NBA Championship Odds

Posted by HoopsAvenue on September 28, 2008 under NBA Odds | 2 Comments to Read

Shortly after the Celtics won the NBA championship in June, we posted the NBA Finals Odds.  Now that the off-season moves have been made, we thought it would be a good time to take another look at the NBA Championship Odds and see what Vegas was thinking about this upcoming season.  Here’s a chart showing what each team opened at and what their current odds are:

Team Open Current
Los Angeles Lakers 5/2 3/1
Boston Celtics 7/2 7/2
New Orleans Hornets 7/1 6/1
Detroit Pistons 7/1 7/1
Cleveland Cavaliers 15/1 8/1
Houston Rockets 15/1 8/1
San Antonio Spurs 7/1 8/1
Utah Jazz 12/1 10/1
Phoenix Suns 10/1 10/1
Orlando Magic 15/1 15/1
Philadelphia 76ers 40/1 20/1
Toronto Raptors 25/1 20/1
Dallas Mavericks 15/1 20/1
Denver Nuggets 22/1 30/1
Chicago Bulls 40/1 30/1
Portland Trail Blazers 50/1 35/1
Washington Wizards 30/1 40/1
Golden State Warriors 30/1 45/1
Indiana Pacers 50/1 50/1
Los Angeles Clippers 75/1 50/1
Miami Heat 200/1 60/1
Atlanta Hawks 50/1 60/1
Charlotte Bobcats 75/1 60/1
New Jersey Nets 50/1 60/1
Milwaukee Bucks 150/1 75/1
Minnesota Timberwolves 100/1 75/1
New York Knicks 150/1 100/1
Sacramento Kings 75/1 125/1
Oklahoma City Thunder 250/1 250/1
Memphis Grizzlies 250/1 300/1


The first thing that stands out is how the Cavs and Rockets have moved from 15/1 championship odds to 8/1 due to their respective acquisitions of Mo Williams and Ron Artest.  The Sixers also jumped from 40/1 lucky-to-make-the-playoffs odds to 20/1 longshot odds after acquiring Elton Brand.

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2009 NBA Finals Odds

Posted by HoopsAvenue on June 20, 2008 under NBA Odds | 2 Comments to Read

The champagne isn’t even flat yet and we’ve got the 2009 NBA Finals Odds to take a look at:

Boston Celtics 7/2
Los Angeles Lakers 5/1
Detroit Pistons 6/1
San Antonio Spurs 8/1
New Orleans Hornets 11/1
Orlando Magic 14/1
Houston Rockets 15/1
Utah Jazz 15/1
Cleveland Cavaliers 16/1
Chicago Bulls 20/1
Phoenix Suns 20/1
Dallas Mavericks 25/1
Denver Nuggets 25/1
Portland Trailblazers 25/1
Washington Wizards 25/1
Golden State Warriors 40/1
Miami Heat 40/1
Atlanta Hawks 50/1
Charlotte Bobcats 50/1
New Jersey Nets 50/1
New York Knicks 50/1
Philadelphia 76ers 50/1
Toronto Raptors 50/1
Indiana Pacers 75/1
Los Angeles Clippers 100/1
Memphis Grizzlies 100/1
Milwaukee Bucks 100/1
Minnesota Timberwolves 100/1
Sacramento Kings 100/1
Seattle Supersonics 100/1

I wonder what the Celtics were this time last year?

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