Bucks' Championship Odds Shorten, East Teams May Be Better Value
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00:02 >> Yeah, and their odds to win the championship, of course,
00:05 are gonna move significantly.
00:06 So anybody who's planning on betting this, you may wanna wait.
00:09 I mean, this is the worst value you're ever gonna get.
00:11 They're now under four to one to win the championship.
00:14 But Gilbert, here's what really sticks out here.
00:15 To win the East, plus 150 going into the season.
00:20 This is like a heavy, heavy favorite.
00:22 The Central, of course, you're not gonna bet that.
00:24 And their win total shot up by, I think it's three,
00:26 if I'm not mistaken, from what I saw, to 55 and a half.
00:31 So Gilbert, I mean, anybody smart is not gonna do anything now.
00:35 Because this is the overreaction to this.
00:38 And that's what we do, we overreact for free agency.
00:41 >> Absolutely, first of all, 55 and a half wins are a lot of wins.
00:45 I don't care who you have on your team, that's a lot of games to win.
00:47 But I definitely can see this Bucks team doing that.
00:50 And it makes sense that things move the way they did.
00:53 Because it felt like for a long time, it was Boston by default.
00:56 Because there was no team better than the Celtics.
00:58 Every team had big question marks around them.
01:01 And now the Bucks seem to have answered some of those questions.
01:03 But I still say, there are other teams in the Eastern Conference that you probably
01:06 can get your value from right now, because we still have to see it.
01:09 Damian Lillard is great, he averaged over 30 points per game last year.
01:12 Yannis Antetokounmpo was great, averaged over 30 points per game last year.
01:16 But we have to see it be put together.
01:19 They're relying on a lot of older guys, Drew Holiday and Damian Lillard.
01:22 They traded a 33 year old for a 33 year old.
01:24 But still, this is a team where we've seen them come up short in the postseason.
01:28 They have a new head coach in Adrian Griffin.
01:30 So I think now because people are overreacting to what the Bucks have done,
01:33 maybe you take a long hard look and see where the Celtics are now.
01:36 Maybe you have some faith or belief that maybe the fallout of this trade causes
01:40 another Eastern Conference contender to make a move like the 76ers or
01:43 the Miami Heat.
01:44 So I think the fallout from this trade and how other teams in Eastern Conference
01:48 are gonna kinda make up for what they need to do now is the interesting part.
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