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November 3 is one of the most important dates in the NBA this season as that is the day we have the inaugural In-Season Tournament tip-off. All 30 teams will participate spread across 6 groups, with the winner of each group plus 2 wildcards from each Conference advancing to a knock-out stage. From then on the best four teams will advance to a Final Four type of elimination tournament in Las Vegas in early December. How much NBA fans and players put value in winning this tournament remains to be seen, but one thing is for sure – we are entering uncharted territory for the first time in a long time in the NBA , especially from a betting standpoint and we couldn’t be more excited! Now let’s have a look at some of the odds to win this year’s NBA Cup, followed by our best bet and long shot predictions. Be sure to also visit our NBA Predictions page for in-depth analysis on the upcoming 2023-24 NBA regular season starting next week. 2023-24 NBA In-Season Tournament betting odds and fav...

Typhoon Saola has made landfall in southern China after nearly 900,000 people moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and classes BEIJING -- BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong Kong and other parts of coastal southern China suspended business, transport and classes. Guangdong province's meteorological bureau said the powerful storm churned into an outlying district of the city of Zhuhai, just south of Hong Kong at 3:30 a.m. It was forecast to move in a southwesterly direction along the Guangdong coast at a speed of around 17 kph (10 mph), gradually weakening before heading out to sea. On Friday, 780,000 people in Guangdong were moved away from areas at risk as did 100,000 others in neighboring Fujian province. More than 80,000 fishing vessels returned to port. Workers stayed at home and students in va...

Is it too soon to start talking NBA MVP? I don't think so. We're basically a quarter of the way into the season. It's still early , but it's not that early . We know, for instance, that the Cleveland Cavaliers made a dynamite decision in pushing all in for Donovan Mitchell. We've seen enough to confidently say that. If you believe Mitchell has been the early season MVP, I won't argue with you. I agreed with you a week ago.  Reasonable minds could also argue for Luka Doncic, the league's leading scorer, or Giannis Antetokounmpo, the only player who is averaging at least 25-10-5, or Stephen Curry, who has probably been the best player so far this season. But the Warriors are under .500. A month from now, as Golden State narrows its rotation and at least stops bleeding bench points at a catastrophic rate, Curry would be my pick to be in the MVP lead.  Ja Morant deserves some noise.  But...