For anyone looking for NBA live betting odds on the futures board there are plenty of promising candidates for the 2011-12 championship season that will tipoff on Christmas Day. Although parity and cost certainty were at the heart of the NBA lockout that cost the league the first two months of the season, there were already a host of teams with a legitimate shot at the title.
In the East there is the “Over the Hill Gang” in the form of the Boston Celtics. Coach Doc River’s team is a leading contender year in and year out and boasts a “Big Four” of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo, and Paul Pierce. The only question is if this aging team can withstand the pounding of a condensed 66 game schedule.
The Chicago Bulls are coming off a 62 win season and boast the youngest NBA MVP in history in Derrick Rose. The question is if they have enough of a supporting cast to make it to elite playoff status.
The New York Knicks have plenty of offense with Amare Stoudmire and Carmelo Anthony. What New York lacks is defense and toughness as they finished 27th overall for team defense last year.
After being touted as a team that would win at least 70 games, the Miami Heat had to settle for 58 but with the “Three Kings” of LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade they will be in every game and are a top shelf title contender.
Any conversation in the West begins with the Los Angeles Lakers who were stunned to have the upstart Dallas Mavericks emerge as the World Champions. LA has a new coach in Mike Brown but still boasts Kobe Bryant, one of the elite and most dominant players in the game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder boasts a dominant player in their own right with Kevin Durant. Durant has won the NBA scoring crown the past two seasons and led the Thunder to the Western Conference finals last season.
Dallas may be the defending NBA champs but not everyone is taking them serious as a repeat threat. The Mavericks have an aging core and will be challenged to defend their title.
San Antonio could be a team to watch in NBA live betting odds. Much like the Celtics they are a perennial contender that, while aging, is deep and they have the championship know how and stability with coach Greg Popovich, who is one of the best in the game.
