The Raptors are among the bottom 12 teams on DraftKings’ futures board at +10000 odd 안전놀이터 to win the 2022-23 NBA championship. The Raptors are in last place in the Atlantic Division and trail the first-place Boston Celtics by 13 games. Oddsmakers think they have next to no chance to win the division at +70000 odds.
According to DraftKings’ NBA prop bets, the Raptors have a win total set at 39.5 over/under. FiveThirtyEight projects the Raptors will finish the season with a 38-44 record and have a 23% chance to qualify for the playoffs.
DraftKings offers a “Make the Playoffs” prop bet for different NBA teams. The Raptors are +190 odds to make the playoffs, but -240 odds to miss them.
Shams Charania from The Athletic reported that the Raptors are one of the many teams that will be active at the trade deadline. The Raptors are currently on the Eastern Conference playoff bubble. But they’d rather trade away their best players to put themselves in a position to reboot the team next season.
VanVleet, forward OG Anunoby, and guard Gary Trent, Jr. were all mentioned in trade rumors. The Raptors want to keep Pascal Siakim and last year’s Rookie of the Year, Scottie Barnes, and rebuild around those forwards.
Decimated Suns Need VanVleet
Injuries to three starters sent the Phoenix Suns off-kilter. But a trade for VanVleet could help get them back on track.
The Suns are 21-24 this season and currently in 12th place in the Western Conference standings. If the season ended today, they wouldn’t qualify for the Play-In Tournament. This is quite the shocker, considering the Suns were the #1 seed in the Western Conference last season after posting the best record in the league.
The Suns are +4000 odds to win the championship, and+950 odds to win the Western Conference title for a second time in the last three seasons.
The Suns were 15-6 at the end of November, but won only six times in their last 24 games. Shooting guard Devin Booker hasn’t played since late December, when he suffered a groin injury. He’s expected to miss a month of action, but will return soon.