At the NBA championship odds board,  the Golden State Warriors, the Cleveland Cavaliers are on a special level, followed by the remainder of the league. The soldiers were already +240 favorites to reclaim their title before they added Kevin Durant, but their NBA championship odds at the moment are right down to -133 as we head into opening night. 

So, while there may not be much value betting chalk for the NBA title, there are many other betting options with NBA player props and futures. We had a talk with Sports Interaction’s Greg Sindall to wreck it down. 

Covers: What are the preferred bets at the board to win this year’s championship?

Greg Sindall: Despite the fact that Golden State is this sort of heavy favorite, this team is seeing a variety of public action. The Cavs also are getting various love being a large public team. Some bettors are seeing value within the Spurs at +900. Even supposing they lost Duncan, they still have an excellent team and coach. The Raptors are another team seeing decent action at 25/1.

Covers: Another popular futures so far? 

GS: Teams to make or miss the playoffs are seeing some action. One of the more popular selections are the Knicks to make the playoffs at +100, the Grizzlies to overlook paying +150, Bulls to make the playoffs at -140 and a pair people taking a shot on Brooklyn to make the playoffs at +2000.

Covers: There are a ton of player props up presently. Which can be the preferred with bettors? Any surprises there?

GS: We've seen numerous action on Billy Donovan to win coach of the year. He was paying 33/1 but we needed to cut his odds all the way down to 25/1 on account of action. I SUPPOSE people think he's going to need to work some magic after losing KD. 

Group betting on average points, assists, or rebounds also are showing to be popular. Probably the most more popular picks is for James Harden to win his group for average assists at the year. He's currently paying -125 to complete above Draymond Green, Emmanuel Mudiay and Elfrid Payton. 

Some bettors are favoring DeMarcus Cousins to complete the season with a better points average than Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Blake Griffin. Cousins is currently paying 2/1 to win that group.

MVP betting is often popular. Russell Westbrook is the present favourite at 2/1. I’m sensing a theme here… 

Covers: Which teams is seeing probably the most support to move over their season win total? 

Cleveland and Golden State are both seeing support at the over on their win totals of 57 and 66 respectively. There may be also quite a lot of action at the Knicks to head Over 40.5. The lower ranked teams also are seeing some Over action with Milwaukee taking bets on over 36 and Phoenix taking action on Over 28.5. People must figure there's just one strategy to opt for them – up!

Covers: Which teams are bettors fading at the season win totals?

GS: The teams being faded essentially the most are Utah at Under 46, Memphis at Under 43.5, and Minnesota at Under 41.5.

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