Maybe it's just the pervasive optimism of the NBA offseason talking, but it sure seems like the 2014-15 championship chase features more worthy contenders than ever.
But that's not really the case. Not exactly, anyway.
The summer brings rebuilt teams, wiped memories and fresh hopes, so we should be clear right up front that this is probably not the best time to take a detached, objective look at the NBA title landscape. After all, without seeing any would-be contenders take the court yet, we can't say for sure if their potential flaws will reveal them to be something less than title-ready.
And anyway, it's tricky to measure how wide-open a championship race truly is.
Are we supposed to trust the opening odds provided by Vegas? If there's an inordinate number of clubs with a statistical shot, does that tell us anything?
So...no.
For whatever it's worth, when Bovada sent out its first set of odds after Kevin Love officially joined LeBron James with the Cleveland Cavaliers, he and his new team had the best ones: 5-2, according to Eric Pincus of the Los Angeles Times.
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