The Smart Money is On The Grizzlies

...they gamble it in Vegas

This seems ridiculously early considering the NBA Finals ended seemingly days ago, but on the other hand, the next NBA season starts in like a week or something, so here are the current odds for each team to win the championship.  Obviously, these will continue to change a bit while rosters continue to change.  For instance, whoever signs Wally Szczerbiak will jump to the top of the list. 

Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Lakers- (9/4): What?  Having the best players makes you the most likely to win a championship?  What a boring concept.

Boston Celtics- (5/1): This is a good omen, 5 to 1 was how Boston beat Cleveland in 2008. 

Orlando Magic- (6/1): Dwight Howard feels disrespected.  First, he doesn’t get a puppet, now he’s less likely to win it all than 3 superior teams. 

San Antonio Spurs- (11/1): The rumor that they won’t be getting Rasheed Wallace moved them up about 15 spots. 

Denver Nuggets- (13/1): Another good omen, 13 to 1 is also the ratio of tats to players on the Nuggets.

Houston Rockets- (15/1): Some people are surprised that these odds didn’t change after the announcement about Yao’s foot.  But they might as well be 250 to 1 because Houston wasn’t going to sniff a championship regardless.

Portland Trailblazers- (18/1): I like this team, but I wish their odds were 45 to 1 so I could’ve made a Greg Oden joke. 

Utah Jazz- (20/1): Will never get good odds because the Mormons won’t use them anyway.  On a related note, I heard Katherine Heigle was raised Mormon.  I guess she abandoned the subservient woman thing for a more bitchy ideology.

Dallas Mavericks- (40/1):  The movie ‘North Dallas Forty’ starred Nick Nolte and was loosely based on the 70’s Dallas Cowboys.  This is not a good omen. 

New Orleans Hornets- (40/1): Chris Paul by himself would have been a 10 to 1 shot.

Detroit Pistons- (45/1): 45 would also have been their average age had they kept ‘Sheed and A.I, or if they traded for Greg Oden. 

Atlanta, Chicago, Miami, Phoenix- (50/1)- 3 lower tier Eastern Conference playoff teams and the 9th team in the West who has done nothing but get worse this summer.  I dare you to put money on one of them.  Or set it on fire… same thing. 

Philadeplhia 76ers- (60/1): How does a team bringing back Andres Miller and Igoudala, Elton Brand and Thad Young have these long odds?  They also have Sam Dalembert and drafted Jrue Holliday.

New Jersey, New York, Washington- (75/1): I’d bet the Wizards are pissed for being included in this group. 

Charlotte, Golden State, Indiana, LAC, OKC, Sacramento, Toronto- (100/1): The Raptors and Warriors were both up-and-coming playoff teams two years ago.  True story. 

Milwaukee Bucks and Minnesota Timberwolves- (125/1): Vegas oddsmakers should show some balls and make these guys 1-million to 1 shots.  At least then someone might waste put some money on them…maybe. 

Memphis Grizzlies- (150/1): They dumped Darko and drafted Thabeet, Demarre Carrol and Sam Young.  I’d like to introduce you to  your 2010 NBA Champs!

Bootlegged from Ball Don’t Lie

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1 Comment to The Smart Money is On The Grizzlies

don
July 2, 2009

Anyone who thinks Mormon women are “subservient” doesn’t know a Mormon woman. I guarantee they’ve never met my wife.

Portland will make a big splash in the NBA this season…more so than last year. Oden will be a beast, jokes or no jokes. (See the following story for one example of why Oden will be for real. http://www.portlandtribune.com/sports/story.php?story_id=124648085393215300 ) With a good free agent signing, Portland may have the best over all talent in the NBA.

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