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November 30, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/30)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! This is the rare Thursday night when we’re lucky enough to have a huge slate of NBA action. Normally, Thursdays are for a small slate of marquee matchups to be showcased on TNT. To help facilitate rest for the In-Season Tournament, and because of the NBA’s neverending fear of Thursday […]

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November 28, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/28)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! Tuesday is the final slate of NBA In-Season Tournament group play games, which means there is a lot on the line. Enthusiasm was low before the season for most, but the IST has been a success in its first year. The players and coaches have taken the games more seriously […]

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November 27, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/27)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! It’s the eve of the last night of NBA In-Season Tournament group, so most teams are not playing. This allows them to get at least one night’s rest before their final chance to win their group or grow their point differential in the hopes of making the wild card.   […]

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November 24, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/24)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops. I hope you had an excellent Thanksgiving full of family and food, and I hope you enjoy your leftovers Friday while you watch some NBA In-Season Tournament basketball. This is the second to last slate of group play games, which means some teams know they have to win and some […]

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November 23, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/23)

Happy Thanksgiving, and welcome to Hoops with Noops! This is my favorite holiday, and it’s not particularly close. I love the meal, I love not having to do much other than help set the table and peel some potatoes, and I love that every NBA team gets a day off to rest their bodies and […]

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November 21, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/21)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We’ve got an NBA In-Season Tournament TNT Tuesday night, with several games that will be key in determining who wins their groups or advances to the next round.   I was optimistic about the IST before the season simply for the reason that anything that might make early regular season […]

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November 20, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/20)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We’re about 15% through the season, and it feels like teams are finally getting into a groove and playing better basketball. The average closing total for an NBA game over the last six days is up to 227 from the low of 224 points per game in early November. Looking […]

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November 17, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/17)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! Happy NBA In-Season Tournament Friday! We’ve got 11 games Friday that all count toward the chance at a bonus payday and trip to Las Vegas for the In-Season Tournament Championship. Admittedly, I’m not surprised that the league that brought us the Finals and the Play-In Tournament wasn’t more creative, but […]

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November 16, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/16)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! It’s a two-game Thursday NBA slate, as most teams get a break after a jampacked last few days. Notice I didn’t say “TNT Thursday,” which is annoying but makes a little more sense this week since the NBA is competing with the Thursday Night Football game. I really wish the NBA […]

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November 14, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/14)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! We have an In-Season NBA Tournament Tuesday 10-game slate lined up. As we covered Monday, the NBA IST has been good for underdogs and overs in the first 16 games, but we’re just keeping an eye on those trends for now and will wait to attack them once we get […]

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November 13, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/13)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! Happy In-Season NBA Tournament Monday! We’ve had 16 IST games so far, and although it’s not a big enough sample to tell us anything definitively, there are a few things from the early results that caught my eye. To start, overs have done well, with full game overs going 10-6 […]

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November 10, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/10)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! Happy Friday! Fridays are great, because it’s not only the end of the week, but it’s often a night with a jam-packed NBA slate. And to add to the excitement, it’s an NBA In-Season Tournament night! Yes, I know I’m more excited than most about it, but the first batch […]

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November 9, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/9)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! I know that it’s Thursday, which should mean a TNT Thursday, but unfortunately, we’ll have to tune into NBATV and miss the best studio show in sports. Either the NBA or the folks at Turner Broadcasting are too afraid of the NFL’s “marquee matchup” of the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, […]

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November 7, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/7)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! There may not be any NBA games Tuesday, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing for us to bet. The futures markets like to win the title, conference and division, but also awards and in-season NBA regular season totals offer a chance to find value. It’s a long season and these […]

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November 6, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/6)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! I’m sure most of you were distracted with football, but it was an excellent weekend of NBA basketball. The Celtics juggernaut continues onward, the Grizzlies finally won a game, and Victor Wembanyama continues to look more and more like an alien.   We are primed for more NBA excellence with […]

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November 3, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/3)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops. The In-Season Tournament is here!!! OK, that probably wasn’t worth one exclamation point, let alone three, but I’ll trying to drum up some excitement. Yes, it will never matter as much as winning a championship or maybe even making the NBA Finals, but it’s nice to see the league try […]

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November 3, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/3)

The Golden State Warriors (4-1) put their perfect 3-0 road record on the line when they travel to Oklahoma City to battle the Thunder (3-2) Friday. Despite the presence of explosive scorers such as Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, these two teams have hit the under at a 70% (7-3) rate in their […]

