Saying the Warriors season isn’t going as planned is an understatement, as they currently sit with the league’s worst record at 2-10. They’re on their worst losing streak since 2013 and many fans are already looking forward to next season.
No matter how ugly things get, one gambler still thinks the Dubs have a chance to take down the 2020 NBA championship.
Darren Rovell of The Action Network tweeted that a bettor put $1,000 on the Warriors to win the NBA title at odds of 1,000 to 1. As a result, a Warriors title run would net this gambler a cool million big ones, for those counting at home.
The @SuperBookUSA just had a bettor bet $1,000 on the Warriors to win the NBA title at 1,000 to 1, according to oddsmaker @Derek2Square. Wins $1 million if somehow the Warriors to from horrific to amazing.
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) November 15, 2019
This bet could maybe be taken seriously if it was made over the offseason when Golden State came in at +1000 on the betMGM board, as 10-1 was good enough for the sixth-best odds in the NBA at the time. The Warriors odds then fell off a cliff after Stephen Curry’s hand injury sidelined him for a significant chunk of the season.
For the Warriors to start the year off with the sixth-best odds was a change of pace, they’ve usually been a massive favorite since winning their first title of the Curry and Kerr era in 2015. Just last season the Warriors opened up as an overwhelming favorite at +120, meaning that their winning the title would have actually paid less than even money (a $120 bet would have yielded winnings of just $100 in that instance).
It’s going to take a miracle for Golden State to enter themselves back into championship consideration, but if they can rally behind D’Angelo Russell, Draymond Green and Eric Paschall, one confident bettor will make a lot of money.