The 5 Best Bets to Win the 2020 NBA Championship

The Lakers and Clippers are favorites, but only one of them is a good bet. Who are the best championship long shots?

THE NEW NBA SEASON IS JUST TWO MONTHS AWAY FROM TIPPING and the league looks more open than ever this season. The Golden State Warriors dynasty is over, or at least derailed for now. The defending champion Toronto Raptors won’t have a chance of repeating. The Houston Rockets and Philadelphia 76ers had a major makeover. The Milwaukee Bucks still have Giannis. And of course both Los Angeles teams look as good as anyone.

Bovada has already released odds for the 2020 NBA championship, so let’s take a look at the 10 biggest contenders. Five of them look like poor bets right now, while five others are an intriguing pick at their current odds. You can read a more in-depth look on each of these teams at SportsBook Review:

5 teams that don’t look like good bets

Denver Nuggets +1800

The Nuggets return virtually all of last year’s roster and add to it forwards Jerami Grant and Michael Porter Jr. They’re a bet on continuity and another leap forward from Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray. A run to the Western Conference Finals seems plausible, but…