Golden State and the Power of (un)Luck

Winning championships is really hard. Even when you do everything right, you still need luck. The same can also be said for gambling. I'm glad the Boxscore Geeks portfolio was already profitable even without the bet on the field against the Warriors to win the NBA championship, because this past week was historically unlucky for me.

Kevin Durant's Legacy and an NBA History Lesson

With Kevin Durant cruising towards a second NBA Title and the likely favorite for a second Finals MVP, I've seen some revisionist history about both the NBA and Kevin Durant. Let's talk about that.

So this is new?

Hi, and welcome to the all new slightly reworked, all different and hopefully cleaner look of the Boxscore Geeks website!

As with most re-designs, some of you will like it, and some will hate it. I'd like to hear from you either way. Here are some of the things I tried to address (some of this may be geekier than the non-web-developers among you care to know about):

The 2018 Boxscore Geeks Portfolio: 4 games

The 2018 Boxscore Geeks Portfolio's regular season ends today (there are 3 bets that will be decided during the post season). This year has an unusual amount of activity coming down to the final game, and an even more unusual variance, thanks to the huge Jazz - Blazers game tonight.

The Boxscore Geeks Portfolio: Freerollin'

An amazing thing happened to the portfolio on Monday night: The Denver Nuggets won their 46th game, which won the portfolio another $381.82 thanks to the $200 over bet on the Nuggets.