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06/28/2010 -

ATLANTA - Jason Collins, Maurice Evans, Joe Johnson, Randolph Morris, Joe Smith, r-Mario West

BOSTON - Ray Allen, Tony Allen, Marquis Daniels, Michael Finley, Paul Pierce, r-Nate Robinson, Brian Scalabrine, r-Shelden Williams

CHARLOTTE - Tyson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Stephen Graham, Larry Hughes, Nazr Mohammed, Theo Ratliff, r-Tyrus Thomas

CHICAGO - Joe Alexander, Devin Brown, Acie Law, Brad Miller, Flip Murray, Jannero Pargo, Hakim Warrick

CLEVELAND - r-Zydrunas Ilgauskas, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Sebastian Telfair, r-Jawad Williams

DALLAS - J.J. Barea, Brendan Haywood, Dirk Nowitzki, DeShawn Stevenson, Tim Thomas

DENVER - Malik Allen, Anthony Carter, Joey Graham, Kenyon Martin, Johan Petro

DETROIT - Chucky Atkins, Kwame Brown, r-Will Bynum, Ben Wallace, Chris Wilcox

GOLDEN STATE - Devean George, r-Chris Hunter, r-Anthony Morrow, Vladimir Radmanovic, r-Anthony Tolliver, r-C.J. Watson

HOUSTON - Chuck Hayes, r-Kyle Lowry, Yao Ming, r-Luis Scola

INDIANA - Luther Head, Earl Watson

LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS - Steve Blake, r-Bobby Brown, Rasual Butler, r-Mardy Collins, Drew Gooden, Steve Novak, Travis Outlaw, Brian Skinner, Craig Smith

LOS ANGELES LAKERS - Shannon Brown, r-Jordan Farmar, Derek Fisher, D.J. Mbenga, r-Adam Morrison, Josh Powell

MEMPHIS - r-Ronnie Brewer, r-Rudy Gay, Steven Hunter, Jamaal Tinsley, Marcus Williams

MIAMI - Rafer Alston, Joel Anthony, Carlos Arroyo, r-Mario Chalmers, Yakhouba Diawara, r-Kenny Hasbrouck, Udonis Haslem, Jamaal Magloire, Jermaine O'Neal, Shavlik Randolph, Quentin Richardson, Dwyane Wade, Dorell Wright

MILWAUKEE - Primoz Brezec, Royal Ivey, Michael Redd, Luke Ridnour, Jerry Stackhouse, Kurt Thomas

MINNESOTA - Brian Cardinal, r-Nathan Jawai, Darko Milicic, Sasha Pavlovic, r-Oleksiy Pecherov, Damien Wilkins

NEW JERSEY - Tony Battie, r-Josh Boone, r-Chris Douglas-Roberts, Trenton Hassel, Jarvis Hayes, Kris Humphries, Chris Quinn, Bobby Simmons

NEW ORLEANS - Ike Diogu, r-Aaron Gray, Sean Marks, Darius Songaila, Peja Stojakovic

NEW YORK - Earl Barron, Jonathan Bender, Chris Duhon, J.R. Giddens, Eddie House, David Lee, Tracy McGrady, r-Sergio Rodriguez

OKLAHOMA CITY - Kevin Ollie, r-Mustafa Shakur, Etan Thomas

ORLANDO - Matt Barnes, Adonal Foyle, Anthony Johnson, r-J.J. Redick, Jason Williams

PHILADELPHIA - Rodney Carney, Francisco Elson, Willie Green, Allen Iverson,

PHOENIX - Louis Amundson, Channing Frye, Grant Hill, Amar'e Stoudemire

PORTLAND - Travis Diener, Juwan Howard, r-Patrick Mills, Joel Przybilla

SACRAMENTO - r-Jon Brockman, Sean May, r-Dominic McGuire, Ime Udoka

SAN ANTONIO - Keith Bogans, Matt Bonner, Richard Jefferson, Ian Mahinmi, Roger Mason

