The NBA’s Eastern Conference can at times be seen as the”diminished” conference on account of the crappy teams at the bottom but there is still some prominent teams in the top such as the Milwaukee Bucks, who are favored to win the East crown to its 2019-20 NBA season.
Online sportsbook BetOnline gets the Bucks as +200 faves to win their first Eastern Conference title in franchise history. Adhering to the Bucks would be the Philadelphia 76ers (+275), Boston Celtics (+700), Brooklyn Nets (+800) and Toronto Raptors (+800) to round out the top .
After directing the NBA standings and getting a top seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs last year, the Milwaukee Bucks have been prepared to return in the mountaintop. For starters, they’ve arguably the best player in the league at Giannis Antetokounmpo, who is the Fave To Win MVP for the second year in a row.
They also have a rather profound roster despite having to allow some key players such as Malcolm Brogdon and Nikola Mirotic walk. They re-signed Khris Middleton and Brook Lopez while adding Wesley Matthews for their existing core. With that group, the Bucks possessed the very best point differential in the NBA last season while also holding opponents to 43.3 percent shooting in the area.
Up until Game 3 of the Eastern Conference vs Toronto, the Bucks were in the driver’s seat to win the last year. Now that Toronto doesn’t have Kawhi Leonard, I believe Milwaukee is the best bet to make it out of the East.
The two chief challengers??to the Bucks winning the Eastern Conference are the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics, who both retooled in the offseason. The Sixers will be +275??while the Celtics are all +700, to acquire at East.
The Sixers could have lost Jimmy Butler but managed to include Josh Richardson in the Heat at a sign-and-trade while also adding an extra stud large man in Al Horford. Richardson can take from deep and guard perimeter players while Horford can play centre and also be a safety valve if anything happens to Joel Embiid.
I??am still somewhat worried about their deep shooting because shedding JJ Redick has been a huge blow, but if they remain healthy and possibly Ben Simmons grows a jump shot, they need to be a force in the East.
The Celtics are intriguing mainly because they won’t have Kyrie Irving within their locker room to destroy the mood. Boston may have lost Al Horford into the Sixers but added Kemba Walker, who certainly will not pout in press conferences any time that the Celtics lose.
However, the only real way the Celtics can seriously win the Eastern Conference comes down to their own stable of swingmen in Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Gordon Hayward.
Brown and tatum regressed last season after a promising rush to the Eastern Conference final in 2017-18 and also the way in which they develop should be an integral focus for bettors.
I expect them to be improved this season as those two will??get the vast majority of the offensive looks however if Brad Stevens can’t work out the proper rotations, it may be another disappointment in Beantown.
Odds in BetOnline at August 14

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