Nets 2024-25 Betting Preview: Prediction, Roster Projection

After winning 32 games last year, the Brooklyn Nets entered the summer with a full tank after trading away Mikal Bridges. A successful year for this franchise would include locking up a high draft pick.

NBA futures odds are available at the online sportsbook, including Brooklyn Nets odds for NBA champion, division winner, and player awards.

Nets Futures Odds

Win Total: 19.5
Atlantic Division: +5000
Eastern Conference: +5000
NBA Championship: +100000

The Nets are NBA odds long shots after trading Bridges to the New York Knicks in the offseason. Their championship odds doubled after the deal was made.

Brooklyn’s win total of 19.5 is its lowest preseason over/under ever tracked since at least 1993-94.

Nets Offseason Moves

The Nets began their rebuild by trading Bridges for five first-round picks from the Knicks, marking the first trade between the New York rivals since 1983.

Additions

Departures

The Nets have started their rebuild, but more moves must be made.

Forwards Dorian Finney-Smith and Cameron Johnson are expected to be on the move at some point. Both players could fetch decent draft capital from a contender aiming to improve its team on the margins.

Nets 2024 Betting Prediction

Prediction: Nets to Finish Last in Division

There isn’t a market for an exact finish in the division yet, but Brooklyn figures to be the betting favorite to place fifth in the Atlantic Division.

The Nets’ win total of 19.5 is 11.5 games below the Toronto Raptors’ win total. The Boston Celtics, New York Knicks, and Philadelphia 76ers are all expected to be the top contenders in the East.

In three straight seasons, Brooklyn has finished fourth in this division, with its last fifth-place finish coming in 2017-18. 

The Nets need to ensure they are in the basement of the Atlantic Division this year to net a high pick for next year’s loaded NBA draft. 

Let the tank for Cooper Flagg begin.

2024-25 NBA Team Previews & Predictions