Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

Now that the NBA season is almost upon us (24 days and counting) – that means it’s time to start the betting!  Who do you think will take it all this season?  The Mavs? Lakers? Heat? Knicks?
Check what Vegas has to say  after the jump…

Las Vegas has the Miami Heat pegged as the odds on favorite to win this season’s NBA Championship according to BoDog.com.

Slotted just behind the Miami Heat and their 9 to 4 odds are Kobe Bryant’s Los Angeles Lakers at 5 to 1. You’d have to scroll down past the Chicago Bulls at 13 to 2 as well as the Oklahoma City Thunder at 15 to 2 before you’ll find that team who beat LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, and Chris Bosh last season too by the way. The Dallas Mavericks will defend their NBA Championship as the fifth most likely team to win it this time around with odds of 17 to 2.

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