NBA Draft Betting: Blake Griffin the Only Sure Thing

The NBA draft highlights Thursday night’s sports viewing and betting rundown.

After the one sure bet of Thursday’s NBA draft, Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin going to the Los Angeles Clippers with the No. 1 pick, things continue to look unsettled.

As far as knowing which teams are going to take which players, it is one of the more screwy drafts in years.

Most years media and fans can at least nail down all but two or three of the lottery picks. Not this year.

The Memphis Grizzlies are still keeping it quiet whether they are going to take Connecticut giant Hasheem Thabeet or Spanish PG Ricky Rubio with the second pick.

Could it be that the Grizzlies are trying to dupe the media and actually want Arizona State shooting guard James Harden instead?

Once that is decided. It  will have a trickle-down effect through the remainder of the lottery.

The only thing you can expect is a lot of guessing from NBA teams in this very unpredictable draft.

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But what may have an even bigger effect on the NBA odds this season is Shaquille O’Neal joining LeBron James in Cleveland.

n what is being called the making of yet another dynamic duo — think Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen, Magic Johnson and Kareem Addul-Jabbar — Shaquille O'Neal has reportedly been traded to the Cleveland Caveliers, where he'll partner up with MVP LeBron James. (Sources close to the deal confirmed this with theAssociated Press

.)

Will Shaq and LeBron finally give the Cavaliers the championship they so desperately want?

In his first season with the Phoenix Suns, Shaquille O'Neal did nothing to help his team get past the first round of the playoffs. In his second season with Phoenix, the Suns — with stars Steve Nash, Amare Stoudemire and Grant Hill — didn't even make the playoffs.

So what can O'Neal possibly be expected to achieve as a Cleveland Cavalier? Well, maybe the difference here is LeBron James.

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