Lakers Cover

The Lakers held off a late push by the Magic and got the cover and the win tonight, pushing our Free NBA Picks to 13-5 in the last 18, which is over 72%.

We still have two Free NBA Picks pending results.

ETFC Up 7.26%

It's been a while since we've checked up on ETFC, but it hasn't been for its lack of success. We've been a little busy with our winning Free NBA Picks and random stories about high school kids who fake their own recruitment (see Kevin Hart), but we're still keeping an eye on ETFC, which we recommended to you a short time ago.

ETFC has gone up in each of the last four days, including 7.26% today, and is now up to $5.17. Not bad, considering we recommended it at $4.14. It's up $1.03 since our January 29th suggestion to buy it and continues to be a good short term and excellent long term option.

Three Free NBA Picks!

If you've been following our Free NBA Picks daily, you know that they've hit 12 of their last 17 for an astounishing 71%. You also know that we usually have one play per day, except for the rare instances when we have two. Today, however, we have a grand total of three Free NBA Picks! They are:

Los Angeles Lakers +1 1/2 over the Orlando Magic

Detroit Pistons -11 over the Portland Trail Blazers

and our play of the day...

Toronto Raptors -9 1/2 over the Los Angeles Clippers

As always, we put one unit on the regular plays and two units on our play of the day. To constitute as a play of the day, the computer must show a heavy advantage one way or the other, and our numbers show us that the Raptors should actually be favored by 14 1/2.


Chris Bosh and the Raptors should have a field day with the Clippers, who are in complete disarray at this point.


For our other picks, we feel pretty confident in Rasheed Wallace and the Pistons putting the up-and-coming Trail Blazers in their place tonight. Wallace spent a better part of his career in Portland, so there's extra motivation for anybody looking at some Rasheed Wallace prop bets.


Finally, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers should be the favorites in Orlando tonight. After losing a tough one to the Hawks the other night, Kobe and the Lake Show will get back on track at the expense of the Magic.


Good luck and enjoy the three play day!

Rockets Cover For Another Free NBA Pick WIn

Yao Ming and the Rockets beat LeBron James and the Cavaliers 92-77 tonight, easily covering the 4 1/2 point spread, as we predicted. The win by the Rockets gives our Free NBA Picks an excellent record of 12-5 in their last 17, which is just under 71%!

Keep checking back for more winners!

Free NBA Picks Hitting 69%

Our Free NBA Picks have been hot, with a record of 11-5 in the last 16, and we have one play for today.

Houston Rockets -4 1/2 over the Cleveland Cavaliers

There's been some interesting line movement on The King vs. The Ming Dynasty matchup tonight, but none of it will matter in the end. Yao's Rockets should take care of LeBron's Cavs by more than 4 1/2 points, according to the numbers generated by our trusty computers.

Good luck and let's keep the hot streak going!

Lemmy Award Winner Beanieville Likes ETFC

Fresh off of receiving one of five available Lemmy Awards, Beanieville is now thinking like Lemmy. Beanieville likes ETFC as a long term option, and expects it to trade at around $20 to $30 in a year's time. Here's how he put it:

I'd like to buy a few shares and hold it for a long term investment. Company insiders recently bought nearly 500,000 shares of stock, expressing confidence in the longer term viability of the company.

If this company survives this mortgage lending mess and gets back on its feet, in a few years it'll be trading back in the 20-30's.

ETFC went up 2.45% today.

Kevin Hart to go Straight to the NFL

If you haven't heard the Kevin Hart saga yet, here are the cliffnotes: He's an offensive lineman from a Nevada high school who was first thought to be headed to Oregon to play football. Then, in dramatic fashion, he chose to play for California instead at a press conference in front of his high school. We'll let Deadspin catch you up on the rest:

It was discovered that neither school actually sent anybody to recruit him.

It was concluded that Hart was scammed by a con-man posing as a recruiter for the schools. The police had no information on the actual identity of the suspect.

Then, the police suddenly received plenty of information on the identity of the suspect when Hart himself admitted that he made everything up. Everything.

So what does Kevin Hart do for an encore? According to a source, Hart has decided to forego the college ranks altogether and enter the NFL Draft.

Citing his hero, Maurice Clarett, Hart stated that going straight to the NFL is "the smartest decision of my life." He will challenge the NFL rule which requires players to be three years out of high school before entering the league. Due to a technicality, many believe that the NFL will be forced to allow him entrance into the draft.

But that's not enough for Hart. Not only does he want to to be admitted to the draft, he also expects to chose which team he will play for. He told a source, "I'm either going to go to the Eagles with the 19th overall pick or making the Bills take me at 11."

Regardless of where he ends up playing, there's no question he comes with baggage. Who knows what this kid will do next.

Disclaimer: This story is entirely made up. Or is it?