NBA Betting Online: You'd figure in the dog days of summer that wagering on NBA Summer League basketball would be a little more popular. However, basketball bettors are generally fatigued from the long regular season and playoffs, and the Summer Leagues are generally overlooked. The Summer League though, represents the de facto beginning of the year, and it sets the stage perfectly for the official NBA preseason in October.
Teams don't play all that many preseason games in the Association knowing that they have to grind for 82 games in the regular season. Rosters are limited in the NBA as well, and younger players already had a chance to strut their stuff in the Summer League. By the time the preseason rolls around, there isn't a lot which coaches have to do in order to prepare their teams for the games which count.
Most teams play between six and eight preseason games, and often times, the games are played at neutral venues instead of home sites. Every year, teams travel all over the world for exhibitions, and those games really become more like spectacles for the fans and less like preparation for the regular season. NBA teams also play exhibitions against European teams all the time which officially count in the standings for the preseason.
Still, betting on the NBA preseason is available year in and year out. It isn't nearly as popular to bet on the preseason as it is the NFL or college football, both of which are right in the swing of things by this time of year, but there are still some really good opportunities here for those who want to make a buck. NBA preseason games are often a bit unpredictable due to the fact that superstars either play sparingly or don't play at all in these games, so bettors can certainly find weaknesses of really good teams who don't have their best players. The Cleveland Cavaliers, for example, went just 1-6 in the preseason in 2015-16, and they went on to win the NBA title.
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