#Shaquille O'Neal

There's a reason why betting is a dangerous game. While the financial ramifications are obvious, bets with friends can force you into doing some gross things. Just as Shaquille O'Neal found out: The basketball legend made a wager with his co-host Ernie Johnson on NBA On TNT earlier this week, betting that Georgia would not win their game against…

Looking Back On Michael Jordan's Final NBA Game, 20 Years Later It's hard to believe, but we're nearing the 20-year anniversary of the final game in Michael Jordan's illustrious and legendary NBA career. The most decorated basketball player of all time played his final NBA game with the Washington Wizards on Apr. 16, 2003 against the Philadelphia…

Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley are very entertaining. Many basketball fans watch "Inside the NBA" because of them and they never disappoint. After dominating the basketball courts, the two are now analysts who also love to joke with each other. Besides cracking jokes at each other's expense, the basketball legends also love betting. Shaq lost…

WHO: Memphis Grizzlies (1-0) vs. Orlando Magic (0-0) WHEN: 7:00 PM CT WHERE: FedEx Forum - Memphis, TN HOW TO WATCH/LISTEN: Bally Sports Southeast/92.9 FM ESPN Memphis INJURY REPORT: MEMPHIS: Jaren Jackson Jr. (Out, foot surgery recovery), Danny Green (Out, knee surgery recovery), Maybe Other Key Players (Out, it's preseason) Orlando: Jonathan…

Georgia seeks its first back-to-back national title, and the first repeat champ since Alabama a decade ago, when it faces TCU Monday night in the College Football Playoff championship game. The Bulldogs are large favorites in Vegas, with a steady 12.5-point spread across most sportsbooks. Former Georgia athletes, a local baseball star, an…

Shaquille O'Neal and Charles Barkley have had some outrageously hilarious moments while covering NBA games for TNT. What just happened earlier tonight was a little more sensitive than usual, but it still didn't stop Shaq's contagious laughter from booming inside the studio. The rib-tickling episode happened when their conversation touched on…

Sports betting is becoming more prevalent as states continue to legalize and launch their own retail and online sportsbooks. And while sports betting itself is starting to enter the mainstream, it's been popularized in media and film for decades. Here's a breakdown of five popular sports betting scenes in movies. There are plenty of films about…

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Sports betting is here, and in Ohio it seems like sportsbook options are about to pop up everywhere as soon as the calendar flips to the new year. Lawmakers approved legislation late last year allowing residents to place sports bets online, at casinos, racinos, and at stand-alone betting kiosks in bars, restaurants and…

Time/TV: 7 p.m./Bally Sports Florida WATCH MAGIC-SPURS ON FUBO TV Line: Magic by 6.5 Tickets: $34-$2737 on StubHub Season Series: Tonight in Orlando; March 14 in San Antonio The Orlando Magic pulled one out against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday. At the end of their road trip, they looked tired and ready to head home with poor defense and an…

The NBA 2022-23 season is finally shifting gears now. The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers had an intense matchup where the Celtics just edged passed the Lakers in OT. The Inside the NBA show had a very intense conversation about the thrilling game, where Charles Barkley pretty much discounted the Lakers' performance in crunch time. The…

It's hard to nail bets nowadays. Just last night, the LA Clippers trailed the Portland Trail Blazers by 18 with over three minutes remaining in the third quarter and ended up knocking off Portland, 118-112. A night before that, the Los Angeles Lakers led the Indiana Pacers by 17 points during the fourth quarter before losing on an Andrew Nembhard…

In betting, it's commonly accepted the closing line usually is the right line. The sportsbooks open with a number, sharp players take a side, and the line gets adjusted all the way up until tip-off to reflect the sharp money. It's an effective way to evaluate the quality of your bets regardless of outcome. For today's best bets in the NBA, let's…

First, I would like to address last week's bet in which we properly targeted the Nets being very bad, but underestimated just how bad they were. Domantas Sabonis was on pace to hit the over on his rebounds prop, but the Kings winning by approximately 60 points throughout the contest meant he basically didn't have to play in the second half. The…

Nearly a quarter of the way through the season, we're taking a first look at the NBA Draft Lottery odds to see who could be the big winners. As the NBA playoff races are beginning to take shape, so too is the bottom of the standings and the race for the top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft. Victor Wembanyama, the 7-foot-5 French big man with exceptional…

Charles Barkley is more than just an NBA Hall of Famer and legendary NBAonTNT analyst. He's also a great golfer. Well, he'd call himself a great golfer while others would describe his golfing acumen as subpar at best. Chuck's most storied golfing stories come from his time with Michael Jordan. The two would hit the green quite often when they were…

Joel Embiid won the NBA scoring title, the first center since Shaquille O'Neal to accomplish that feat. Now he wants to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to postseason success, an elusive feat. Philly hasn't even made the Eastern Conference Finals in 21 years. The fourth-seeded Sixers host the No. 5 Toronto Raptors in the best-of-7 series starting on…

Gambling in Australia is changing. While fewer people are having a punt these days, those who do are betting more on sports. According to the 2021 HILDA survey, fewer people in this country are spending their money on gambling, with a drop of around 300000 reported gamblers since the last survey. But the same survey also showed rises in betting on…

According to oddsmakers, LeBron James is a big favorite to break Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's all-time NBA scoring record this season. James, 37, is close to surpassing a record previously considered unbreakable. As of early November, DraftKings Sportsbook posted odds on him eclipsing Abdul-Jabbar's 38387 points before the 2022-23 season ends and odds on…

