After four months of waiting, the 2023-24 NBA season is finally here! After the Denver Nuggets were crowned champions in June, it's been a wild offseason. We had the Damian Lillard trade saga, James Harden drama (naturally) and Jimmy Butler's always priceless media day. Now it's time to look ahead, and we mean way ahead.
We've been rolling out NBA futures looks for the past few weeks, all curated around long-term looks at the upcoming season. Win total bets, futures to make, and data-driven predictions you need to see while the value is there.
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For this feature, we're going to see how the public's most popular NBA futures bets on DraftKings Sportsbook compare to our model's projections for the entire season. We'll look at both conferences and the championship markets. If you're unaware, the “handle” is the amount of money wagered whereas “bets” refers to the raw number of bets placed.