Sportsbook has Knicks' odds at 500-1 to win NBA Finals next season
BY Sean Coffey
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
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Phil Jackson and the Knicks have odds against them next season.
If Knicks fans did a little daydreaming watching the Warriors win the NBA title Tuesday, the folks in Las Vegas delivered a stunning wakeup call on Wednesday.
Phil Jackson’s Knicks, who own the fourth pick in next Thursday’s NBA draft, have been installed as longshots — big time longshots to win the NBA crown next year. While the more traditional sports books had the Knicks anywhere from 100-1 and 80-1 longshots, one obscure website MyTopSportsbooks.com has them at 500-1 shots to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy.
OK, even the ardent Knick hater would agree that’s a little too much and the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook agrees as the Knicks are only 80-1 shots to win it all (So you’re saying there’s a chance?). At Westgate, the Cavs are listed 9-4 favorites with the Warriors and Thunder at 5-1.
The Nets, who are reeling after sending away a flurry of draft picks over the last three seasons in deals that brought pricey veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson to Brooklyn, are listed as 100-1.
On Bovada the Knicks are at 100-1, tied with the Nuggets, Bucks, Pistons, Nets, Suns and Kings.
“I’d say it’s (100-1) a fair number,” said Benjamin Eckstein, a transplanted New Yorker who owns American’s Line.com in Vegas. “It’s a very fluid number. I wouldn’t bet with your money and I wouldn’t take any money out of the college fund to bet the Knicks.
“The better bet would be Derek Fisher to get fired in the first three months of the season.”
Eckstein said the number could change if the Knicks get off to a hot start or Carmelo Anthony looks strong at the start of the season.
Still, he says he would stay away from any bet that doesn’t pay off until after the season.
“It’s like putting your money in the stock market for six months and hoping for a return.”
Despite the ridiculous odds, it’s not impossible for the Knicks to pull off a miracle. The Rams, who won four games the previous campaign, entered the 1999 season as 300-to-1 shots to win the Super Bowl and did just that.
And then there is Doneral, a 91-1 shot who won the Kentucky Derby in 1913.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...500-1-knicks-winning-season-article-1.2262017
BY Sean Coffey
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Phil Jackson and the Knicks have odds against them next season.
If Knicks fans did a little daydreaming watching the Warriors win the NBA title Tuesday, the folks in Las Vegas delivered a stunning wakeup call on Wednesday.
Phil Jackson’s Knicks, who own the fourth pick in next Thursday’s NBA draft, have been installed as longshots — big time longshots to win the NBA crown next year. While the more traditional sports books had the Knicks anywhere from 100-1 and 80-1 longshots, one obscure website MyTopSportsbooks.com has them at 500-1 shots to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy.
OK, even the ardent Knick hater would agree that’s a little too much and the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook agrees as the Knicks are only 80-1 shots to win it all (So you’re saying there’s a chance?). At Westgate, the Cavs are listed 9-4 favorites with the Warriors and Thunder at 5-1.
The Nets, who are reeling after sending away a flurry of draft picks over the last three seasons in deals that brought pricey veterans Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Joe Johnson to Brooklyn, are listed as 100-1.
On Bovada the Knicks are at 100-1, tied with the Nuggets, Bucks, Pistons, Nets, Suns and Kings.
“I’d say it’s (100-1) a fair number,” said Benjamin Eckstein, a transplanted New Yorker who owns American’s Line.com in Vegas. “It’s a very fluid number. I wouldn’t bet with your money and I wouldn’t take any money out of the college fund to bet the Knicks.
“The better bet would be Derek Fisher to get fired in the first three months of the season.”
Eckstein said the number could change if the Knicks get off to a hot start or Carmelo Anthony looks strong at the start of the season.
Still, he says he would stay away from any bet that doesn’t pay off until after the season.
“It’s like putting your money in the stock market for six months and hoping for a return.”
Despite the ridiculous odds, it’s not impossible for the Knicks to pull off a miracle. The Rams, who won four games the previous campaign, entered the 1999 season as 300-to-1 shots to win the Super Bowl and did just that.
And then there is Doneral, a 91-1 shot who won the Kentucky Derby in 1913.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/b...500-1-knicks-winning-season-article-1.2262017
