The story for the 2012-2013 Los Angeles Lakers was supposed to be one of redemption and success. The team brought in arguably the most talented center in the league in Dwight Howard, and also added a future Hall of Fame point guard in Steve Nash, who is still chasing that illustrious first NBA title. Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Metta World Peace, Jordan Hill… It was all supposed to come together for a title in Tinseltown. However, as of February 3rd, the Lakers are just 21-26. They’re five games below .500 and are four games out of the last playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Bet Revolution has posted some great Los Angeles Lakers odds, including what their fate is going to be for the rest of the 2012-2013 season. Check it out!

Obviously, these NBA odds are showing just how bad of shape that the men in purple and gold really are. They went from a team that was once upon a time nearly the odds on favorite to win the Western Conference to a team that is -220 to miss the playoffs! Even if they do get in, the insinuation is there that -600 or so says that LA doesn’t get past the first round of the postseason. Getting in as one of the bottom seeds likely sets up a showdown with the San Antonio Spurs, Oklahoma City Thunder, or Los Angeles Clippers, all of which have played significantly better ball than the Lakers have this year.

So what’s the problem for the Lakers? Kobe is doing his scoring for sure. He is putting up 27.9 points, 5.4 assists, and 5.2 rebounds per game, and he is knocking down a healthy 46.6 percent of his shots from the field. Over the course of the last several games, Bryant has proven that he can put the ball in his hands and get the job done as a distributor as well, something that Nash just hasn’t done this season. Granted, the numbers for Nash do look reasonable at 11.7 points and 7.7 assists per game, but the numbers just don’t tell the whole story of how he is really playing on the court, especially on the defensive end where he is truly a liability at this point in his career.

The numbers too, don’t suggest terrible things about D-12. It’s not like we didn’t know that he couldn’t shoot free throws before, though his 49.6 shooting percent from the charity stripe is just pathetic. However, what more could the Lakers ask for? Howard is averaging 16.5 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game. The numbers just don’t show what he has really done on the court though, as he hasn’t come up with the big baskets when need be, and he clearly has gotten into it over and over again with Bryant, the undisputed leader of the team.

F Pau Gasol has basically been benched at this point by D’Antoni. He just doesn’t fit the high octane system, and F Earl Clark has replaced Gasol in the fold. Of course, with Howard out of the lineup injured, Gasol is playing the center position, where he is probably better served to play in D’Antoni’s system, just as F Amare Stoudemire did for years in Phoenix. The proof is in the pudding though, and the trade rumors have gotten to Gasol. He needs to be moved and moved for some younger pieces to the puzzle. The problem is that the market just isn’t entirely there for him, and trading Gasol will come at a discounted price for sure.

Now add into there that F Antawn Jamison has been spot, Hill is out for the year injured, and the rest of the bench features stiffs like Darius Morris, Steve Blake, and Chris Duhon, all of which are just terrible, and the equation just isn’t good for the Lakers.

We do ultimately think that they are going to get into the playoffs, as some of the teams that are holding onto spots right now just aren’t all that great. However, there is a clear divide between the Lake Show and the great teams in the Western Conference, and there is no doubt whatsoever that this team probably isn’t getting out of the first round of the playoffs, if it gets there at all.

The 2013 Super Bowl commercials haven’t even debuted on television yet, but here at Bankroll Sports, we are already chiming in on some of the commercials that will be seen on Sunday, February 3rd. Check out some of the best of this year’s Super Bowl commercials and the top Super Bowl 47 ads on TV!

2013 Super Bowl Commercial: Volkswagon “Be Happy” Commercial

Don’t worry, be happy! How could you be anything but happy after watching the commercial that VW put together this year? Probably the funniest commercial of the Super Bowl with a Minnesotan speaking with a Jamaican accent.

2013 GoDaddy.com Super Bowl Commercial (Danica Patrick Flight)

This GoDaddy.com Commercial from the Super Bowl really was a dud. Get ready for takeoff! (And don’t forget to put a website with your big idea!) Thank goodness for Bar Refaeli…

2013 GoDaddy.com Super Bowl Commercial (Bar Refaeli Kiss)

Of course, Bar Refaeli’s appearance in this Super Bowl commercial is about the only thing that makes this one exciting to us. But at least GoDaddy gets a B just for having Refaeli locking libs with a dweeb, though that’s about all of the substance that this commercial has.

2013 Clydesdale Budweiser Super Bowl Commercial

We’ve seen the Clydesdales before on Super Bowl commercials, and these are generally some funnier commercials. This one though, touches our sentimental side, knowing that a horse and his trainer are connected at the hip and don’t forget about each other, even after three years.

2013 Toyota Superbowl Commercial – Your Wish is My Command!

Be careful what you “witch” for with this one! Obviously Mr. Henderson never saw Aladdin. The Genie specifically said no wishing for more wishes!