With March Madness now well underway, college basketball fans are chomping at the bit to get in on the betting action. Lucky for them, BetMGM is offering a special NCAA Tournament promo that is fan-friendly to the max. Let's just put it this way: if this BetMGM promo was in a March Madness bracket for the best sportsbook offers in the country-it…

Basketball stars are speaking out about Kyrie Irving's recent actions. Last week, the Brooklyn Nets guard tweeted to promote the movie, "Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America." The movie is known for being riddled with anti-Semitic themes and includes a quote linked to Adolph Hitler. Irving deleted the Thursday tweet on Sunday On Tuesday's NBA…

The Philadelphia 76ers have signed guard/forward Patrick McCaw to a training camp contract. This deal occurred shortly after the team waived forward Justin Smith and guard Mac McClung. Guard Charlie Brown Jr. and wing Julian Champagnie occupy the Sixers' two-way spots. An Exhibit 10 contract can be converted into a two-way deal prior to the…

Nikola Jokic won the MVP award in each of the last two seasons, but he has just the fifth-best odds to win the award again in 2022-23. Check out our top NBA MVP picks and predictions below. History isn't on Joker's side, as the last player to win three consecutive MVPs was Larry Bird when he did it from 1984-86. If Jokic doesn't become the fourth…

Death. Taxes. The return of Zion Williamson to the top of the NBA elite. All these things seem inevitable - as long as Zion's body holds up, they will be. Zion Williamson has not been the NBA's version of Thanos in a long time. He has not played a basketball game since May 4, 2021 - a ho-hum for him (at the time) 23 points on 17 shots alongside 12…

Milwaukee Bucks vs Atlanta Hawks 10/6/2022 Picks Predictions Previews The Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi will host the Milwaukee Bucks and the Atlanta Hawks for the league's first NBA event in Abu Dhabi and the Arabian Gulf. Atlanta and Milwaukee will play two pre-season games at the Middle Eastern venue, Yas Island in Abu Dhabi on Thursday 6th October…

The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the greatest franchises in sports history. The team has won 17 NBA Championships and has appeared in the NBA Finals 15 other times. Their 32 finals appearances are ten more than the Boston Celtics. The Lakers have 100s of memorable moments, some good, some bad. Here are four quick ones from the past. It won't go…

Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns is eager for the 2022-23 season to begin. For their season opener, the Timberwolves face off against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Oct. 19. More importantly, Towns is looking forward to working together with new teammate Rudy Gobert. Last season, the three-time All-Star averaged 15.6 points and a…

DENVER - Aaron Gordon went to Hollywood this offseason, but the start of the season signals the time to get gritty. Gordon was among the NBA stars to appear in the Netflix original "Hustle," a fictional story of a Spanish basketball player who goes from street baller to top prospect. He also served as a model in a spicy commercial for his new…

Fresh off a fourth NBA Finals victory in eight seasons, the Golden State Warriors will look to stay on top in 2022. Here are our top picks and predictions for the Warriors and their star core in 2022-23. There are some interesting team specials available at DraftKings Sportsbook for the 2022-23 NBA season, but most of them seem out of reach and not…

Jeet Pukhrambam |Wed Sep 212022 Shaquille O'Neal or Nostradamus? Take a look at his first interview and decide for yourself. Young Shaq's bold prediction came true after all Shaquille O'Neal's charisma is what separates him from other athletes. Throughout his career, he has been one to light up a room. Whether it is through his antics or his…

Las Vegas-style casino gaming came to greater Boston in 2019, when the $2.5 billion Encore Boston Harbor opened in the adjacent municipality of Everett. And soon, another branch of parent company Wynn Resorts may debut in Massachusetts-WynnBET, the sport betting app developed in 2020 in a joint venture between Wynn's interactive division and the…

Teams tend to fit neatly into boxes in the NBA. There are the haves and the have nots. There are franchises actively trying to lose and there are franchises deep into the luxury tax because their championship windows require full commitment. This isn't the NFL. Not every team has a chance. Even the Jets won Sunday. With that in mind, we present The…

Teams tend to fit neatly into boxes in the NBA. There are the haves and the have nots. There are franchises actively trying to lose and there are franchises deep into the luxury tax because their championship windows require full commitment. This isn't the NFL. Not every team has a chance. Even the Jets won Sunday. With that in mind, we present The…

After an underwhelming conclusion to their 2021-22 campaign that saw them again fail to advance past the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Philadelphia 76ers retooled over the offseason and now they'll again enter the new year with championship aspirations. In addition to bringing back James Harden, the Sixers also made several other offseason…

The Los Angeles Lakers are always going to be a team that people expect a lot from. After all, it's the legendary LA Lakers, so the expectation to deliver is always more for them. With LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the team, fans expect at least a deep playoff run but what they got last season was a humiliating regular season that saw them…

For more than two decades, the NBA's Western Conference has dominated its Eastern Conference counterpart. However, that streak may soon be ending, which should come as a relief to fans of Eastern Conference teams. After all, since the Chicago Bulls wrapped up their second three-peat, the West has outclassed the East by having three teams win at…

Futures betting during the offseason for a sport has to be one of the most degenerate things a person can do. Without a shred of evidence on how a team looks, feels, or may set up next season, you get to guess what's going to take place over the course of six months and 82 games. It's no wonder business is always booming in Vegas. That being…