While Super Bowl betting players will be busy this weekend with playoff action, there are a couple of NBA betting matchups to keep an eye on in your online sportsbook.

Heat Bulls Betting – Saturday, 8:00 PM ET

The Bulls should be home favorites in this clash, as they’re 17-3 SU and 12-7-1 ATS at the United Center this season, and they could even face the Heat without LeBron James, who missed Thursday’s loss at Denver with an ankle injury. Miami is 2-3 SU and ATS in their last five trips to Chicago, but you may not want to put much stock in that as the Heat are obviously a different team now. Chicago is 8-3 SU on the season in the second half of back-to-back games, so Friday night’s game in Indiana may not be a big deal.

Lakers Clippers Betting – Sunday, 3:30 PM ET

The Lakers will be favored “on the road” on Sunday afternoon, but even though they also play in the Staples Center, they’re 2-3 SU in their last five against the Clippers as the road team, while coming in 5-0 SU in their last five as the home team when facing their city rivals. The Lakers are still 4-1 ATS as a visitor at the Staples Center, and they pulled out a one-point win back in November. The Clippers are no longer a team you can just steamroll with Blake Griffin in the lineup, but the Lakers are still the team to beat when you’re betting online.

While I’m not anticipating it like I am the UFC 102 fight card that takes place next weekend, I am excited to see Jason Williams back in the NBA. “White Chocolate” signed with the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, probably as a backup to Jameer Nelson. Williams was on the Miami team that won the championship in 2006, so he adds some championship experience to a team that lost in the Finals just this year.

Williams (who played high school baskeball with Randy Moss) began his career as a flashy point guard with Sacramento, where he would shoot from anywhere, anytime. He defnitely mellowed out as he got older, and his numbers of 11.4 points and 6.3 assists are pretty decent. He’s a great addition to the Magic squad and should boost their betting online chances a little bit. But I would love for the old Williams to raise his head every once in a while. The lobs to Dwight Howard will be seen on a certain sports betting blog, I can guarantee it.

Sorry about the Michelle Branch, there’s a time and place for that, and this ain’t it.

And I’m back y’all, it’s been a minute, it’s slow in basketball over the summer as most handicappers are focusing on their NFL betting odds. But this bit of news got me up and ready for the upcoming hoops betting season.

Allen Iverson tweeted (god, that’s gonna be a tiring term) that he’s waiting on a call from New York, Miami or Charlotte. The Knicks would be a decent fit, as they play little to no defense, shoot first, ask questions later (or never). He may be a boost to the Heat if you’re betting online, or he could turn out to be a huge detriment if he can’t put his ego aside and realize that it’s Dwayne Wade’s team. But the Bobcats? Oh hell yeah. Iverson and Larry Brown were ready to kill each other in Philadelphia, but Iverson famously cried in an interview when a tape was played that featured Brown saying positive things about the “Answer”. Team chemistry may suffer a bit (just ask the Pistons), but for pure entertainment value, there isn’t a duo that needs to reunite more than Allen Iverson and Larry Brown. Shoot, we may get a “Practice?”, Part 2. And let’s face it: would betting software recommend Charlotte to you anyway?