THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Odds to Win 2019-20 NBA Championship: Clippers Now Favored Over Lakers To Win Title

The one thing we can all agree on about the NBA offseason is it’s rarely boring. The Los Angeles Clippers pushed their chips to the center of the table, went all-in and completely shifted the gravity of the league by acquiring both Kawhi Leonard AND Paul George. These moves have not only given the Clippers the best duo in the NBA but have also placed them as the betting favorites to win the 2019-20 championship.

Online sportsbook BetOnline has the Clippers as +350 favorites followed by their neighbors, the Los Angeles Lakers, and the Milwaukee Bucks, both at +500.

After the L.A. teams and Milwaukee, the Houston Rockets (+800) are next on the oddsboard, with the Philadelphia 76ers (+900), Golden State Warriors (+1400), Denver Nuggets (+1400), Utah Jazz (+1400), Boston Celtics (+2000) and Brooklyn Nets (+3300) rounding out the top 10.

Now, the Clippers have a stockpiled roster ready to unleash on the NBA and it makes perfect sense for them to be the championship favorites. Leonard is coming off arguably the greatest postseason run of all time with the Raptors while George was in the discussion for league MVP for a large portion of the season. With these two blockbuster moves, the Clippers’ odds to win the NBA title went from +1600 to +350.

Odds To Win The 2018-19 NBA Championship
Odds as of July 12 at BetOnline

• Los Angeles Clippers +350
• Los Angeles Lakers +500
• Milwaukee Bucks +500
• Houston Rockets +800
• Philadelphia 76ers +900
• Denver Nuggets +1400
• Golden State Warriors +1400
• Utah Jazz +1400
• Boston Celtics +2000
• Brooklyn Nets +3300
• Portland Trail Blazers +3300
• Toronto Raptors +3300
• Dallas Mavericks +4000
• Indiana Pacers +4000
• Miami Heat +5000
• San Antonio Spurs +6600
• New Orleans Pelicans +10000
• Sacramento Kings +12500
• Atlanta Hawks +15000
• Detroit Pistons +15000
• Oklahoma City Thunder +15000
• Orlando Magic +15000
• Minnesota Timberwolves +20000
• Chicago Bulls +25000
• Memphis Grizzlies +30000
• New York Knicks +30000
• Phoenix Suns +30000
• Washington Wizards +30000
• Charlotte Hornets +50000
• Cleveland Cavaliers +50000

 

[youngwolf]

In.

Jazz over everybody.

 

[wavycrocket]

Really going to leave the most overrated team out of the poll tho....I see you

 

[firstclass]

In

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

Really going to leave the most overrated team out of the poll tho....I see you

Nuggets are sixth choice from the top

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

20 Hot Takes for 2020

• Pascal Siakam wins back to back MIP awards
• Orlando Magic secure a top 4 seed
• Chicago Bulls earn a playoff berth
• Darius Garland wins ROY
• Jimmy Butler finishes top 3 in MVP voting
• Houston Rockets fail to reach the playoffs
• KAT Towns demands a midseason trade
• Steph Curry leads the league in scoring
• Boston Celtics fail to reach the playoffs
• Paul George retires from the NBA in order to pursue a career in minor league baseball
• Lakers win more games than the year before
• Markelle Fultz has a career resurgence, averaging 18/7/4 on 44/37/82 splits
• Ben Simmons makes a 3 pointer
• Oklahoma City Thunder earn a playoff berth
• New York Knicks secure the worst record in the league
• Denver Nuggets win 60 games
• Phoenix Suns reach 25 wins for the first time in the Devin Booker era
• San Antonio Spurs consecutive playoff streak comes to an end
• Kevin Durant makes his return before the end of the regular season

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

I got Portland

 

[youngwolf]

20 Hot Takes for 2020

• Pascal Siakam wins back to back MIP awards

He's about to fall off a cliff. He isn't what people think he is.

 

[Sonny Corinthos]

Cats got Pascal as the new Richard Dumas

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

He's about to fall off a cliff. He isn't what people think he is.

What makes you say this? I think he actually played better when Kawhi rested

 

[youngwolf]

I just don't think he's as good as a lot of people seem to think he is. It seems as though a lot of his play is predetermined, which would explain why seems to get "stuck" in the paint a lot or forced to put up some garbage.

I said it earlier in the summer, but Masai goofed not flipping him for PG and Russ. His stock will never be higher.

 

[HIM]

It’s August, man.

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

It’s August, man.

Schedule comes out Friday. Your lil thread is outdated

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

 

[Cashflow]

3x MVP Steph Curry LOADING!

 

[Arthur Shelby]

 

[Kingof402]

Really going to leave the most overrated team out of the poll tho....I see you

Lakers I assume?
How about most underrated? Portland, Orlando, SAC

 

[BIG LEEMELONE]

I honestly forgot to put the Lakers in the poll . It won't let me change it now. What we can do is substitute the Lakers for the clippers and the clippers for maybe the pacers. So if you feel like the Lakers are the most overrated just vote for the clippers

 

[antidope]

Kevin Durant and Kyrie will beef because Kyrie has the better sneaker.

 

[Mike dunleavy]

Lakers 58-24

 

[xxpizzo]

we here

Sixers

 

[addict4sneakers]

ALA roll call

 

[HIM]

Let me help your struggle thread out.

addict4sneakers wavycrocket @MVP @P C H @lawdog1 @B Sox @JD617

This is the new thread

 

[Vincent Van Goat]

In.

Jazz over everybody.

Donovan Mitchell efficiency bump incoming

 

[Mike dunleavy]

Sixers 63-19 and lose in the second round
Brooklyn 41-41