J. Kyle Mann

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We're going to break this down kind of like in chunks, I think, Kyle.

And you can tell me what strikes you as being out of character with your perception of the league, a little too high, a little too low, whatever you like as we go.

The first group of contenders, according to FanDuel by percentage broken down, the Thunder at 38%, the Spurs at 13%, the Celtics at 13%.

I would say the Thunder in particular, that's right in line with where we've had them in our title pie conversations all year, no?

And certainly, if you want to parse the words of everyone involved, you can see the moment.

moments of frustration, but then they'll go beat the Thunder and everything is fine again.

They just have enough signature wins on their resume.

They have the roster for it.

They're just like, especially by Eastern Conference standards, one of the most complete teams out there.

So it's not shocking to me that they're this high, but I would say it is a little surprising to me as we dig into this next group.

The Cavs at 9%, the Nuggets at 8%, the Knicks at 6%.

The Cavs are one of those teams that, for whatever reason, I feel like are always favored quite strongly by these sorts of odds mechanics.

I don't know what it is about the way that their season is going.

It's not like it was last year where they were just rattling off wins and the net rating was blowing the doors off and all these things.

They've had a good season.

They have a very impressive roster.

They have a strong core in particular that we've talked about and we talked about earlier this week.

Does it shock you at all, though, to see Cleveland at 9% of the Vegas title pie?

I think so, too.