Following last night’s season-ending loss, LeBron James said he has “a lot to think about” in regard to “moving forward with the game of basketball.”

Of course, the cryptographers are dissecting those comments every which way, and the books have already set odds on whether James will retire and his next team if he decides to leave the Lakers. 

SportsBetting made the Knicks and 76ers co-favorites for the King’s next club. Staying in L.A. with the Clippers is the third option, while a return to Cleveland and a quick trip to Phoenix round out the Top 5.

James has never shied from sharing his love for Madison Square Garden, and a LeBron/Brunson combo could be very competitive in the East. 

For Philly, Daryl Morey would likely give James a big part in the head coach hire, and the on-floor talent is already in place. 

As far as the chatter of James calling it a career…the oddsmakers aren’t buying any of that. The below numbers equate to just a 15.4% chance that King James will hang up his sneakers after 20 seasons.

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LeBron James Team – 2023-24 Regular Season                                       

New York Knicks                        3-1                   

Philadelphia 76ers                     3-1                   

Los Angeles Clippers                  5-1                   

Cleveland Cavaliers                   7-1                   

Phoenix Suns                            8-1                   

Golden State Warriors               9-1                   

Dallas Mavericks                       10-1                 

Miami Heat                               10-1                 

Sacramento Kings                     12-1                 

Milwaukee Bucks                      18-1                 

Chicago Bulls                            20-1                 

Boston Celtics                           25-1                 

Will LeBron James retire?                                             

No                    1-10                 (-1000)

Yes                   11-2                 (+550)

Grandmaster Joe Duffy has easily the strongest bet on Game 2 of Nuggets-Lakers with side and total led by Wise Guy. A pair of MLB sides. Yeah our magical system has been in neutral, but no worries. All the best systems have a bump or two. You’ve won with us for decades by knowing they bounce back at OffshoreInsiders.com

Free pick:

LA DODGERS (URIAS -1.5 +100) St. Louis (Wainwright) at Bovada

A viral system says to go with non-divisional away favorites. We’ve excluded Saturdays as it is the best day for home teams +148.67 units and equally great on money and runlines. Since 2018 away interdivisional favorites are even more dominant on the runline at 6.9 ROI. Adam Wainwright will be on a pitch-count and many experts believe he should be in the pen, no longer a starter. Julio Urias has been progressively better this season with a 2.29 ERA and .189 OBP against in his last three starts. LA is a stunning 62-17 going back to last year against teams with winning percentage of .400 or less. 

Doc Rivers was dismissed of his duties as 76ers head coach Tuesday.

Many expected this to happen following Philly’s collapse in the Boston series, but many probably wouldn’t have guessed who the oddsmakers have made the favorite to replace Rivers.

SportsBetting had JJ Redick at the top of the list of candidates. Redick, a former Sixer, recently interviewed for the Raptors coaching vacancy, and he’s close with Joel Embiid. 

Other usual suspects adorn the odds board, but perhaps the most intriguing for Philadelphia fans is former Villanova head man Jay Wright. 

You can see the full list of names below, which hilariously includes Allen Iverson, as well as updated “next coach” odds for the Suns.

76ers Next Head Coach             

JJ Reddick                     3-1

Monty Williams            4-1

Nick Nurse                    5-1

Jay Wright                    6-1

Mike Budenholzer         6-1

Mike D’Antoni               7-1

Frank Vogel                  8-1

David Adelman             9-1

Mark Jackson                10-1

Jeff Hornacek                14-1

Sam Cassell                   18-1

Dawn Staley                  20-1

Jeff Van Gundy              25-1

Andre Iguodala             50-1

Allen Iverson                 500-1

Suns Next Head Coach              

Nick Nurse                    2-1

Kevin Young                  5-2

Mike Budenholzer         3-1

Tyronn Lue                   4-1

Doc Rivers                    7-1

Frank Vogel                  12-1

Sam Cassel                    12-1

Steve Nash                   14-1

Kevin Atkinson              16-1

Jordi Fernandez            18-1

Tom Izzo                       18-1

Stephen Silas                20-1

Scott Brooks                 25-1

Becky Hammon             33-1

Charles Barkley             500-1

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Joe Duffy’s Picks yesterday had the Royals in MLB, Celtics and Nuggets NBA led us to a two-sport sweep. Fired up with 2 NHL and an NBA side, plus an MLB Juicy Lucy. Juicy Lucies are either moneyline dogs or runline favorites in which we get at last 140. All the greatness is at OffshoreInsiders.com

Free pick is from the NBA and bet at Bovada on:

Miami-New York UNDER 208.5

When a math total has a large enough difference to the posted total, we use the oddsmakers knowledge against them. Because we store each over and under differently in each sport, the over and under angles will have different records, but in reality one could combine them for an overall record.  The under version that takes into account home/road splits goes under at a rate of 395-222-17. We have our larger system based on overall numbers that goes under 1541-1150. 

