- Thunder 61.5, Spurs 60.5, Knicks 52.5, Celtics 51.5, 76ers 50.5, Pistons 48.5, Raptors 46.5 (Kawhi reunion), Heat 46.5 (Giannis). Detroit won 60 games last season but lost frontcourt pieces, faces a brutal early slate, and Jalen Duren's contract dispute adds uncertainty.
- Three Eastern teams at 50-plus wins: Knicks, Celtics, 76ers. Indiana is priced for the league's biggest leap at 44.5 after a 19-win season, with Tyrese Haliburton back from the torn Achilles. Futures are the slowest-moving market — these numbers are the baseline every nightly line gets built from.
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