Miami Heat Futures

[GatorMike]

Found this:

NBA - Miami Heat Futures
Miami Heat 2010-2011 Season Result
Mon 8/2 12:00PM (EST)
9901 Heat wins NBA Championship +160
9902 Heat loses in NBA Finals +200
9903 Heat loses in Conference Finals +220
9904 Heat loses in Conference Semifinals +500
9905 Heat misses Playoffs +600
9906 Heat loses in First Round +800

[Bisket]

9905 Heat misses Playoffs +600

should be +60000

[Raptors007]

is there odds for heat not to win championship?

-250?? just a guess

[shepherd]

Originally Posted by Raptors007

is there odds for heat not to win championship?

-250?? just a guess

based on (+160) to win the title, your guess looks dead on... (+220) would be closer to expectation, except that this is a future posted almost a full year in advance, so they have to skew it more so as not to get screwed by a big movement in the odds... so (+250) sounds just about right...

(+500) to lose in the Conf Semis is the best value... they will almost for sure be playing Boston, Orlando or Chicago, and getting (+500) with any of those is ridiculous value... imagine if Miami is the 2 seed and Boston is the 3 seed and you have Boston (+500)... cha-****ing-ching!!! (or better yet, if Boston is the 2 and Miami is the 3... WOW!)... the only concern would be losing in the first round, which seems unlikely since the bottom half of the East is pure shit...

(+600) to miss the playoffs is surprisingly low... don't see it happening... would take an injury to Lebron or Wade for a very lengthy period of time...

[ZaQ]

I would love to bet that they won't win at -250. They won't play defense well enough, especially near the rim.