Celtics’ Jayson Tatum a favorite to repeat as Skills Challenge champ

Online sportsbooks consider Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum a favorite to repeat as Skills Challenge champion.

Boston Celtics All-Star forward Jayson Tatum is among the favorites to win the 2020 NBA All-Star Skills Challenge.

Popular online sportsbook Bet Online AG gives the Duke product 6-to-1 odds on repeating as victor in the event, the Missouri native also having won last season’s All-Star Skills Challenge.

With The Athletic’s Shams Charania reporting veteran Detroit Pistons point guard Derrick Rose planning on dropping out of the Skills Challenge, only the the Brooklyn Nets’ Spencer Dinwiddie has better odds to win it all at 3-to-1.

The Indiana Pacers’ Domantas Sabonis also has 6-to-1 odds in his favor, and the Milwaukee Bucks’ Khris Middleton and Los Angeles Clippers Patrick Beverley each have 7-to-1 odds to win the event.

The online sportsbook lists the Toronto Raptors’ Pascal Siakam and Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo as longshots with 10-to-1 and 12-to-1 odds respectively, making Tatum among the best bets (and worst payouts) to take home this season’s Skills Challenge hardware.

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