Luka Doncic’s ‘Dark-Horse’ Mavs Top 10 Title Odds After All-Star Break

With All-Star Weekend in the rear view mirror, the Dallas Mavericks are looking to make a big final push toward the playoffs, and oddsmakers have them as top-10 title contenders.

Dalton Trigg | Feb 19, 2024

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Coming back from an extended All-Star break, the goal is clear for the Dallas Mavericks: Compete for a championship.

“Now it’s time to get ready for the second half of the season,” Kyrie Irving said after Wednesday’s blowout win over the San Antonio Spurs. “Going after our championship”

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During All-Star Weekend, rookie big man Dereck Lively II said his team is a “dark-horse” title contender, and oddsmakers appear to agree with him.

According to BetOnline, the Mavs have top-10 odds to win the NBA championship this season. Here is the list: (+265) Boston Celtics, (+475) Denver Nuggets, (5/1) Los Angeles Clippers, (7/1) Milwaukee Bucks, (14/1) Oklahoma City Thunder, (14/1) Phoenix Suns, (16/1) Minnesota Timberwolves, (22/1) New York Knicks, (25/1) Cleveland Cavaliers, (25/1) Dallas Mavericks, (25/1) Golden State Warriors.

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The Mavs are riding a six-game win streak as they prepare to start their final push toward the playoffs on Thursday against the Phoenix Suns. If Luka Doncic, Irving and the trade additions of P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford can keep the streak going, the Mavs’ title odds will continue to increase over the next few weeks.

Published Feb 19, 2024

DALTON TRIGG

Dalton Trigg is the Editor-In-Chief for Dallas Basketball, as well as the Executive Editor overseeing Inside The Rockets, Inside The Spurs, All Knicks, and The Magic Insider. He is the founder and host for the Mavs Step Back Podcast, which is a proud part of the Blue Wire podcast network. Trigg graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business and Economic Development with a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship in 2016. After spending a few years with multiple Dallas Mavericks-related blogs, including SB Nation’s Mavs Moneyball, Trigg joined DallasBasketball.com as a staff writer in 2018 and never looked back. At the start of 2022, he was promoted to the EIC title he holds now. Through the years, Trigg has conducted a handful of high-profile one-on-one interviews to add to his resume — in both writing and podcasting. Some of his biggest interviews have been with Mavs owner Mark Cuban, Mavs GM Nico Harrison, now-retired legend Dirk Nowitzki and many other current/former players and team staffers. Many of those interviews and other articles by Trigg have been aggregated by other well-known sports media websites, such as Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and others. You can find Trigg on all major social media channels, but his most prevalent platform is on Twitter. Whether it’s posting links to his DBcom work, live-tweeting Mavs games or merely giving his opinions on things going on with Dallas and the rest of the NBA, the daily content never stops rolling. For any inquiries, please email Dalton@MavsStepBack.com.