\nBringing the organization their first championship. It’s just something that the Raptors could build on, that we all could build on. That was my goal. I wanted to get them to the Finals their first year,” Leonard stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Reading into a player’s word choice after six grueling NBA Finals games should be taken lightly. But with Durant likely to miss the entire year recovering from the Achilles injury, and Thompson expected to miss considerable time, the league’s top two teams have many questions in need of answers.<\/p>\n
Futures Movement<\/b><\/h2>\n
NBA odds for the 2019-20 season are shifting rapidly. After opening the Warriors as the favorites at 7\/2, upon news of Thompson’s injury, the Westgate SuperBook greatly lengthened the team’s line to 14\/1.<\/p>\n
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Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James \u2013 a team that didn’t even reach this year’s playoffs \u2013 have emerged as the odds-on favorites. LA’s line has shortened slightly from 5\/1 to 9\/2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Lakers are followed by the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Clippers (6\/1), Houston Rockets (8\/1), and then it’s the defending champion Raptors at 10\/1 rounding out the top five.<\/p>\n
As trades come when the offseason officially tips off at the end of the month, the futures lines will adjust accordingly \u2013 making some of the ticket slips printed in the interim very appealing, and others, well, likely worthless.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Toronto Raptors are NBA champions after beating a depleted Golden State Warriors team in six games, but Las Vegas oddsmakers have the Los Angeles Lakers the favorites for next season. Led by Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard and longtime franchise star Kyle Lowry, the Raptors managed to fend off the two-time defending champs despite losing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":106990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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