Once they re done, there is nothing left to bet. They re betting early, often, and indiscriminately, trying to take the best early season games off the board and making life tough on the rest of the wiseguys. Those motherfuckers are letting everybody know what they are doing and then the idiots who don t know what s up start following their lead. Then the line gets too far away from where we want to do anything with it. They are greedy and stupid.
Most handicappers recognize their limitations.
Then, the pros will consider how the roller coaster ride that is a team s emotional state can play into its schedule. The beauty of Vince Carter. Shane Battier and Michael Graham work the mike. The Maryland great's last game. The Big Dance gets the super-deluxe SportsJones treatment.