP; Nikola Jokic won it. (Jokic won 3rd MVP; SGA finished 2nd)
“This is actually my biggest NBA play of the season.”
The Denver Nuggets won the 2023 NBA Finals 4-1, winning by 3 games and easily covering the -1.5 game spread (Basketball-Reference.com). (Nuggets won 4-1 (won by 3 games))
“Suns to win game three, Nuggets to win the series, plus 125.”
Suns won Game 3, 121-114 (May 5), and Nuggets won the series 4-2 over the Suns (closed out Game 6, May 11) — both parlay legs hit. (Suns 121-114 Nuggets (G3); Nuggets won series 4-2)
“Lakers Warriors over five and a half games minus 190.”
GS 112, LAL 117 — Combined 229; over 5.5 covers.