College football odds have been posted for all the biggest games this season by SportsBetting   

Thursday, Aug 31, 2023

Florida at Utah (-10)                              

Saturday, Sep 2, 2023

South Carolina at North Carolina (-2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Colorado at TCU (-20½)

Sunday, Sep 3, 2023

LSU (-1½) at Florida State                    

Saturday, Sep 9, 2023

Texas at Alabama (-7)   

Saturday, Sep 16, 2023

Washington (-11) at Michigan State                   

Tennessee (-7½) at Florida       

LSU (-9) at Mississippi State                 

South Carolina at Georgia (-24)

Saturday, Sep 23, 2023

Florida State at Clemson (-2.5)

Texas (-8) at Baylor                  

Ohio State (-7) at Notre Dame

Ole Miss at Alabama (-16)

Arkansas at LSU (-12½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

UCLA at Utah (-8)

Saturday, Sep 30, 2023

Michigan (-18) at Nebraska

Kansas at Texas (-17)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Georgia (-18½) at Auburn         

South Carolina at Tennessee (-13)

LSU (-4½) at Ole Miss              

Saturday, Oct 7, 2023

Oklahoma at Texas (-5½)

Saturday, Oct 14, 2023

Auburn at LSU (-17)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

USC at Notre Dame (-1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Arkansas at Alabama (-19)  

Oregon at Washington (-1½)

Saturday, Oct 21, 2023

Tennessee at Alabama (-10)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

TCU at Kansas State (-4½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Utah at USC (-7)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Penn State at Ohio State (-10½)

Clemson (-10) at Miami Florida

Michigan (-17) at Michigan State

Saturday, Oct 28, 2023

Clemson (-10½) at NC State     

Georgia (-21½) at Florida          

Oregon at Utah (-1½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Oklahoma (-6½) at Kansas

Ohio State (-9½) at Wisconsin               

Saturday, Nov 4, 2023

Oklahoma (-8) at Oklahoma State

Washington at USC (-7)

Notre Dame at Clemson (-4½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Kansas State at Texas (-9½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

LSU at Alabama (-7)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Saturday, Nov 11, 2023

USC at Oregon (-3)

Miami at Florida State (-16½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Texas (-6) at TCU                                 

Ole Miss at Georgia (-19½)  

Duke at North Carolina (-9½) 

Michigan State at Ohio State (-24)

Utah at Washington (-3½)

Florida at LSU (-16½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Michigan (-2½) at Penn State    

Saturday, Nov 18, 2023

Kansas State (-5) at Kansas                  

Georgia (-7½) at Tennessee      

Baylor at TCU (-4)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

North Carolina at Clemson (-10½)

UCLA at USC (-12)

Thursday, Nov 23, 2023

Ole Miss (-1½) at Mississippi State       

Friday, Nov 24, 2023

Oregon State at Oregon (-8½)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

TCU at Oklahoma (-7½)

Saturday, Nov 25, 2023

North Carolina (-4½) at NC State           

Florida State (-9½) at Florida

Ohio State at Michigan (-3)

Penn State (-10½) at Michigan State     

Clemson (-6½) at South Carolina           

Alabama (-14) at Auburn

Best football picks are always from Joe Duffy at OffshoreInsiders.com     

Today free NBA playoff pick from Joe Duffy. I am 6-1 with Wise Guy plays. Get a pair of NBA winners led by a Wise Guy, plus NHL side. MLB total up as well on this three-sport freight train at OffshoreInsiders.com

NBA

PHILADELPHIA +2 Boston at Bet Now

I’ve told you for years, there is a big difference between the square zigzag theory and its hot stepsister the bounce back. Quality teams do cover off a loss at 414-320-9. Specifically quality home underdogs in bounce back are 59.3 percent. It is also a decent contrarian bet. 

Yes, at the time I released, Embiid was considered unlikely to play, but even with the line going down, those systems still applied. This is the type of intel that goes into every pick of Joe Duffy’s Picks at OffshoreInsiders.com     

Wise Guy plays are your maximum play. Majors are .75 of Wise Guy plays. Game of the Year and Game of the Month plays still involve the same straight betting as above. While we believe all gamblers need only bet our plays we realize some pick and choose selections. Said distinction is for such ala carte players. All units won quoted on systems are based on one unit per bet. 

NBA

Wise Guy 

BOSTON -9.5 Philadelphia

Big playoff favorites to hot teams are 32-8. Short-term, Sixers rallied around absence of Embiid but it is tough to do beyond a game or two. Including regular season, fading big dogs with great records is 490-348. 

MLB

Wise Guy

TEXAS (HEANEY -125) Arizona (Pfaadt)

Taking advantage of oddsmaker same series adjustments is up almost 800 units. As is the case with many of our best systems, we take the oddsmakers knowledge and weaponize it against them. 

SAN FRANCISCO (WEBB +150) Houston (Valdez)

Juicy Lucy of the Month 

Taking advantage of oddsmaker same series adjustments is up almost 800 units. As is the case with many of our best systems, we take the oddsmakers knowledge and weaponize it against them. It is also an even better bet in this price range. 

ATLANTA (WRIGHT -135) Miami (Garrett) 

Taking advantage of oddsmaker same series adjustments is up almost 800 units. As is the case with many of our best systems, we take the oddsmakers knowledge and weaponize it against them. 

WHITE SOX (CEASE -130) Minnesota (Varland)

Taking advantage of oddsmaker same series adjustments is up almost 800 units. As is the case with many of our best systems, we take the oddsmakers knowledge and weaponize it against them. 

LA ANGELS (OHTANI -145) St. Louis (Mikolas)

Taking advantage of oddsmaker same series adjustments is up almost 800 units. As is the case with many of our best systems, we take the oddsmakers knowledge and weaponize it against them.