The lion’s share of the NBA online wagering offseason talk has been dominated by free agents. To be more precise the NBA betting talk has almost exclusively centered on LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh. The three of them colluding to form the most dominant (at least on paper) trifecta in NBA betting history is certainly intriguing and worth of all the attention that the fans, media and online wagering companies have given it.
And there is no doubt the Miami Heat franchise is the big winner in all of this free agency madness.
But the other big winner this NBA online wagering offseason has been the Chicago Bulls and team that was pretty good last season but now with several key additions will be one of the best teams in the upcoming basketball betting season.
The Chicago Bulls have quietly assembled the second most talented free agency haul in the NBA and no one but the true basketball betting fans and the online wagering companies’ odds makers have seemed to notice.
All the title talk heading into the 2010-11 NBA betting season has been about the Heat, defending champion Lakers, and even the Boston Celtics. But the Bulls, with their recent additions should be as good as any of these teams with perhaps the exception of the Heat.
Last year the Bulls finished a decent 41-41, capturing the #8 playoff seed in the East and pushing the best team in the NBA, Cleveland (61-21) to its limits in the their opening series. And that was with a young, very inexperienced group that no online wagering expert thought had a chance of reaching the NBA playoff betting action.
Center Joakim Noah stepped up his game (10.7 ppg, 11.0 RPG) and is on his way to becoming an All Star. Second-year PG and All Star Derek Rose showed the sports betting world why he was the #1 overall pick averaging 20.8 ppg. Luol Deng continued to put up impressive numbers averaging 17.6 ppg and 7.3 RPG.
This NBA betting offseason the team has added All Star PF Carlos Boozer, talented wingman Kyle Korver and SG Ronnie Brewer. With these additions many online wagering companies are already predicting that this team will play in the Eastern Conference Finals this year. And if you’re an online wagering fan, it’s hard to argue with this prediction.