Windy gives the Warriors (+6000) the best chances to make a title run OUTSIDE the top-10 favorites 👀

Windy gives the Warriors (+6000) the best chances to make a title run OUTSIDE the top-10 favorites 👀

Talk about Steph Curry he’s been on a heater right over the last three games take a look at this it’s not just the volume it’s the freaking accuracy it’s the volume two averaging nine three-pointers per game over that span he’s still making over 56% of his looks

Yeah yeah that’s hard to guard that’s hard to guard thank you for that Richard with curry continuing to elevate and just this Elite play that he’s having it got us thinking take a look at this could the Warriors I know it’s going to sound crazy but could they make a real

Yes we’re talking about a title run here these are the teams who are just outside of the top 10 in odds that’s according to ESPN bet so it’s a really interesting mix of teams who believe that they really could make a run including the Warriors we saw how far the Miami Heat

Got last year even as the eighth seed so Chan who has the best the long shot chance the best long shot to win or to let’s let’s say make it to the NBA finals why are you looking at me like that Richard I I’m just I’m curious his

Direction we’re going to go so technically between the Warriors and the Sixers Maybe maybe sure I mean yeah if they were able to get Joel and beid back I’m going with the Sixers win though because that’s my my fear with with the Sixers is okay if you get your well andb

Back like April and he’s kind of still needing to ramp up a little bit did that concern you m do you do you know what he was doing the entire season Fair he was leading the league scoring he was the best offense in the entire NBA that shot

Right there from the free throw line oneon-one that cannot be doubled dwell and be hopefully he’s rested hopefully he heals well and soon if he’s back on the floor that’s this team yeah that’s a big yeah that’s the if that that’s the if I’m talking about automatically goes

To third in the East Third in the East I mean Milwaukee’s looking a little bit better but like getting that team whole with the pieces that they’ve added we saw exactly what buddy heeld was able to do like this is the pieces are coming together for his health and I like that

For him well first off the Warriors whole roster for the moment is healthy except for Chris Paul they don’t yeah well right there other starters he’s healthy they’re all healthy and Chris Paul’s getting healthy so I like the team that that I know is healthy right

Now now that’s a big thing so it’s got to be the Warriors for me they’re scoring on the interior they’ve got kuminga really going really well they’ve developed psky and a lineup they can close with it doesn’t always include Klay Thompson but what they’re doing is working very well they’ve been the third

Best team basically for the last 15 games in the NBA when you look at net rating and look at their schedule their schedule is very favorable now they’re in 10th place right now Malika I I don’t think from 9th or 10th you can make a real run you got to win two playing

Games but they may not stay there they’ve had the hardest schedule so far now it swings easier hopefully they get Chris Paul back soon they’ve played a ton of very close games as you know they’ve you know like 35 of their games have been clutch clutch Time games

Because they haven’t been very good and they’ve been banged up or suspended right well if they’re stay together some of those games that were closer they were losing they might start winning so this is what I said weeks ago people were saying break this team up and Steph

Was saying definition of insanity are you talking to perk I’m saying ride this sucker till the wheels come off and the wheels are firmly on right now I look I don’t I if we’re talking about outside we would say the 76ers obviously they were a favorite team they have the

Biggest if out of anybody on that list and if Joel embiid was healthy he they wouldn’t be on that list so in my opinion no one on that list has a real chance there is one caveat like you said with the Warriors they went through the most difficult part of their schedule

With the most difficult part of their season with the injuries with with the suspensions all of these things the contract looming you know do we play young guy they went through all of those things now they’re healthy now they’re whole and they have the third easiest

Schedule in the NBA so if they play the third best in the NBA let’s just say hypothetically if they play the third best in the NBA that can put them maybe they can get to six maybe they can actually make a run there is I don’t know about six top eight that’s what

They’re looking for top eight I just I’m just saying maybe the Warriors we know that those boys can go on a run Steph is hot clay get going weird things can happen and we’ve seen it with it’s just always a question of who falls out right

Because the Lakers are in nine Mavs are an eight kings are seven suns are six and then you get to the Pelicans and Nuggets the Clippers the Thunder and the Timberwolves none of the top four are moving the Suns you kind of maybe expect to move up a little bit maybe the Kings

It’s just I don’t know who’s Mavericks are hot right now Mavericks have have gotten some reinforcements and they’re playing great well the one thing I will say is that sometimes it’s not about who’s going to move out you can outplay if you if you if a team goes seven and

Three and you go 10-0 and they get a 10-0 stretch which they have an easier schedule in my opinion your schedule actually gets easier because teams start sitting guys teams start like playing for the draft unless they trying to win these awards no but no but I’m not they

Trying to win some award there’s three there’s only three awards that are going to be given that it’s going to affect that that’s the only thing okay So

Richard Jefferson, Brian Windhorst and Chiney Ogwumike take a peek at the sports betting odds that each team wins the NBA Championship and then discuss which team outside of the top-10 favorites has the best chance to make a surprise title run.

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