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NBA Odds Make Toronto Raptors Championship Contenders

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: June 27, 2016

The Toronto Raptors had the greatest season in franchise history in the 2015-16 NBA campaign.  They won a team-best 56 regular-season games and reached the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time, losing to the eventual NBA champion Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. So one could make an argument that the Raptors were the third-best...

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Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Golden State Warriors NBA Final Odds, Schedule and Prediction

• Mike Schultz

• Last Updated: May 31, 2016

The Golden State Warriors fought back from a 3-1 deficit to meet the Cavaliers for the second year in a row. The Cleveland Cavaliers will once again face the Golden State Warriors in the 2016 NBA Finals, a rematch of last year’s matchup. The Finals will start this Thursday night at Oracle Arena in Oakland,...

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Raptors GM Masai Ujiri Already Eying Canadian Andrew Wiggins

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: March 10, 2015

With tampering fines looming above the conversation, you won’t get Toronto Raptors general manager Masai Ujiri come out and say he wants Vaughn, Ontario native Andrew Wiggins playing home games at the Air Canada Centre. However, he’ll do everything but mention the Minnesota Timberwolves’ young superstar by name when asked about bringing Canadian talent to...

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Steve Nash Says Future of Canadian Basketball is Now

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 24, 2015

It doesn’t seem so long ago that Steve Nash was just about all Canadian basketball fans had to hang their hat on. But now, as Nash’s playing days appear to be over, a new breed of Canadian talent has sprung up to carry the torch. This season was supposed to be Nash’s swansong, capping off...

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NBA All-Star Odds Peg Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Lowry as Favorites

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: February 13, 2015

Canada will be well-represented at this weekend’s NBA All-Star festivities and if you think Kyle Lowry and Andrew Wiggins are just along for the ride, you have another thing coming. Wiggins, who hails from Vaughn, Ontario (just outside Ontario) will play in Friday’s Rising Stars Challenge, and is set as a +175 favorite to win...

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How the Raptors Kicked the Leafs Aside and Won Toronto

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: November 21, 2014

Wake up, Toronto. Forget the Toronto Maple Leafs and take your support to the Toronto Raptors. Of course, many Torontonians made that move long ago. They got fed up of Leaf-mania in the media and have been backing the Raptors for years. However, after the last week or so, you can bet on another flood...

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Hall of Fame Waits for Canadian Icon Steve Nash

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: October 24, 2014

Like so many athletes, Steve Nash’s true value to the sporting community in Canada won’t be realized until long after he retires. Thursday he took another step closer to calling it quits when he announced he would miss the entire 2014-15 season with a nagging back injury that he aggravated last week while lifting luggage....

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Canadian Steve Nash Says NBA Retirement is Near

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 29, 2014

Steve Nash has nothing left to prove in the National Basketball Association and admits that retirement is nearing. Nash, a veteran of 19 years in the NBA, told reporters earlier this week that he’ll likely retire after playing one more season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Sports Interaction’s NBA futures odds “I think this is...

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Forget Kevin Love, Cavaliers Should Sign and Keep Andrew Wiggins

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: July 22, 2014

Forgive the Cleveland Cavaliers for getting a little ahead of themselves – after all they just lured the best basketball player in the world back to Ohio. So you can understand why they might want to go all in and strike while the iron’s hot in the hunt for an NBA championship. That’s why it...

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Wizards for the W? It's Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: February 5, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio at Washington Washington stomped the jeepers out of Oklahoma City, the best of the West, on Saturday but that doesn’t mean the Wizards will be able to repeat the dose when the Spurs visit the Verizon Center tonight. Oklahoma got beat...

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Another KD KO at San Antonio? Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 22, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Oklahoma City Thunder at San Antonio Spurs When you’re the big dog, you’re inclined to pick and choose your games. You don’t bust yourself against Charlotte; if you play your usual game you’ll take them and if, by some fluke, Charlotte wins, not...

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Pacers Hunting for Hawks – Wednesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 8, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Indiana at Atlanta The first thing that you notice about the line for Indiana’s visit to Atlanta tonight is the total. It’s set at 189, which is as low as NBA totals are inclined to go. There have been 507 games played in...

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Raptors at Wizards – Friday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 3, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Toronto at Washington The Leafs getting to the NHL playoffs last year was shocking enough for the long-suffering people of Toronto, but the Raptors making shapes now in the NBA as well? These are heady times in the Queen City. Astonishingly, a four...

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Heat Cooling Down? Thursday Night NBA Picks!

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: January 2, 2014

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Golden State at Miami Two of the hottest teams in the NBA take the court at Biscayne Bay tonight when the Golden State Nuggets take on the World Champion Miami Heat. Golden State’s form had been patchy before the holidays but the Warriors...

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Time to Bet the Revamped Toronto Raptors is Now

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 18, 2013

When the Toronto Raptors traded Rudy Gay to the Sacramento Kings earlier this month, most casual Raptors supporters started looked at the deal as one step closer to Tank Nation and drafting Andrew Wiggins. Down the road, maybe that will turn out to be the case, but for right now, that deal couldn’t have made...

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NBA Betting Picks – Nuggets Hear the Thunder!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 17, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Oklahoma City at Denver The Thunder might be the hottest team in the League right now, but they’re not getting it done against the number. Oklahoma is a storming 19-4 straight up, but a pretty meh 13-10 against the spread. That can happen...

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NBA Monday Betting Picks – San Antonio Setting a Standard

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 16, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! San Antonio Spurs at LA Clippers San Antonio remains the standard against which all teams must measure themselves. Champions come and go, but there seems something eternal as the desert itself about the Spurs, and their incredible ability to just keep winning and...

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Friday NBA Picks – Can Kobe Save the Lakers?

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 13, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! LA Lakers at Oklahoma City Kobe may be back in purple and gold but the LA Lakers are looking at their third straight loss when they visit Oklahoma City tonight. Kobe has looked as rusty as you would expect from such a long...

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Thursday's NBA Betting Picks – Who's Kidding Who in Brooklyn?

• Ricky Rothstein

• Last Updated: December 12, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! LA Clippers at Brooklyn Don’t look now, but could Brooklyn be getting its game together? The Nets have won two straight. They have Deron Williams and Brook Lopez back in the lineup, and Paul Pierce on his way. The two wins were against...

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Tuesday's NBA Betting Picks!

• Frank Doyle

• Last Updated: December 10, 2013

Hoop Hopes – Ricky Rothstein makes his picks for tonight’s NBA action! Miami at Indiana The Pacers didn’t beat the Heat when they met in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, but they sure scared them. Indiana put more pressure on the two-time Champions than anybody else could manage last year and this year Indiana...