NBA Championship Odds Shift as Trade Deadline Nears

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00:00But with renari and myself during deadline week in the nba, we told everybody put a pin in these nba championship odds

00:07Remember where they are now

00:09Entering the deadline remember where they will be in about a week and a half

00:12During the all-star break and here we go down the stretch run the celtics

00:17Remain the short favorites to win that nba championship, but only a quarter in front of okc

00:24At two to one the cavaliers who alongside okc

00:27Tied for the best record at the all-star break 44 and 10 that third best price at nine to one

00:33Jy will get the value in maybe an nba championship pick that you like based on those odds in just a moment

00:40But as you look at the odds board, what's the number one storyline headline narrative that stands out to you?

00:48The fact that the celtics are just overwhelming favorites over

00:52Cleveland I mean, I mean this is just this is a humongous number

00:57Of a note over seven dollars and listen, we understand that cleveland has the best record boston

01:04I do believe got the win versus cleveland in their last matchup, but there's more about the fact of who's been there

01:10And who's done it versus who hasn't done and I think that

01:15Find it interesting because a boston team that even though they have the second best record eastward conference

01:20There are times where you question their play and their focus

01:24Also their propensity to rely ben on the three-point shot probably going to shatter

01:29Nba records with number threes taken and threes made so that lends itself to in a seven game series

01:36Can you catch them on cold shooting night?

01:39I think cleveland still gets disrespected a little bit and we talked about this when I was on during chip all week

01:45I love the addition of deandre hunter

01:48I I think this is a perfect guy for that team his ability to be a 3d guy

01:54I would almost equate him to a a poor man's og and an obi

01:59Probably in regards to not in regards. It's not talked about as much but similar type of game

02:04But what that allows with deandre hunter at six nine to do ben is it allows cleveland to play two ways

02:10They can go really big what they've started with with six nine six eleven seven foot with moby and alan

02:16But then you can go small a little bit because deandre is good enough rebounder defender inside

02:22Where you can play him at the four with moby or alan

02:26So I think this trades a lot better than people think it brings their their level of game up

02:32And makes them a real contender in the eastern for the nba title

02:36We take a look at contenders and pretenders so much

02:39Let's just say the under 20 to one teams here the team I look at right there

02:42The lakers at the fandle sportsbook coach 18 to 1 are they more contender than pretender or the opposite way around in your mind?

02:51to me

02:52In my mind when the mark williams trade fell through they went to more of a pretender than contender for me because when you look

02:58At the west who may they have to go through they got to go through joker, you know, they got to go through

03:04Uh, you know anthony davis

03:06If he's healthy, right?

03:07Uh, you look at the hartstein holmgren front court. Look at alfaron chungun, right? You look at rudy gobert

03:14I think the lakers have a problem on the defensive end of the floor in the front court

03:20You lose your best rebounder and you lose your best rim protector and anthony davis guys

03:24They have to go get alex laying off the scrap heap and literally take him off the scrap heap

03:30And almost put him into the starting lineup because jackson hayes can't do it for you

03:34So to me because of the fact that that trade got rescinded

03:38For you know for whatever reasons medically I personally think lakers

03:43pretenders more than contenders

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