Friday, July 9th, 2010 at 10:30 am  |  64 responses

Vegas: Miami Heat are the Championship Favorites

Some of the oddsmakers in Sin City quickly placed LeBron’s new team at the top of the NBA heap. Reports FanHouse: “The Miami Heat don’t have a complete roster — but with the addition of LeBron James, the club is already the favorite to win next year’s NBA title, according to Las Vegas oddsmakers. After James announced his decision to leave Cleveland last night on ESPN, oddsmakers at Las Vegas Sports Consultants made Miami the prohibitive favorite to win the NBA title, moving the club’s odds to 4-5 — a massive shift from just a few weeks ago, when Miami was a 25-to-1 long-shot to be the 2010-11 NBA champions. After guard Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh committed to Miami yesterday, oddsmakers at several Vegas sports books moved the Heat’s odds to 6-1, ranking them as the second most-likely NBA champion after the Los Angeles Lakers, who began today as 7-2 favorites. After James’ move to Miami, however, the Lakers odds moved to 5-1, according to Sean Van Patten, an oddsmaker at Las Vegas Sports Consultants, which provides point spreads and gambling information to all the major casinos. ‘Our thinking is with LeBron joining two All-Stars, Miami becomes the best team in the league,’ he said.”

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  • kudos

    I think this is starting to look like the 04′ olympic team. Think about it. These losers still play no defense. Including Wade.

  • WangChung

    @Jukai: When going to a bigger lineup, sure. ‘Bron is a very capable passer with good court vision, for his size. But his ballhandling ability is certainly not CP3,Deron,Nash,Magic level. Can’t wait to see how it works out tho. He does have excessive size and speed for the position.

  • ClydeSays

    I just keep thinking about JWill’s claim that the 06-07 Heat teams ‘partied every night’. You think Lebron and Bosh might get a little distracted
    coming from relatively sleepy cities?

  • http://www.slamonline.com/ The Promise

    c_cantrell is trolling other posters on here, kick his butt off.

  • http://www.slamonline.com/ The Promise

    And, Eboy is right, even though he is hated on more than anybody else on this site seem like, but, the Lakers are the champs, and I’m no Laker fan, but, they are the champs until someone unseats them, and I feel like they have earned the right to be the favorite, since the have repeated and all.

  • The D Train

    Here’s what I don’t get: Eboy and Heat fans will sit there and “bask in the hate,” but then turn around and say “we’re not the favorites…give us time to gel.” So Vegas makes them the favorites, and they have 2 of 3 best players in the league, and Heat fans will talk out one end of their mouth saying “hate us, we love it” and then talk out the other end and say “we’re not the favs.” Really? You cannot have it both ways. You can’t have the pomp and circumstance, then distance yourself from it when it comes to expectations. Oh wait, maybe Miami is the perfect place for Lebron if that is the case.

  • http://slamonline.com Anjoe Intal

    Schedule the parade in L.A!!

  • desir

    Questions for all u lbj haters. The cavs had the best record in the nba this past two seasons. Take lebron out of that line up the cavs would a lottery team. Dan gilbert u ungrateful bastard. U used lbj to market your team and made millions off his name. The fact that he stayed there for seven years u should b kissing his feet. Like jouaquim noah, “who wants to live in cleveland”. Talk about that he quit during the playoffs , u ungrateful bastard. U don’t put talents around him that’s reason he had to drop a triple double almost every game for the cavs to win. You know how much energy it takes to lead your team in points rebounds and assist. By the time the playoffs come around he is burned out when he is playing a complete team like the celtics. He did not quit jackass discourage woul b a better word. The best player you had playin with him was moe william. And moe william at his best is above average player who plays no defense at all, can’t create his own shot, can’t rebound and cannot make other players better. How many times did rondo go by moe williams with no resistance. How come u did not say that he quits. U just mad because u cashcow left and your revenue will drop. Out of all the free agents who did u sign none. No one wants to play in cleveland. That place is depressing. U are mad cause the table is turned on you. U just wanted him to abuse his body and mess up his knees so that u can turn around and ship him out. Your boy bron is smarter than that. To say that the cavs will win a championship before the heat u must b delusional and fooling yourself. Ding Dong your cash cow is gone. Long live the king

  • zop

    that’s right anti-Laker/fierce Miami fans, say that Miami’s the next champs. Kobe relishes challenges

  • rich

    well depth really doesnt matter if they get mike miller,ledwosh is gonna kill most teams for 40 mins so the other 8 mins arent really as important, especially considering they will take breaks at spererate times, im sure a team as good as last years heat can hold out till the other all nba team guys come back on

  • Lakers 2010 champs

    I think Pat Riley should suit up for the Heat so they have a bench to go along with the 3 superstars. LOL!

  • Lakers 2010 champs

    Championships have to be earned. Just acquiring superstars does not equate an automatic championship. Let’s wait until the end of next season and see who’s holding the trophy before we declare the Heat as champions! Get my drift???

  • Lakers 2010 champs

    I wouldn’t count out the Kobe and Pau Lakers anytime soon. You think they’re gonna bow down now after the Heat’s acquisitions! They will only get better!

  • Lakers 2010 champs

    Still trying to figure out how the Heat was able to sign these 3 players for over 300 million. It seems impossible. Did someone drop money out of the sky over South Beach? And now they’re close to signing Mike Miller for almost 30 mil as well. Don’t know about anyone else but I’m completely baffled. Never heard of anything like this!

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