Cavs reportedly dismiss Brown
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05/24/2010 -
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Cleveland Cavaliers have reportedly fired
head coach Mike Brown.
Several media sources reported the firing early Monday morning. The move comes
less than two weeks after the Cavs lost a decisive Game 6 to the Boston Celtics in their conference semifinal series.
ESPN reports the Cavaliers faced a midnight deadline on Sunday to fire Brown
or pay him a $4.5 million salary for next season.
Brown, the 2008-09 Coach of the Year, had spent the last five seasons with the
Cavs but went trough two straight disappointing playoff runs. In 2009,
Cleveland made it to the Eastern Conference finals before losing in six games
to the Orlando Magic. This year the Cavs had the NBA's best record at 61-21.
Armed with two-time MVP LeBron James, the Cavaliers had been expected to
contend for a championship, as the team won 61 and 66 regular season games,
respectively, the past two seasons. Brown, though, was never able to match the
playoff success he had in 2006-07, when Cleveland advanced to its first NBA
Finals before succumbing to the San Antonio Spurs in four games.
This season, the Cavaliers acquired four-time NBA champion center Shaquille
O'Neal and two-time All-Star forward Antawn Jamison to help improve their
chances of winning. The move backfired, however, as Cleveland lost three of
the final games in their series with Boston -- including two at home, where
the Cavs lost only six times in the regular season.
Overall, Brown posted a 272-138 regular season record with the Cavs and a
42-29 mark in the postseason, the most playoff wins by a coach in team
history.
The Cavaliers face the prospect of possibly losing James to free agency this
summer, but the move for a new coach could entice him to remain with the
organization.
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Michael Vick is back, Brett Favre isn't and the NFC East remains the best division in the NFC, maybe in all of football.
As players start to gather for the start of another season, some things change and some stay the same in the world of the NFL.
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The NFC East has been the dominant division in the National Conference for a while, despite limited playoff success, save for the New York Giants surprise Super Bowl win two seasons ago.
Hell, there's a generation of kids in Texas who have never seen the Cowboys win a playoff game (last win was in 1996).
But collectively, the Giants, Eagles, Cowboys and Redskins (well, maybe not so much the Redskins) are as good as a division gets in an NFC conference that has struggled to stay competitive with the AFC side.
Sports bettors have both acknowledged the NFC East's dominance, as one glance at the NFL future odds menu will show.
Looking over the NFL betting odds at online sports book MySportsbook.com we see the top three teams listed to win the NFC Championship are all from the NFC East:
Dallas Cowboys - 7 - 1
Philadelphia Eagles - 13 - 2
New York Giants - 9 - 2
Slotting in behind these three are two teams from the NFC North: the Minnesota Vikings (15-2) and the Chicago Bears (10-1).
Again, despite the lack of recent playoff success, the Dallas Cowboys are popular with the sports betting community, as they hold 14% of all the money wagered on who will win the NFC Championship.
So far, the New York Giants are the bettors' favorite to represent their conference in the Super Bowl, as they have 24% of the overall NFC Championship betting volume.
And what about the Philadelphia Eagles? For the most part, the Eagles had a very productive offseason, the kind that could bring them back to the top.
They had a good draft adding the likes of WR Jeremy Maclin and RB LeSean McCoy.
Unfortunately, the team received a blow when long-time defensive coordinator Jim Johnson passed away on Tuesday.
But this team will make a real run at the division title this year. Going into the regular season, Philly is listed at +240 to win the division.
Last season the Eagles were 9-6-1 SU and 10-6 ATS.
Teams from the NFC East will play teams from the AFC West in the regular season and the Eagles haven't really been a good bet in the last 20 games against the likes of San Diego, Oakland, K.C. and Denver, only going 8-12 ATS.
Two seasons removed from that Super Bowl title, the New York Giants see themselves listed as the odds-on favorite in NFC East championship futures at +162.
Plaxico Burress is gone and with him all the bad publicity surrounding the gun in the sweatpants incident, but can they replace him in the offense?
Last season the Giants were a very reliable bet going 12-4 ATS.
In the Giants' last 20 games against fellow teams from the NFC East; they are 13-7 ATS.
Dallas is listed at +240 to win the division.
Dallas went 9-7 SU and 7-9 ATS last season and with the amount of talent the Cowboys have, a similar performance won't do.
The Cowboys have been atrocious against divisional rivals, going 6-14 ATS in their last 20.
The Washington Redskins are longshots to win the division at +550.
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