Audi 2013 Super Bowl Commercial – Prom

We can’t even imagine what it would be like to go to the Prom without a date. Guess an Audi helps build some confidence if you don’t… Helps get you a black eye, too.

Taco Bell Viva Young Super Bowl Commercial

We’re not much for this one, but the first time that you see the Taco Bell commercial, you have to laugh a bit at the dudes out of the old folks home getting their party on like it’s 1930.

Fiat Topless Super Bowl Commercial

Well… It’s not the most exciting “topless” commercial that we’ve ever seen in the Super Bowl, but hey, at least that bug had the right idea. Why both stinging the girl when you can just cut her top instead? Oh, and what this has to do with a Fiat? We’ve got no idea.

Kia Hotbot 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Another dork guy and more hot chicks? C’mon Kia Forte, you can do better than this! A couple of robot chicks beat the crud out of a dork dude who comes up to the car and kicks the tires. C- at best, but at least it might be worth a chuckle… once.

Kia Sorrento 2013 Super Bowl Commercial

Clearly the funnier of the Super Bowl commercials for Kia. Welcome to Babylandia, where babies are nine months away from just be plucked into the backseats of SUVs!

2013 Jeep Big Game Ad

Poor dude does just about everything involving manual labor imaginable over the course of the day, and ultimately gets slugged by his wife for sleeping in the bed when she gets home from a day of shopping. Of course, what the hell this commercial has to do with a Jeep is beyond us, because the only thing that the Jeep does over the course of this commercial is get repaired. Not exactly the best marketing.

Big Game Commercial: Hyundai

Ok, so a Hyundai outruns a bunch of other vehicles that are chasing after him for some unknown reason, and he ultimately outdoes them all because they run out of gas and he doesn’t. Wee. Thanks for nothing with this one, Hyundai.

Samsung Next Big Thing Super Bowl Ad

Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd are pretty darn funny in this one, and the cameo by LeBron was the icing on the cake. “You’ve got LeBron, you’ve already got the next big thing! You don’t need anybody else!” We might not need any other commercial. In a year where the commercials slacked in our eyes, this was one of the funniest.

This year more than most, the odds to win the MVP award are going to be tight in the NBA. There are a number of candidates that could ultimately go on to win the award, and here at Bankroll Sports, we’re taking a look at some of the top contenders right now and where they currently stand in the chase for the most illustrious individual honor in the NBA.

The new favorite to win the MVP award this year is Kevin Durant (Current NBA MVP Odds: 1 to 1.40 at BetDSI Sportsbook). Durant is the league’s leading scorer at 29.6 points per game this year, a solid point ahead of the field. He is a fantastic shooter that is likely to win the NBA’s scoring title once again, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he is going to win the MVP award. Durant has won the scoring title before, but he has never been the league’s MVP. However, with G Russell Westbrook hanging around as really his only helper on his own team, the writers might give Durant the benefit of the doubt this year now that G James Harden is gone.

It still goes without saying though, that LeBron James (Odds To Win 2012-13 NBA MVP Award: 1.20 to 1 at BetDSI Sportsbook) is capable of winning the MVP award this year. It’s not new news for LeBron to be a contender for the MVP, knowing that he has been the MVP three times already in his career. James is still the leader of the Miami Heat, and there isn’t a player in the league that is more dynamic than he is. King James is averaging 26.5 points, 8.3 rebounds, and 7.0 assists per game, and he is playing almost 39 minutes per game as well. If this were purely a statistical competition, James would be the winner of the MVP award just about every year. We think that LBJ clearly has the best price of all of the MVP contenders this year.

Aside from these two men, there really isn’t a lot to back in terms of MVP candidates this year. This is the first time in quite some time that we don’t think that Kobe Bryant is truly a contender for the award, though he is still listed at 30 to 1 to take the honor. Instead, the only other legit contender right now is the New York Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony (NBA MVP Lines: 10 to 1 at BetDSI Sportsbook). Melo is second in the league in scoring at 28.5 pooints per game, and he is really putting the Knicks on his back and carrying them to the Atlantic Division title in all likelihood. Every time that New York plays a big game, it seems like Anthony is the man right in the thick of it all. We would like to see Anthony put together some more double-doubles, knowing that he is only averaging 6.2 boards per game, but we know that he has done a great job as a clutch performer this year. If there were ever a season that Melo was going to win the MVP award, this would be the year for that to happen.

NBA MVP Odds @ Diamond Sportsbook (as of 2/3/13):
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Carmelo Anthony (New York Knicks) 10 to 1
Chris Paul (Los Angeles Clippers) 20 to 1
Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) 1 to 1.40
Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers) 30 to 1
LeBron James (Miami Heat) 1.20 to 1
Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) 50 to 1
Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) 50 to 1