LeBron and the Cavs Hit by the Flu Sportsbooks Betting. Sportsbooks betting in the NBA preseason has been affected by a flu bug that has hit Cleveland Cavaliers star player LeBron James and his teammates. LeBron and two of his teammates tested positive for the flu and missed Wednesday’s NBA betting preseason game as sportsbooks noted.
Sportsbooks betting is always affected by injuries and sickness. Anytime LeBron misses a game the sportsbooks radically adjust the online betting odds. The Cavaliers are treating the flu as if it is swine flu. James, Darnell Jackson and Coby Karl were the three players that missed the sportsbooks betting contest against the Wizards on Wednesday. The team is trying to isolate the players so the flu does not spread. “We feel very comfortable and confident that what we are doing is an appropriate course of action,” Cavs spokesman Tad Carper said. “The key for us is to approach things proactively and from a presumptive standpoint.”
The three Cleveland players are traveling with the team for the Cavaliers preseason sportsbooks betting games in San Antonio on Friday and Dallas on Saturday. James is hoping to play in at least one of the two games so sportsbooks will adjust the online betting numbers. The Cavaliers will be without forward J.J. Hickson and guard Andre Barrett who are not making the trip for these two preseason sportsbooks betting games.
LeBron said that the flu was very hard on him. “I can’t remember ever being that sick,” he said. He said he spent two days in bad and drank a lot of water. “I think I’m over it now,” he said. James believes that he may have gotten the flu from a flu shot that he and his teammates received. The Cavaliers are winding down the preseason sportsbooks betting part of their schedule. They open the season on October 27th against the Boston Celtics in what should be a key game in NBA betting at the sportsbooks. “If it’s going to happen, now is the best time,” James said. “I don’t wish anyone to be sick. I wish great health for everyone. But if this is the time the flu bug is going to hit our team, I’m glad it’s happening now.”
Cleveland was 66-16 last season and a very profitable 50-32 against the sportsbooks betting spread at sportsbooks. Similar results could be possible for Cleveland during the 2009-2010 season.