The Second Half of the NBA Season Approaches, Sports Investors Look Ahead

It's always interesting to look at past performance as an indicator of what we can expect in the future.  The All-Star Break gives us a chance to examine the first half of the  season, and look ahead.

•November: 5-6 record, +1.22 percent.  After starting with four losses to begin the season, we recovered nicely.

•December: 8-8, +1.2 percent.  We endured another uneven month, with a three-game losing streak and a four-game winning streak.  We also ended the year with by starting a 5-game losing streak, but still had a winning month.

•January: 6-8, +4.15 percent.  In truth, January's numbers are artificially high and December's are artificially low.  January  benefited from the end of the December losing streak was ended.  Still, it's nice to be able to end a month positively despite two losing streaks.

•February (so far): 4-2.  We break even.

So far this season has actually been one of our most inconsistent, and still the results have been very positive.  Currently we're at +6.58 percent, and a +13 percent season would be a welcomed accomplishment.

What's the point?  Well really I'd just like to highlight that sports investing is an art, not a science.  You can't possibly win every game, and even with the best system you can't expect to win more than half.  Sports betting has made far more people poor than rich—we're probably as successful as anyone out there, and yet we're 23-24 through the first half of the NBA season.

Many sports gamblers would be broke by now.  At the very least, given the 10 percent  "juice," if you were betting $100 per game and went 23-24, you'd be down $340 at this point.  Instead, we find ourselves up over 6.5 percent despite a sub-.500 record.

As we head into the second half of the season—and a four-day break from selections—there IS a pick for tonight.  Our members (and trial members) would have just received it in their e-mail (it's OVER the total of 224.5 in the Warriors/Jazz matchup on Tuesday evening).

You'll note that the betting level has been somewhat reduced from its normal ascension on a two-game losing streak, given the reluctance of PickLogic to assume that trends will continue perfectly through a four-day hiatus.

Enjoy the last eight weeks of the NBA season!