The 2016/17 NBA regular season will get underway in just a week and a half, which means it’s time to start getting serious about predictions for the upcoming campaign. With the help of the lines from offshore betting site Bovada.lv, we’re going to run through the predicted win totals for each of the NBA’s 30 teams, by division, and have you weigh in on whether you think those forecasts are too optimistic or too pessimistic. We’ll kick things off today with the Atlantic division…
Boston Celtics
- 2015/16 record: 48-34
- Over/under for 2016/17: 52.5 wins
- Offseason in review: Added Al Horford, Jaylen Brown. Lost Jared Sullinger, Evan Turner.
How many games will the Celtics win?
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Under 52.5 55% (802)
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Over 52.5 45% (667)
Total votes: 1,469
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Toronto Raptors
- 2015/16 record: 56-26
- Over/under for 2016/17: 50.5 wins
- Offseason in review: Added Jared Sullinger, Jakob Poeltl, Pascal Siakam. Lost Bismack Biyombo, Luis Scola, James Johnson.
How many games will the Raptors win?
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Over 50.5 55% (685)
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Under 50.5 45% (569)
Total votes: 1,254
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New York Knicks
- 2015/16 record: 32-50
- Over/under for 2016/17: 38.5 wins
- Offseason in review: Added Derrick Rose, Courtney Lee, Joakim Noah, Brandon Jennings. Lost Arron Afflalo, Robin Lopez, Langston Galloway, Derrick Williams, Jose Calderon.
How many games will the Knicks win?
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Over 38.5 71% (1,009)
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Under 38.5 29% (404)
Total votes: 1,413
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Philadelphia 76ers
- 2015/16 record: 10-72
- Over/under for 2016/17: 23.5 wins
- Offseason in review: Added Ben Simmons, Dario Saric, Jerryd Bayless, Gerald Henderson, Sergio Rodriguez, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot. Lost Ish Smith, Carl Landry, Isaiah Canaan, Kendall Marshall.
How many games will the Sixers win?
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Under 23.5 55% (733)
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Over 23.5 45% (609)
Total votes: 1,342
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Brooklyn Nets
- 2015/16 record: 21-61
- Over/under for 2016/17: 20.5 wins
- Offseason in review: Added Jeremy Lin, Trevor Booker, Luis Scola, Greivis Vasquez, Randy Foye, Caris LeVert. Lost Thaddeus Young, Jarrett Jack, Wayne Ellington, Thomas Robinson, Shane Larkin, Donald Sloan, Markel Brown.
How many games will the Nets win?
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Under 20.5 61% (755)
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Over 20.5 39% (488)
Total votes: 1,243
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The Nets will surprise everyone with…. 25 wins.
Toronto has the pieces to make a trade if need be, so with the over/under at 50, it’s the safest bet in the entire Atlantic division to take the over.