Puzzle Piece Three: Betting Odds
Vegas makes money. Plain and simple. So when they set there sports betting odds, they want to make sure making money is the outcome. Back in August when Kawhi Leonard was traded, Toronto shot up the betting odds to become the favorite in the days before the trade.
The Chicago Bears were quietly a close second favorite to land Khalil Mack right before they actually landed him. You think odds makers are blindly choosing the correct favorite or do you think someone is giving them information?
You want to guess who was reported as the strong odds on favorite to be the team Anthony Davis starts the 2019-20 with?
The Los Angeles Lakers. As you may have heard before, Vegas isn’t in the business of losing money.