The NBA title futures odds of the Brooklyn Nets have quietly shortened in the last 24 hours.
General Hospital and All My Children have nothing on the drama that is coming out of New York’s second-favorite borough. In previous episodes we saw; Kyrie Irving refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccination; James Harden bolting with Ben Simmons arriving; Kyrie gettting permission to play home games; a play-in game; the losing end of a first-round sweep; general manager Sean Marks saying he wanted a commitment from “everyone”; Kyrie threatening to opt-out only to opt-in and Kevin Durant demanding a trade which led to an NBA Twitter frenzy that has yet to stop.
Sheesh. Ok, before we go to commercial break, let’s revisit the moves of the sports books after the Durant trade demand.
“The first thing I did was immediately move the Nets out to 25-1,” Westgate SuperBook Vice President of Risk Management Jeff Sherman told FOX Sports. “If Durant is gone, Kyrie is likely gone, too, as an expiring contract.
“We had Brooklyn at 8-1 before the report, went to 25-1, and we’re all the way out to 50-1 right now. And we’re open for business.”
That was on Friday, an eternity in today’s age. And as we always say around these parts, things change fast in the Association.
Since then, the Brooklyn Nets have been gaining momentum when it comes to their championship odds. At many sports books those odds have shortened all the way down from +5000 to +2000 in the last 24 hours. What gives?
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Chris Broussard makes a prediction as we continue into the NBA offseason: Both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant will start the season with the Brooklyn Nets, despite being surrounded by trade rumors. Based on the sources he’s heard from, the Nets have realized they have all the leverage in these trades, and he explains to Nick Wright and Kevin Wildes why that leads him to believe the two star players will remain in Brooklyn for the start of the season.
The most obvious explanation is that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving will not be going anywhere. Yes, Kyrie is upset that he was not offered the max contract extension. And yes, KD appears to be upset that his running mate suffered such an indignity. However, there are a lot of complications involved in moving these two stars.
For starters, how big is the market for Kyrie Irving? Do teams really want to risk it all on a mercurial free thinker that is great at handling the…
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