Somewhere out there is someone who’s desperately hoping the Nets win the NBA title. A gambler put $400 down in January on the Nets bringing the Larry O’Brien Trophy back to Brooklyn. At the time, the Nets were in a 14-game stretch that saw them lose 12. So the odds were long, 300-to-1, but the potential payout huge: $120,000.
Now, with the still iffy prospect of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving returning to play, that gambler is no longer a lonely man (or woman).
As Alex Schiffer reports, “since the season was suspended, only the Lakers have had more bets placed on them to take home a title” than the Nets.