When looking for the betting odds on a particular National Basketball Association team to win the Larry O’Brien Trophy, one is actually looking for the odds on that team ‘to win outright’.  OddsJet compares NBA outright winner odds from several reputable sportsbook companies.  This NBA Finals Winner odds comparison allows OddsJet to display the best odds for every team to win the NBA outright so basketball bettors may maximize their potential returns when hoping to predict the NBA Finals winner.  If you would like to bet on NBA regular season or playoff games, OddsJet also provides an NBA odds comparison.

NBA Futures and Ante Post markets explained     

NBA outright winner betting is by far the most popular NBA futures betting market.  Futures markets, also called Ante Post markets, are those that involve a wager that is contingent on a longer term result over the course of an entire season, rather than a single game.  Odds for these markets are offered months in advance of the eventual result.  In general, the highest paying odds for Ante Post and futures betting markets will come before the NBA season begins.  As the season progresses and certain teams rise in the standings or progress in the playoffs, the odds will tighten and pay less for those teams in position to win the NBA Finals.

Examples of NBA outright winner odds expressed in American, Decimal and Fractional formats

For American odds format, there are two sets of expressions to remember, but both involve the figure of $100. First, negative numbers express how much one needs to wager in order to win a profit of $100.  However, due to the nature of outright betting on the NBA, rarely would any one team be such a heavy favorite that their odds would be below even money.  Most odds will be above even and thus will come as a positive figure, expressing how much potential profit would be returned for a bet of $100.   For example, when you see odds of +350 on the Golden State to win outright, you would need to stake $100 in order to receive a profit of $350, yielding a total return of $450.

With Decimal odds format, the odds express the full potential amount that will be returned on your wager including the stake amount.  For this, simply multiply the Decimal odds by the stake. For example, if San Antonio is listed at 6.50 to win outright, a $100 bet would return a total of $650 including your stake, so the potential profit would be $550. 

For Fractional format, the odds express the amount of potential profit that will be returned on a wager.  For example, with a wager of $100 and odds of 35/1 on Utah to win outright (said 35 to 1), one could see a profit of $3,500 (35 divided by 1, multiplied by $100) plus the stake amount for a total potential return of $3,600.