Cle. is +1200 to win the NBA title, which means if you put down $100 and they win it all, you make $1200.
I don't give advice to adults, I especially don't give advice on futures investing, and I have never bet even fun money on the NBA, but I am going to sleep on plopping down a dime on those 12-1 odds. The NBA season is so long and there are so many teams that I can see the Houses overlooking Cleveland, they're only third in the Least, their Ignore-November-December for the late and post-season was breathtaking in its recklessness; or bettirs dismiss them off their last two flameouts in the playoffs. In other words, I don't think bettors are paying sufficient attention to them despite their current streak. They're a sleeper and gamblers are sleeping on them.
Cleveland has Donovan Mitchell, they have the DPOY, Evan Mobley, they have Jarret Allen, they have De'Andre Hunter, Jaylon Tyson, Sam Merrill, the have COTY Kenny Atkinson. And at the trade deadline they got...Beard.
TO ME, an idiot blogger, Cleveland reminds me of the breathtaking Manchester City Centurians. That City team was a superhuman MACHINE that gave me butterflies following them and watching highlights. You got the feeling playing City then, that at any moment they could bury you in goals and you could get humiliated 6-0. They were scary--AND I AM A DIE-NEVER CITY FAN!
Cleveland is not that GOAT. They haven't won shit. But last season's team OBLITERATED the "Heat" in literally historic terms. These mid-season "Cavaliers" would scare me like those great City teams did if I had to play them. There is no team save OKC who can keep up the scoring with Mitchell and Harden and the rest, no team besides the "Thunder" who can defend them. And on the other end they have the DPOY.
12-1 odds for this team to host the Larry O'Brien trophy is a siren call, in my opinion.