Boston now has best odds from Vegas Insider

[tdotrep2]

they offered jaylen brown, the nets will eventually except this deal as no teams will likely top that

[Pennebaker]

Leaped over Bucks and Warriors at +470, do they have inside info esp about KD going there? Interesting enough Lakers still at 6th

Oddsmakers are risk management professionals so they're trying to reduce potential loss should KD end up in Boston.

They did the same thing with the Lakers when the Kyrie trade seemed more likely.

They don't know anything we don't know, they move the odds to protect themselves.

[basketballRob]

My biggest question is Robert Williams' knee. We've seen in the past players coming back to soon from meniscus surgery and then having chronic knee problems. Who's going to be the center if he goes down, they traded Theis?

They are really banking on Williams and Horford to be healthy all year and I don't see it. I could see the Cavs giving them a run.

They do have the best guards and wings. Toronto could make a run if Barnes and GTJ develop more. NY if they get Mitchell.



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[TwitterFingers]

Why? Just because they added Brogdon? I don’t look at them as the clear favorite

They're a young team still getting better and they added some needed depth w/o giving up anything valuable. Collectively they had zero Finals experience when they faced the Warriors. Now almost the entire team has Finals experience, so that's no longer a problem.

They also wore out down the stretch in large part due to having to make hay in the 2nd half of the season. They were behind the Hornets in the standings for the 1st half of the year, in large part due to injuries/COVID and also getting used to Udoka's system. Assuming they don't have those issues (at least to the same degree), they won't have to push that hard for the entire year and they'll be fresher in the playoffs.

And FWIW, nobody is picking the Celtics over the field. That rarely happens, anyways. They're just being given the best odds of any one team.

While all true I remember when Kyrie was injured and Jason Tatum and Brown took them to the ECF. Everyone said they’re such a young team, and they’re only going to get better from this experience, and they regressed after that.

[hugepatsfan]

Like you said, they leaped over the Bucks and the Warriors. That means they were top 3. And they form a clear top 3 for the title favorites as-is. And they took last years final team and added probably their third best overall player and their two best individual shooters without losing anything. Now throw in the possibility that they might be a favorite for Kevin Durant and seems pretty obvious that you’d bet on them over the other two. Since it’s already close as-is and now there’s a shot they get a huge boost. If you’re going to place your money on a favorite rather than a darkhorse they’re the clear choice IMO.

[ryan in Maine]

Why? Just because they added Brogdon? I don’t look at them as the clear favorite

They're a young team still getting better and they added some needed depth w/o giving up anything valuable. Collectively they had zero Finals experience when they faced the Warriors. Now almost the entire team has Finals experience, so that's no longer a problem.

They also wore out down the stretch in large part due to having to make hay in the 2nd half of the season. They were behind the Hornets in the standings for the 1st half of the year, in large part due to injuries/COVID and also getting used to Udoka's system. Assuming they don't have those issues (at least to the same degree), they won't have to push that hard for the entire year and they'll be fresher in the playoffs.

And FWIW, nobody is picking the Celtics over the field. That rarely happens, anyways. They're just being given the best odds of any one team.

While all true I remember when Kyrie was injured and Jason Tatum and Brown took them to the ECF. Everyone said they’re such a young team, and they’re only going to get better from this experience, and they regressed after that.

[warriorschamps]

I wouldn't read too much into it. Having the best odds going into the season doesn't mean much. Just ask the Nets the last couple of years or the Lakers last year(they were favorites to win the West).

And I don't think any of can forget the Clippers basically crowning themselves champions before the 2020 seasons. How did that workout for them. But hey they were the Vegas favorites for the title so there is that.

This has me curious I wonder how many times has the Vegas favorites actually won the title. Obviously GSW in 2017, 2018. I can't think of anybody else that recently done it.

[NetsWorld]

they offered jaylen brown, the nets will eventually except this deal as no teams will likely top that

TWO WEEKS AGO! The reason the leak came out this week is to up the price from other teams. Will the Pelicans cave and surrender Ingram? Will the Raptors surrender and give up Barnes? That's what the Nets are trying to do. Marks is a smart man and the leak only helped the Nets in terms of leveraging the rest of the league and KD being in a sitting duck position having to wait until Nets get a decent compensation.

[BostonCouchGM]

they offered jaylen brown, the nets will eventually except this deal as no teams will likely top that

TWO WEEKS AGO! The reason the leak came out this week is to up the price from other teams. Will the Pelicans cave and surrender Ingram? Will the Raptors surrender and give up Barnes? That's what the Nets are trying to do. Marks is a smart man and the leak only helped the Nets in terms of leveraging the rest of the league and KD being in a sitting duck position having to wait until Nets get a decent compensation.

what about Jazz acting as a third team to sweeten the pot. So instead of Smart you get Bogdanovic. Send Harris to the Jazz where he can rehab back to health to be traded for assets down the road when he's an expiring and that gets his second year off your books.

BK-Brown, Bogdanovic (expiring), White, FRP (BOS)
UT-Pritchard, Harris, FPR (BOS)
BOS-KD, Vanderbilt

[Yinwest]

they offered jaylen brown, the nets will eventually except this deal as no teams will likely top that

TWO WEEKS AGO! The reason the leak came out this week is to up the price from other teams. Will the Pelicans cave and surrender Ingram? Will the Raptors surrender and give up Barnes? That's what the Nets are trying to do. Marks is a smart man and the leak only helped the Nets in terms of leveraging the rest of the league and KD being in a sitting duck position having to wait until Nets get a decent compensation.

I understand things can change quickly.
But is there any team that can beat a Jaylen Brown package and still compete? Time will tell though.

[NetsWorld]

they offered jaylen brown, the nets will eventually except this deal as no teams will likely top that

TWO WEEKS AGO! The reason the leak came out this week is to up the price from other teams. Will the Pelicans cave and surrender Ingram? Will the Raptors surrender and give up Barnes? That's what the Nets are trying to do. Marks is a smart man and the leak only helped the Nets in terms of leveraging the rest of the league and KD being in a sitting duck position having to wait until Nets get a decent compensation.

I understand things can change quickly.
But is there any team that can beat a Jaylen Brown package and still compete? Time will tell though.

The league has seen stranger things. Nets squeezed two first, Curry and Simmons for Harden. I expect Simmons back even though there are a lot of doubters and Curry has been more than serviceable for the Nets shooting wise.

[TwitterFingers]

They're a young team still getting better and they added some needed depth w/o giving up anything valuable. Collectively they had zero Finals experience when they faced the Warriors. Now almost the entire team has Finals experience, so that's no longer a problem.

They also wore out down the stretch in large part due to having to make hay in the 2nd half of the season. They were behind the Hornets in the standings for the 1st half of the year, in large part due to injuries/COVID and also getting used to Udoka's system. Assuming they don't have those issues (at least to the same degree), they won't have to push that hard for the entire year and they'll be fresher in the playoffs.

And FWIW, nobody is picking the Celtics over the field. That rarely happens, anyways. They're just being given the best odds of any one team.

While all true I remember when Kyrie was injured and Jason Tatum and Brown took them to the ECF. Everyone said they’re such a young team, and they’re only going to get better from this experience, and they regressed after that.

They didn’t regress for a couple of years after making the ECF? It seems like u should be taking your own advice