Man I totally disagree. I have never bet a single penny on basketball. I'm too much of a Jazz homer and betting on the team would have either consumed me and ruined my life, resulting in me not being a fan anymore or I would have become so bitter with losses that I walked away in time and stopped being a fan at all.
I have absolutely avoided sports betting, in particular on basketball, like a plague.
I can't say I've never bet on sports because I have bet on horse racing. When I livid in San Diego I'd go to Del Mar on occasion and bet on horses based on their names mostly but also, I can't remember the name of the jockey, but he was like a tie breaker on who I'd bet on other than Bob Baffert owning the horse or not. Won money on a horse named Futuristic, Jalapeno and a few others that I bet on simply because of their name.