NBA Preseason Team Props And Future Odds
It may just be the preseason, but the NBA special team props and future odds are up and waiting to be bet on. The odds are unlikely to change much between now and the opening of the season on Tuesday, October 28 when the defending NBA champions, the San Antonio Spurs host the Dallas Mavericks. Not a lot can be told by the preseason, as players shake off their court rust.
Exemplified by this, the odds did not punish the Cleveland Cavilers after LeBron James did this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaGXMx6CM8s
Yes, that is LeBron James setting up a screen for his old team, the Miami Heat, and throwing the ball out of bounds during a preseason game. Yet the Cavs are the team with the best odds of winning it all and have the highest win totals still. In other words, preseason play does not really impact the odds unless a major injury springs up.
Kevin Durant, for example, is expected to miss six weeks or more of the regular season due to an injury suffered during the post season. The Oklahoma City Thunder have not completely falling out of favor with the sportsbooks, it is only six weeks, after all, but the Chicago Bulls did surpass in the odds to win an NBA Championship.
The top five teams with the best odds at an NBA Championship are the favorites by a long shot. After the fifth team, the LA Clippers, with 8/1 odds, the Mavericks are next with 20/1 odds.
Check out the full future odds below courtesy of Bovada:
Cleveland Cavaliers
5/2
San Antonio Spurs
7/2
Chicago Bulls
11/2
Oklahoma City Thunder
7/1
Los Angeles Clippers
8/1
Dallas Mavericks
20/1
Golden State Warriors
20/1
Houston Rockets
20/1
Washington Wizards
33/1
Portland Trailblazers
40/1
Memphis Grizzlies
50/1
Miami Heat
50/1
New York Knicks
50/1
Toronto Raptors
50/1
Brooklyn Nets
66/1
Charlotte Hornets
66/1
Indiana Pacers
66/1
Los Angeles Lakers
66/1
Atlanta Hawks
100/1
Denver Nuggets
100/1
New Orleans Pelicans
100/1
Phoenix Suns
100/1
Boston Celtics
200/1
Detroit Pistons
200/1
Orlando Magic
200/1
Sacramento Kings
250/1
Milwaukee Bucks
300/1
Minnesota Timberwolves
300/1
Utah Jazz
300/1
Philadelphia 76ers
500/1
The win totals match up about the same. You can check those out here.