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November 2, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (11/2)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! I hope you had a great Halloween, because we have some scary schedule spots on a TNT Thursday.   One of the keys to handicapping any sport, but especially the NBA, is understanding the rigors of each team’s schedules. Back-to-back games, long road trips, and extended stretches without more than […]

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October 31, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (10/31)

Happy Halloween, and welcome to Hoops with Noops. Not only is it one of the best holidays of the year, we got a surprise present in the James Harden trade. It’s rare when both sides of the deal are happy, but this seems like one of those cases. Philadelphians and the 76ers couldn’t be happier […]

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October 30, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (10/30)

It’s time for Hoops with Noops! We’re just a few games into the season, but we’ve already learned a lot about every team. We don’t have enough data to trust only what’s happened this season, but just enough to let it color our opinions and projections.    While this makes some aspects of handicapping more […]

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October 27, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (10/27)

It’s time for Hoops with Noops! I hope you got the first video addition on the FTN YouTube channel Thursday. I’ll being doing videos Mondays and Fridays starting next week.   For those of you who prefer to read, don’t fret. I’ll be writing these previews Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday and you can always […]

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October 26, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (10/26)

Welcome to the second edition of Hoops with Noops! I’ll be sharing my projections, thoughts and bets on each game a few times a week. Be sure to check out the video version of this as well. On Mondays and Fridays going forward, I’ll be offering my previews and picks on video as part of […]

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October 24, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Southwest Division

The NBA’s Southwest Division was one of turmoil last season. The Memphis Grizzlies lost players to injury and social media mistakes. The Dallas Mavericks not so quietly tanked at the end of the season to save a draft pick. Zion Williamson hurt his hamstring early in the season, and it led to a disappointing year […]

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October 24, 2023

NBA Best Bets of the Day (10/24)

Welcome to Hoops with Noops! Four times a week, I’ll be writing previews of the night’s NBA action offering my projections, thoughts and even some bets. Basketball is back! Tuesday starts the 2023-24 NBA season, and I’m sure you’ve loved all the previews and futures betting, but we finally have some real action to handicap […]

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October 24, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Atlantic Division

Combined, the NBA’s Atlantic Division won more games than any other division in the league last year with 244, an average of 48.8 wins per team. Boston was a title favorite all season but struggled in the playoffs and failed to the make the NBA Finals. The Philadelphia 76ers failed to get past the second […]

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October 23, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Northwest Division

The NBA’s Northwest Division was that of the champion! The Denver Nuggets won their first title in franchise history, and Nikola Jokic finally got to go back to Serbia to see his horse. The Minnesota Timberwolves were one of the squads Denver beat along the way, but they had a good season and established a […]

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October 22, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Central Division

The NBA’s Central Division was one with a wide range of outcomes in 2022-23. At the top, the Milwaukee Bucks won the most games in the NBA. Indiana won more games than expected, as did Cleveland, who finished fourth in the Eastern Conference. Chicago was worse than expected and just missed their shot at the […]

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October 22, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Pacific Division

The NBA’s Pacific Division was the only division in the NBA with all five teams having a winning record and collected the second-most wins of any NBA division. The Lakers and Suns made big moves during the season to improve their teams and made the playoffs, but it wasn’t enough, as both teams lost to […]

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October 21, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Southeast Division

The NBA’s Southeast Division was one of excitement and frustration with very little left in the middle last year. Miami wasn’t comfortably a .500 team until January. Atlanta fired their coach with 23 games left in the season while in a tight race to win the division and make the playoffs. Orlando was a preseason […]

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October 21, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Coach of the Year Odds and Best Bets

The NBA season is almost here. One of the most fun parts of the NBA and one of the best ways to find value in preseason NBA betting is awards. The markets for Most Valuable Player, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach […]

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October 21, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Defensive Player of the Year Odds and Best Bets

The NBA season is almost here. One of the most fun parts of the NBA and one of the best ways to find value in preseason NBA betting is awards. The markets for Most Valuable Player, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach […]

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October 21, 2023

2023-2024 NBA Season Preview: Rookie of the Year Odds and Best Bets

The NBA season is almost here. One of the most fun parts of the NBA and one of the best ways to find value in preseason NBA betting is awards. The markets for Most Valuable Player, Most Improved Player, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and Coach […]

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