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Los Angeles Lakers 2015 NBA Season Preview

By Cody Williams

Oct 13, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) and coach Byron Scott react during the game against the Sacramento Kings at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 13, 2015; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (24) and coach Byron Scott react during the game against the Sacramento Kings at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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October 22, 2015; Anaheim, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Nick Young (0) moves the ball against the Golden State Warriors during the second half at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports
October 22, 2015; Anaheim, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers forward Nick Young (0) moves the ball against the Golden State Warriors during the second half at Honda Center. Mandatory Credit: Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports /

Odds

With so many teams that appear to have an ample opportunity to make a run at the NBA Championship this season, the Lakers are not among them. Even if they surprise everyone, a title is completely out of reach. Fairly enough, the odds reflect that adequately as Bovada has the Lakers as just +10000 favorites to win the title.

That clearly indicates that the Lakers don’t have much of a shot at the title this season, but even those odds seem a bit high. Those are the same odds given to the Boston Celtics and while neither team looks like a title-contender, the Celtics are a far better team than the Lakers. The Los Angeles odds even being at +10000 is largely due to the mere profile of the organization.

The Lakers are also listed at +5000 to win the Western Conference, the ninth best odds in the conference. Considering that puts them sizably above the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns, that’s another number that has to be pushed up because of the Lakers’ popularity.

Making the Lakers’ Western Conference odds even crazier is the fact that they have worst odds to win their division, listed at +6600 in the Pacific. Granted, that’s the same division as the Golden State Warriors and Los Angeles Clippers, but that seems a little more absurd for the books to give L.A. better conference championship odds than divisional title odds.

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