TORONTO - Chris Bosh, Amir Johnson, Rasho Nesterovic, Patrick O'Bryant, Antoine Wright

UTAH - Jarron Collins, r-Kyrylo Fesenko, Kyle Korver, r-Wesley Matthews

WASHINGTON - Earl Boykins, Javaris Crittenton, r-Randy Foye, Josh Howard, r-Cedric Jackson, Shaun Livington, r-Cartier Martin, Mike Miller, Fabricio Oberto, Quinton Ross, James Singleton

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Betting the NFL preseason

Rule No. 1 in the gamblers' handbook states, "Avoid sports betting on meaningless games."

When you're drowning in a sea of baseball monotony, however, things change. Even a hint of pro football betting can persuade the most disciplined bettor to break a few rules. 

The NFL preseason is around the corner, with a tempting Hall of Fame match kicking off on Sunday. But bettors must stay vigilant. Wagering on NFL exhibition games is an entirely different beast than the regular season. Most fans don't recognize the players on the field because starters get as much action in August as Warcraft fans get on Prom night.

The only certainty about the NFL this time of year is uncertainty – and yet there are some who say betting in August can be a gold mine.

“I actually feel the NFL preseason presents solid profit opportunities for sharp bettors and handicappers,” Sports Expert Steve Merril explains. “My experience has been that the sportsbooks fear the preseason, which is evident by lower limits and massive moves.”

The line moves are attributed to the limited knowledge available regarding playing-time distribution. One team’s top unit out on the field for one more series has an impact on the pointspread. Setting lines in the preseason often is a shot in the dark.

“We base the betting lines mostly on public perception,” Pete Korner, founder of the Sports Club in Las Vegas, says. “It’s very tough to predict, almost a guessing game.”

The preseason is all about figuring out who’s in and for how long.

“It becomes a race between bettors and oddsmakers to find out how long the quarterbacks are going to stay in,” Korner admits. “If a sharp gets the information first, he could exploit an early line. I’m a full believer in moving the line in the preseason if the books find out something late in the week.”

Determining what each team’s motive is can help bettors handicap. To do this you must pay close attention to the philosophies head coaches employ in exhibition play.

“You need to know what a coach is trying to accomplish,” says Covers Expert Bryan Leonard. “Sometimes a new coach will want to instill a winning attitude. Others just want to make sure their starters don’t get hurt."

So how do you distinguish who’s playing scared and who’s playing for keeps?

“Head coaches on the hot seat or new coaches trying to implement a winning attitude usually try harder to win in the preseason,” Merril says.

Cleveland Browns head coach Romeo Crennel fits this criteria. He’s entering his third season as the sideline boss and has yet to lead the Browns to more than six wins.

Cleveland is an enticing bet as well because of the unresolved quarterback situation. General manager Phil Savage sacrificed the Browns’ first-round pick in next year’s draft for Brady Quinn, but the former Notre Dame quarterback hasn’t signed or reported to training camp yet.

Charlie Frye and Derek Anderson split time at QB last season and it looks like either player (or even Quinn) could be the opening-day starter.

“If a team has quarterback depth and the pecking order hasn’t been decided, it’s a big advantage,” Leonard says.

Even in the third week of the preseason when starters generally play the most, the final outcome of the game is in the hands of fringe players. A team's talent, all the way down to the last man on the roster, is something to consider.

The New England Patriots have long been considered one of the deeper teams in the NFL and coach Bill Belichick has said in the past he’s unafraid of stars getting hurt in games with nothing on the line. He shocked his colleagues in 2003 by playing some of his starters on special teams in the preseason.

“We want to have the team ready to play a tough, physical game and preparation has to go into that and I imagine a certain amount of injuries go with it,” Belichick told the Providence Journal in August 2003.

Bettors can only hope to find more teams that share the Pats' business-like approach to the preseason (New England is 17-9-3 against the spread since 2000) and take advantage of teams who detest the exhibition schedule.

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