nba championship value?

[bigdogdan2]

What teams do you see value on betting to win the finals? Any chance to hedge bets?

Some that look good to me (all from sportsbook):
Suns 80-1, this number seems silly, seeds 2-5 are all pretty evenly matched IMO.
Bucks 100-1, never thought I'd bet on the bucks but they seem to be peaking at the right time.

[Swicat]

I think that history tells us that unless a team has one of the NBA's top 5 players playing at a high level then they don't have a chance of winning the title.

As we know in a one game situation, anything can happen but over a 7 game series where the better team has home court advantage there really are no cinderella runs to the NBA championship.

I don't see either the suns or the bucks having the one or two elite players needed to make it through the grind of the NBA playoffs.

Just my thoughts,

Swicat

[bigdogdan2]

Thats the thing, you don't need a team that will win the championship to win money, just a team that will give you good odds and gets past a couple of rounds that you can hedge bets against.

Suns, a team that could be 2nd seed by the end of the season getting 80-1 odds? As opposed to nuggets who are seeded below the suns are getting 8-1? Thats crazy.