Mitch Report: Lakers Now Your NBA Title Favorites

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PM Roundup: Mayweather to Wrestle
Published 2/26/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Gilbert Arenas rolls to a casino with $2,000 in $5 bills; later, he loses a half-court shooting contest to Chris Paul. (ESPN the Mag Blog) Joy in Minnesota! Butterfingers WR Troy Williamson was traded to the Jags. (Cut Troy Williamson) Reasons to not like Merril Hoge. (Gheorghe: The Blog) Upskirts and No. 1 vs. No. 2? Yes. (Why Don’t We Get Drunk and Blog) Oddsmakers have now made the Lakers favorites to win the title. (Sports by Brooks) Disagreeing with the ESPN list of the Top 25 college ballers ever. ...

Vegas Has the Lakers Favored to Win It All
Published 2/26/2008 by Brett Edwards at FanHouse
... or Celtics. It's not nearly enough of a reward for a wager that basically consists of a team playing almost 30 more regular season games, and three playoff series just to get to the Finals. How about the Pistons? That's some serious value there. Veteran team, second best record in the league, winners of 12 of their last 14, just took apart the Suns on national television ... and you can get 7.5-1? Very tempting. [via SbB] Permalink | Email this | Comments

The 10-man rotation, starring four more years of Charles Barkley
Published 2/27/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... Lake Tribune. Ross Siler gives us an inside look at the life of a Jazz beat reporter. 6th: The Sports Hernia. NBA caricature t-shirts, featuring Stockton, Dr. J and Spud Webb wearing a crown. 7th: Tacoma News-Tribune. Luke Ridnour is back from the dead and he brought 15 assists with him. 8th: Hardwood Paroxysm. Ian Mahinmi. Remember the name, ladies and gents. 9th: Sports By Brooks. The Lakers are suddenly 2-to-1 favorites to win the NBA title. ...

NBA Is Absolutely Thriving
Published 2/28/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
... Oddsmakers have installed the Lakers as 2:1 favorites to win the title, but truthfully it’s completely up for grabs. It’s wide open, and best part is there are so many teams out there who not only want to win, but are fully capable of winning. Honestly, there are 10 different teams I could easily picture being handed the trophy by David Stern at the end of the season. There’s not going to be one easy matchup in the playoffs — the eight seed will be nearly as tough as the top seed in the West come the post-season. I ...