2022-23 NBA betting preview – The case for the Milwaukee Bucks

The 2022-23 season is shortly approaching and our betting consultants have gotten you lined. Over the following two weeks we’re having a look at tips on how to method a number of the prime groups in league and giving out some futures finest bets earlier than the season ideas off.

Right here is the perfect case, worst case and betting evaluation for this yr’s Milwaukee Bucks staff.

All odds from Caesars Sportsbook

NBA betting preview schedule

Thursday: The case for the Boston Celtics and Golden State Warriors
Friday: The case for the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks
Monday: The case for the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers
Tuesday: Who to wager for MVP
Wednesday: Betting win totals and awards
Oct. 17: Social media and betting
Oct. 18: NBA title odds and favorites

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Greatest Case State of affairs: The Bucks received the NBA title for the 2020-21 season, and entered the 2021-22 playoffs as a favourite to repeat. Even with All Star wing Khris Middleton out injured, the Bucks nonetheless led the eventual Jap Convention champion Celtics three video games to 2 and solely misplaced in an in depth seven recreation collection with Giannis Antetokounmpo nearly dragging them again to the promised land. If the Bucks keep wholesome this season, they’ve the achievable upside to win the championship this season. They at the moment have third-shortest odds to win the NBA Championship (+650), simply behind the Celtics (+575) and Warriors (+600). Based on NBA.com’s annual survey of all 30 of the league’s common managers, the Bucks ought to be the favorites to win.

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Worst Case State of affairs: The Bucks have a excessive cheap ground, barring catastrophic harm to Giannis or a lot of necessary Bucks gamers. Every of Giannis (15), Middleton (16) and Jrue Vacation (15) missed a minimum of 15 video games final season, and the Bucks nonetheless completed third within the Jap Convention. For all three, final season marked the high-water mark for many video games missed within the final 4 seasons. Once more, barring an unusually dangerous harm scenario this season, the Bucks are more likely to be a playoffs staff with dwelling courtroom benefit within the first spherical. If these kinds of accidents hit then, like every other staff, the last word worst case situation is for them to overlook the playoffs solely.

The wager: Giannis Antetokounmpo Defensive Participant of the 12 months +1000

Betting Spin: Whereas I’ve the Bucks because the favorites to win the title (+650) and Giannis as a number one candidate for MVP (+650), the chances of these occasions taking place are shut sufficient to applicable that there is not an enormous quantity of worth there. One angle with official worth is Giannis for Defensive Participant of the 12 months (+1000). Giannis was the DPOY in 2019-20, when the Bucks had the highest Defensive Ranking within the NBA. That season, Giannis and Brook Lopez locked off the center and compelled groups to battle within the paint. Lopez missed 69 video games final season with a again harm, however is wholesome now. If Giannis and Lopez recreate that defensive entrance line, with Vacation as the most effective perimeter defenders within the league (two time All-Defensive First Group) as nicely, the Bucks could possibly be an elite protection once more this season with Giannis because the acknowledged anchor. Of the opposite DPOY favorites, Robert Williams III is at the moment injured, Draymond Inexperienced has performed 46 or fewer video games in two of the previous three seasons, and Rudy Gobert is on a brand new staff with unknown ranges of help. I might contemplate Giannis a favourite for the award, at comparatively lengthy odds.