
Kelvin Sampson has the Cougars rolling. Bob Levey/Getty Images
The theme of our last article, was "Hot, like fire". That theme seems to have continued here locally as they haven't been able to put a chemical plant fire for days, much like the little flame I created.
Now, we're on what's considered a heater and we look to continue our good fortunes. What better time to do so than March? The time is here and the Madness is about to begin so play smart and patient. I'll have a ton of bets throughout the tournament, make sure you save me bullets.
New Plays
3/23'
HT
Kentucky -4.5 game 5U
update 423 cst
Michigan fh -3 2u
3/21
Louisville -5 (buy the hook if 5.5) 5U MAX
Parlay 1U
NM ST +6
Under Florida ST 134
Baylor +1.5
Florida first half +1
Louisville -5
UPDATE 1204 CST
Louisville -4 HT 5U MAX
Fl St/Vermont Under 134 MAX 5U
UPDATE 125 CST
Kansas -6 5U MAX
Old Dominion +12.5 5U MAX
Parlay 1U
Kansas -6
Baylor/Cuse Under 130
Woffor/Seton Over 145
Old Dom +12.5
Murray ST TT over 39 2nd half 5U
UPDATE 835
Seton Hall /Wofford
Over 145 5U MAX
Previous Plays
Arizona St ML 3U
NYC/LA FC Over 3 5U
UPDATE 206
Barca/Betis
Over 3 risk 20U MAX
Hannover vs Augsburg over 2.5 10U MAX
UPDATE 619 CST
/Parlay
DC United ML
Buffalo TT over 83.5
Western Kentucky ML
UPDATE 720 CST
Thunder ML 10U
Arsenal TT over 2.5 risk 10U
Arsenal HT/FT 6U
UPDATED 650 CST
Colombia
Cucuta vs Petrolera
Over 2 risk 10U juiced but safe
BIG PLAY
Georgetown vs Seton Hall
First Half over 70 10U MAX
Pool TT 20U
Live O 3 3U
Barca FH 10U
Live O 4.5 2U
HT TT O 3.52U
Juve TT O 1.5 10U
-1.5 10U
Man City TT O 8U
Arsenal HT/FT 6U
TT over 2.5 risk 10U
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Adding a player of Kevin Durant’s caliber was too valuable an opportunity for the Houston Rockets to pass up, even though it meant moving on from Jalen Green just four seasons after they drafted him second overall.
Durant was officially acquired from Phoenix on Sunday in a complicated seven-team transaction that sent Green and Dillon Brooks to the Suns and brought Clint Capela back to Houston from the Hawks.
General manager Rafael Stone is thrilled to add the future Hall of Famer, who will turn 37 in September, to a team which made a huge leap last season to earn the second seed in the Western Conference.
Asked Monday why he wanted to add Durant to the team, Stone smiled broadly before answering.
“He’s Kevin Durant,” Stone said. “He’s just — he’s really good. He’s super-efficient. He had a great year last year. He’s obviously not 30 anymore, but he hasn’t really fallen off and we just think he has a chance to really be impactful for us.”
But trading Green to get him was not an easy decision for Stone, Houston’s general manager since 2020.
“Jalen’s awesome, he did everything we asked,” Stone said. “He’s a wonderful combination of talent and work ethic along with being just a great human being. And any time that you have the privilege to work with someone who is talented and works really hard and is really nice, you should value it. And organizationally we’ve valued him tremendously, so yeah very hard.”
Green was criticized for his up-and-down play during the postseason when the Rockets were eliminated by the Warriors in seven games in the first round. But Green had improved in each of his four seasons in Houston, leading the team in scoring last season and playing all 82 games in both of the past two seasons.
Pressed for details about why Green's time was up in Houston, Stone wouldn't get into specifics.
“It’s the NBA and you can only do trades if a certain amount of money goes out and a certain amount comes in and there’s some positional overlap or at least overlap in terms of on ball presence,” he said. “And so that’s what the deal required.”
In Durant, the Rockets get a veteran of almost two decades who averaged 26.6 points and six rebounds a game last season and has a career average of 27.2 points and seven rebounds.
Houston loves the veteran experience and presence that Durant brings. Stone noted that the team had arranged for some of its players to work out with him in each of the past two offseasons.
“His work ethic is just awesome,” Stone said. “The speed at which he goes, not in a game … but the speed at which he practices and the intensity at which he practices is something that has made him great over the years and it started when he was very young. So of all the things that I hope rubs off, that’s the main one I think is that practice makes perfect. And I think one of the reasons he’s had such an excellent career is because of the intensity with which he works day in day out.”
Durant is a 15-time All-Star and four-time scoring champion, who was the Finals MVP twice. The former Texas Longhorn is one of eight players in NBA history to score at least 30,000 points and he won NBA titles in 2017 and 2018 with the Warriors.
Now he’ll join a team chasing its first NBA title since winning back-to-back championships in 1994-95.
“Everything has to play out, but we do — we like the fit,” Stone said. “We think it works well. We think he will add to us and we think we will help him.”