After the Boston Celtics secured their 18th NBA Title, JVT and Tim Murray take a look at the odds for the 2025 NBA Championship.
But we got odds for twenty twenty five who will hoist the Larry O'Brien Trophy. The Boston Celtics are a pretty significant favorite here plus two ninety. The next longest shot the Denver Nuggets at eight to one, So we'll run through those for Yozug listening in Celtics plus two ninety Nuggets plus eight hundred jpt's eyes gravitated towards the Los Angeles Clippers new logo thunder plus eight fifty t Wolves nine to one, Bucks plus nine fifty Mavericks ten to one, Sixers fourteen to one, Nicks sixteen to one, and then you get into the thirty to one or longer range. Golden State Warriors, Clippers, Lakers, Suns all thirty to one, Heat Culture thirty five to one, forty to one, the Cavaliers Grizzlies forty five to one.
Stop right there, Oh, all right, Memphis Grizzlies, Memphis Grizzlies Winter Winter Chicken Dinner. That is the first bet that I've made for next year. I think the Grizzler is going to be extremely, extremely good. Their season was just torn apart by injuries. As we know, Desmond Bain Chummer rant. We can go down the list of the guys who were key contributors to a team tim then one a top two seed in the Western Conference not too long ago. So I think this squad is going to be very refreshed and ready to go after having a lot of time off for a lot of these guys. They still have one of the best head coaches in the NBA, Taylor Jenkins. Do not sleep on him. He is absolutely phenomenal with what he wants to do if they're going to be one of the best defensive teams of the NBA. Yet again, I really believe that this team is going to be quite the threat and at the very least going to be one of the teams competing for a top seed in the Western Conference. So again, if we're talking about and we talked a little bit about this, I think the other day, where like, do I want to bet the Nuggets at eight to one at this point or you know the Celtics of plus two ninety when we're a full year away from that thing cashing. No, what you want to do is look for the longer shots that have some upper mobility that are probably going to really shrink by the time you get in and maybe I'm sitting on forty five to one when you get to a spot where you know they're gonna be like twenty team to want something like that. So that's something that That was the first bet that I made Memphis Grizzlies to win the NBA Finals, And there is a longer shot that I think is worth mentioning. If you're not on this list, not on this list, No you want to continue, I haven't made this one. I've talked to several people about this bet, though I totally understand it.
Eastern Conference are Western Conference?
Western conferences? You want to guess you want to ask twenty one questions?
Not really, because that's terrible.
I don't appreciate the shots. Kelly Biblin checking in and saying, have you bet the Clippers yet? It's been like twenty hours since the finals ended. Relaxed, they're all in season bets.
Okay, are you going with the victor Wimben Yamas? No, that's your guy. Who do you got who is not a bet yet? So you bet the Grizzlies.
The state is Victor women Yama though Houston Rockets Houston Rockets now hundred to one So this is not a team. This is not a bet I've made yet, but I've talked to people about this and it does make sense. Look, the Rockets are a team that every move they're making is we want to accelerate the process rocket forward, if you will. And part of it is what they've talked about for the third overall pick, we're going to get into the draft a little bit later potentially, right, so you know, the third overall pick, they've potentially wanted to get out of that spot. One of the teams that they called to get out of that and to offer some picks to get a good player was the Brooklyn Nets to try to go and get mckil bridges to add him to that team. This is a squad that very much in a team that very much wants to accelerate their timeline. And if they want to do that, they're going to be in the conversation for some of the stars are going to be potentially available in this offseason for trade. And at the very least, it is a team that you know is going to try to add to its roster to accelerate this process. So I think that would mean that there is some upward mobility. So again, it's not one that I have made, but it's one that I understand because you could be looking at a Rockets team that looks a little different in the next month, especially when it comes to free agency, whatever the additions are going to make. And then you get into a Western Congress and we get into a regular season where you know, they find themselves inside of a top six and we're talking like right six rather than three. But still, you know, a team that finds itself as a playoff squad is not a two hundred and one shot, And so do you just want to take the two hundred and one on a team that more realistical? He's going to end up being like, I'm seventy sixty to one to win an NBA title, that's the question to ask. So that's why I haven't really bet it yet, But I understand the thought process of the people who have brought that up to me and have better themselves.
The Dallas Mavericks said at ten to one at DraftKings. Right now, they are the six shortest shot to win the NBA Finals following last night's loss to the Boston Celtics. Head coach Jason Kidd looked ahead to the future and how this team shapes up heading into next year.
A lot of positive things. Were a young team, and so this isn't a team when you look at you know, do we have to replace some of the older players, it's you know, we have a core, a young core at that and so this is an exciting time to be a MAVs fan and to also be a coach for the MAVs.
Yeah, I agree with you JBT right now, unless you think the Milwaukee Bucks or the Denver Nuggets, whatever it may be, the odds are drastically going to change before the season starts. But when you look at a team like Dallas ten to one, it's pretty short. Just got bounced in the NBA Finals pretty easily. But what are your expectations twenty less than twenty four hours after defeat of them?
Next year. I think they're going to be good. I think they're going to be a playoff team. I don't think they're ten to one to win the NBA Finals. I think when you look at realistically what the Western Conference is potentially going to be next year with the assumed as because they're a young team, but the assumed growth of the Oklahoma City Thundering, the remaining the Celtics be Celtics, the Nuggets remaining in the spot that they are at the top of the Western Conference and being extremely good, the Timberwolves not really changing much potentially and being exactly where they are. And then you have the other squads, right, Grizzlies. I mean again, the Grizzlies are going to be better. The Sons are going to be a pain. As much as we want to laugh at my endeavors, when it comes to the Clipper's futures, they're still going to be a competent and good team that's competing for a top six spot.
They had Paul George.
That's the question is what they're going to do. I would think that they're gonna put the full court press, just try to get them regardless, So we'll see if that's gonna be the case. But they're still gonna be a competent team even if he does leave, playing or competing for one of those four or five six spots. So it's just the West is gonna get really tough, and so you bet on ten to one. Essentially you're asking, is this Mavericks team gonna come in and wire to wire, be the best team in the Western Conference and find themselves going from ten to one to like eight seven, six to one to win the title. And I just don't think that's the case.