NBA Futures Market Analysis: Top Teams and Betting Odds

SportsGrid

Watch NBA Futures Market Analysis: Top Teams and Betting Odds - SportsGrid on Dailymotion

Transcript

00:00Your top teams across the NBA in the East, of course, Cleveland and overall at 26 and

00:10for the Celtics, the Knicks.

00:12On the other side, the Thunder, who we didn't see yesterday, either 23 and five, the Rockets,

00:17the Grizzlies.

00:18We can include them in the conversation just at 20 and 10 more than respectable, obviously.

00:23But when we're looking at the futures market in the NBA, knowing that we're not even halfway

00:28through the year, Joe, we're, what, third of the way, let's call it, through the year,

00:32a little bit more than that.

00:33But Celtics and Thunder, these are the chalk, these are the teams that, you know, I think

00:38a lot of people probably have exactives on in terms of facing off in the NBA Finals.

00:43Boston on FanDuel at plus 200 to win the championship, the Thunder at plus 310.

00:50Then you start to get into the neighborhood of value, obviously.

00:53The Knicks, 10 to 1.

00:54Nuggets, 16 to 1.

00:56We've seen Jokic do it before.

00:58Mavericks, even with this Luka injury, sitting at 16 to 1.

01:02The Suns, also 16 to 1.

01:05What about the disrespect, if we call it that, for the Cleveland Cavaliers, coming in seventh

01:10at 17 to 1, despite having the league's best record right now?

01:14Yeah, I mean, that's, you just said it, right?

01:17It seems a little disrespectful here, but given the history of all the teams that are

01:23in front of them there, and the big-name players they have, it's kind of hard to say

01:28that the Cavs are in the, even though it's been an amazing start, we all know what matters.

01:33And it's not games that are played by the time we get to Christmas.

01:37It's what's going to happen from this point on that matters.

01:41And you got to give the Knicks credit, too.

01:43Listen, I can argue the way the Knicks offensively have played here, and what they're showing,

01:48that 10 to 1 might be a little disrespectful.

01:51The Nuggets have a lot of issues, depth-wise, there.

01:55This is going to be a big effort by Denver to be able to get back to where they want to go.

02:00And Dallas, once again, now we got to deal with the injury to Doncic.

02:05So there are a lot of people I think the Cavs can pass that are in front of them from an

02:10odds perspective, but at 17 to 1 now, hey, is it worth a shot?

02:16Absolutely.

02:17They still have to get by the Celtics, and we know that.

02:20But at 17 to 1, is that number going to get any worse, in your opinion, as the season

02:25stretches on here?

02:26I don't know.

02:27How do you feel about the chalk at the top?

02:30I mean, I know a lot of people don't like to bet chalk, but at a certain point, plus

02:35money's plus money.

02:36If you think the Celtics and or Thunder are just head and shoulders that much better than

02:41the NBA, could you talk yourself into those numbers?

02:45I can't.

02:46I mean, to me, it would be all about finding value with these 15, 16 to 1, 17 to 1, 20

02:54to 1 teams like the Bucs or even the Cavs here at that.

03:00And then having that in your back pocket and looking for an opportunity as the season progresses

03:04where if injuries strike OKC or the Celtics or any of these chalky teams, you have a pretty

03:12good opportunity to hedge there as we get a little bit closer to May and June.

03:18And I'd much rather have that than hold a 2 to 1 ticket on the Celtics, who are going

03:22to be minus 135 come February.

03:24So it's not enough for me to tie up the money to back them at this point.

03:31But there may come a time at some point over the next couple of months where maybe they

03:36start to come back and you can get 6 to 1, 5 to 1, somewhere in that ballpark.

03:40We might have a different conversation.

Category

Transcript

Recommended