No change in odds to win NBA Finals after Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas trade
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How the Kyrie Irving trade impacts the East (and LeBron)
SportsPulse: Paste BN Sports' NBA Insider Sam Amick details who won the trade, what it means for LeBron James and who should be the favorite in the East.
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It might have made headlines, but the trade that sent Kyrie Irving to the Boston Celtics and Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder and Ante Zizic to the Cleveland Cavaliers didn't mean much to Las Vegas oddsmakers.
According to Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook, Cleveland was a 4/1 to win the NBA Finals before the trade and 4/1 after. Boston was 10/1 before and 10/1 after.
Still, the move did shake up some things in Vegas.
Westgate has the odds of winning most valuable player slightly worse for LeBron James, 6/1 from 5/1 and way worse for Thomas, 100/1 from 30/1. But for Irving, his odds got much better, 25/1 from 50/1.