#1 Best Bet- Golden State Warriors -140!!
-140 to win 16 games and a title!! That's insane, even though they probably won't get challenged in the first two rounds. The question here really isn't whether or not they are going to win the title, the question is whether they lose a game in playoffs. In the later rounds against OKC, SA or LAC they might lose one or two total, but they are the surest bet this century to be representing the West come finals time. -140 isn't exactly the greatest way to turn your money into a retirement fund, but it's almost as sure of a bet as the Harlem Globetrotters against Washington Generals.
#2 Best Bet- Cleveland Cavaliers +350
What?? Why the hell would you pick the Cavs as the second best bet to win the NBA title?? Over a Spurs team that won 65 games, and a Thunder squad with Tri Catz is obviously smoking that hippie lettuce again, because this pick is crazy!! Is it though? Sure, the Cavs have had a very up and down season with two lackluster showings against the defending champs, a coaching change, and LeBron using social media to act like a thirteen year old girl. But throw all that to the side like it was a bill demanding payment immediately, because the Cavs have looked good of late. Outside of a few nagging injuries they are also healthy, and oh yeah they have ZERO competition in the East. No offense to the Bostons, Torontos, and Miamis of the world, but they don't have the thoroughbreds that Cleveland does in Love, James, and Irving. The King could literally sit out the first two rounds and Cleveland would still be the favorites to come out of the east. Will they be able to beat the Warriors? Probably not, but you can never be sure when you have the best player in the last 15 years on the floor with a healthy squad that can score buckets. Remember, this Cavs team without Love and Irving was up 2-1 on this exact Warriors team last season. Now if they don't win or if they don't make the finals, this offseason gets very interesting with James...
Best Bet #3 - San Antonio Spurs +300
The team that just got blowed out by the Warriors in two games??? That's the team you think is the third best bet to win the finals? In the words of Greg Popovich, "that's a dumb question, next question". The Spurs don't give a shit about the regular season and don't reveal all of their cards during these games. To put it in terms of a poker context, the Spurs are the team holding pockets aces and the noob next to them thinks he's got the pot because he just flopped a set of kings...in other words there's still a lot of cards to be played, or in this case games to be decided. You would be stupid to think the Spurs can't hang with the Warriors based on a couple of regular season match ups. If San Antonio doesn't get upset by a super athletic Thunder or Clippers team, don't be surprised if they end up pushing the champs to seven games in the Western conference finals in a few months. Then they would be up against Bron and crew, and we all know what happens when Pop goes up against a LeBron team, it's like giving him a 1942 Chateu LeBlanc, he knows what to do with it.
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