2024-25 NBA win totals: Six bets to consider before the season - ESPN

The 2024-25 season is only three months away and it's never too early to start thinking about win totals. ESPN BET has posted win totals for all 30 NBA teams ahead of the upcoming season.

It shouldn't come as a surprise that the reigning champion Boston Celtics have the highest win total for next season at 58.5. The Celtics led the league with 64 wins last season, the first time they surpassed 58.5 wins since 2009. They are one of eight teams with a win total of more than 50 games.

In the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder have the highest number at 55.5 wins.

The team with the lowest win total heading into the season is the Brooklyn Nets, who are in the midst of a rebuild after trading away Mikal Bridges in the offseason. The same narrative applies for the other rebuilding teams like the Portland Trail Blazers (21.5) and Washington Wizards (22.5). All these teams will be vying for the honor to draft highly touted prospect Cooper Flagg No. 1 overall in the 2025 NBA Draft. Although I am cautiously optimistic about one of these teams, which I'll elaborate on shortly.

Here are six bets to consider before the start of the season:

Odds as of publication. For the latest odds go to ESPN BET .

Forty-eight wins seems way too low for the Cavaliers. Cleveland dealt with numerous injuries last season as Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley and Jarrett Allen only played 28 games together, yet the team still won 48 games.

New head coach Kenny Atkinson inherits a Cavaliers team that has won 99 regular-season games over the past two seasons and his recent experience as a head coach with the Nets and assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors should help him continue to make this team better. The continuity