Doug Greenberg

Chicago

Writer at ESPN

Sports betting writer @espn | Alum @UWMadison @MedillSchool | Bar trivia team captain

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NBA betting wrapped: Thunder, 76ers, Lakers biggest stories of regular season

6 days ago | espn.com | Doug Greenberg |David Purdum

That's a wrap on an NBA regular season that featured odds-defying performances and a blockbuster overnight trade that even stunned bookmakers. Here's a look back at the NBA season through a betting lens:The Oklahoma City Thunder were the best NBA bet in decades. The Thunder covered the spread in 68.3% of games this season, the best such mark in the past 35 seasons, according to ESPN Research.
NBA betting wrapped: Thunder, 76ers, Lakers biggest stories of regular season

6 days ago | espn.co.uk | Doug Greenberg |David Purdum

That's a wrap on an NBA regular season that featured odds-defying performances and a blockbuster overnight trade that even stunned bookmakers. Here's a look back at the NBA season through a betting lens:The Oklahoma City Thunder were the best NBA bet in decades. The Thunder covered the spread in 68.3% of games this season, the best such mark in the past 35 seasons, according to ESPN Research.
LaMelo Ball must 'get stronger,' Hornets coach Charles Lee says

1 week ago | espn.com | Doug Greenberg

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Head coach Charles Lee left no doubt about his offseason expectations from Charlotte Hornets cornerstone point guard LaMelo Ball. "He's got to get stronger," Lee said Monday following the team's exit interviews. Opposing teams regularly stepped up their defensive pressure on Ball this season, trying to get the 6-foot-7, 190-pounder off his game by being extra physical and using hand and body checks on the perimeter and bodying him up on the way to the basket.
Thunder, Celtics betting favorites to win NBA title

1 week ago | 700espn.com | Doug Greenberg

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Thunder, Celtics favorites to win NBA title; public likes Lakers

1 week ago | espn.com | Doug Greenberg

The Oklahoma City Thunder and reigning champion Boston Celtics are the consensus favorites to win this season's title, showing +180 and +190 odds, respectively, at ESPN BET as the NBA postseason is set to begin. However, the Los Angeles Lakers, arguably the league's buzziest team since their stunning trade for Luka Doncic in February, lurk just below and are easily the betting public's favorite squad.
Betting the 2025 NBA playoffs: Futures bets to make, best long shots

1 week ago | espn.in | Doug Greenberg

The 2024-25 NBA playoffs begin Tuesday with the play-in tournament, and the first round starts on Saturday, with the winners of each best-of-seven series advancing to the conference semifinals. So what are the bets to make before the playoffs get rolling? And what teams stand out as potentially undervalued and overlooked? Here are NBA betting experts Andre Snellings, Eric Moody, Eric Karabell, Jim McCormick and Steve Alexander with the bets and teams they have their eyes on.
Suns despiden a Budenholzer después de una temporada, fuentes

1 week ago | espn.cl | Shams Charania |Doug Greenberg

Los Suns despidieron al entrenador Mike Budenholzer después de perderse los playoffs de la NBA y el torneo play-in con la nómina más grande en la historia de la liga, dijeron fuentes a Shams Charania de ESPN. Tras perderse los playoffs de la NBA y el torneo de play-in con la mayor nómina en la historia de la liga, los Phoenix Suns despidieron al entrenador Mike Budenholzer, según informaron fuentes a ESPN el lunes.
Thunder y Celtics, favoritos en las apuestas para ganar el título de la NBA

1 week ago | espn.com.ar | Doug Greenberg

El Thunder y el actual campeón, los Celtics, son los favoritos por consenso para ganar el título de esta temporada, mostrando probabilidades de +180 y +190, respectivamente, en ESPN BET. El Oklahoma City Thunder y el vigente campeón, los Boston Celtics, son los favoritos para ganar el título de esta temporada, con cuotas de +180 y +190, respectivamente, en ESPN BET, justo antes del inicio de la postemporada de la NBA.
Bettors backing Indiana Fever, Caitlin Clark to win WNBA Finals after huge offseason

1 week ago | espn.com | Doug Greenberg

Ever since she burst onto the WNBA scene in 2024 after her paradigm-shifting college career, Caitlin Clark has been the center of the professional women's basketball world, attracting massive viewership and putting the league into the mainstream sports spotlight. She also garnered lots of betting attention for the Indiana Fever last season, even if the team was not ready to compete for the WNBA Finals yet. But 2025 could be different.
Sportsbooks pin Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy as Masters favorites

2 weeks ago | espn.com | Doug Greenberg

Going into the 2025 Masters Tournament, one of golf's perennial questions is as prominent as ever: Can Rory McIlroy finally claim a green jacket to complete the career Grand Slam and end his over decade-long major drought? Bettors and bookmakers certainly see it as a possibility, but McIlroy will likely have to overcome golf's top player to do it. Scottie Scheffler enters the Masters as the consensus betting favorite to win, showing +475 odds at ESPN BET.