The Emirates Cup begins on Tuesday, so it's time to start thinking about our first picks.
For a refresher on the tournament, see the first post. Note, though, that there are actually going to be seven group play days with each team playing four total group play games.
Games
Here is the first slate of games (plus the home spread):
- Hawks @ Celtics (-12.5)
- Heat @ Pistons (+3)
- Hornets @ Magic (-8)
- Knicks @ 76ers (-1)
- Raptors @ Bucks (-8)
- Suns @ Jazz (+4.5)
- Mavs @ Warriors (+2.5)
Just pick one of the teams above to win their game on Tuesday.
Remember, you can only take each team once and the options will dwindle once we get to the Knock Out round. There are at most 10 choices to make during the tournament, but you don't know which ones will be available towards the end.
I'm going to wait a couple of days, to get more clarity on the injury situations for the Heat, Magic, 76ers, and Bucks. At first glance, I'm leaning towards taking either the Heat, but with Jimmy hurt and the Pistons looking a little frisky, I don't love it.
Prize
27133 sats! plus whatever else comes in from here on out
Participants
There's still time to join. The initial buy-in is only 3k sats.