2018-2019 NBA Previews – Northwest Division Odds
Looking for 2018 NBA Northwest Division Predictions? We’ve got your back. The Northwest Division is projected to be one of the league’s most competitive groups this season, and it’s easy to see why when looking at the talent level spread across all teams.
2018 Northwest Division Season Preview
Division Favorite: Oklahoma City Thunder +200
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Although the Oklahoma City Thunder lost Carmelo Anthony over the summer, that could ultimately prove to be an addition by subtraction allowing Paul George to flourish next to Russell Westbrook. The fun part about this division, though, is that that hardly makes them runaway favorites. This group of teams will be fighting for playoff positioning all season long.
2018 Oklahoma City Thunder NBA Northwest Division Prediction
Head Coach: Billy Donovan
2016-17 Record: 48-34
Odds To Win Division: +200
Odds To Win Conference: +1500
Odds To Win NBA Championship: +3000
The Thunder could very well be the Western Conference’s second-best team this season. The Houston Rockets technically own that title until proven otherwise, but there’s no denying the Rockets got a bit worse this offseason trying to use Carmelo Anthony to make up for the loss of Trevor Ariza and Luc Mbah a Moute.
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We already mentioned that Paul George has a chance to really thrive in his second year with the Thunder now that Melo is gone, but what we haven’t said yet is that this team not only got better, but knows it’ll continue getting better when Andre Roberson makes his much anticipated return.
He’s a huge part of what makes this team good defensively, and he’ll have a chance to take the defensive load off the shoulders of Russ and PG13.
2018 Utah Jazz NBA Northwest Division Prediction
Head Coach: Quin Snyder
2017-18 Record: 48-34
Odds To Win Division: +240
Odds To Win Conference: +3500
Odds To Win NBA Championship: +7500
The Utah Jazz are one of the more low-key fun teams to watch in the NBA. They don’t score a lot of points, yet they have a dynamic scorer in Donovan Mitchell who, if he can improve his efficiency, should make another leap in his sophomore year.
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Defensively you know what you’re getting. It’s always nice to see guys like Ricky Rubio and Joe Ingles hit jumpers or create out of drive-and-kick situations, but they’re two players who perfectly fit in with what this team is built to do: get stops.
The anchor of the franchise, however, is Rudy Robert. If he stays healthy, the Jazz have a real shot at winning the division and earning home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
2018 Denver Nuggets NBA Northwest Division Prediction
Head Coach: Michael Malone
2017-18 Record: 46-36
Odds To Win Division: +450
Odds To Win Conference: +7500
Odds To Win NBA Championship: +12500
The Denver Nuggets played the Minnesota Timberwolves in the final game of the 2017-18 season in what was a de facto wild card elimination game. The winner went on to earn the eighth seed, the loser got the worst odds in the lottery—but odds to win nonetheless.
Unfortunately for Denver, it dropped the contest in dramatic fashion, falling 112-106 in overtime.
This season, the Nuggets are just hoping to stay healthy. They have all the pieces to make the postseason—including one of the NBA’s top young centers in Nikola Jokic—and as long as Paul Millsap can stay on the floor, people will start to remember why he was one of the league’s most coveted free agents just a couple summers ago.
2018 Minnesota Timberwolves NBA Northwest Division Prediction
Head Coach: Tom Thibodeau
2017-18 Record: 29-53
Odds To Win Division: +500
Odds To Win Conference: +8000
Odds To Win NBA Championship: +12500
The Minnesota Timberwolves have the second-worst odds of winning a division title this season, but those odds may slip even further before the offseason ends if Jimmy Butler gets his wish.
With training camp less than a week away, Jimmy Butler requested a meeting with Thibs and management. He expressed his concern with the direction of the franchise, and he formally requested a trade, listing the Brooklyn Nets, LA Clippers and New York Knicks as his preferred destinations.
Unfortunately for Butler, he has no real say in where he goes. Unfortunately for Thibs, he likely has to send out his best player into a market where he’s already lost all leverage.
This has a chance to be a rebuilding year for Minnesota—or at least one where they figure out how to play with Karl Anthony-Towns and Andrew Wiggins as their only two stars.
2018 Portland Trail Blazers NBA Northwest Division Prediction
Head Coach: Terry Stotts
2017-18 Record: 49-33
Odds To Win Division: +650
Odds To Win Conference: +7500
Odds To Win NBA Championship: + 15000
The Portland Trail Blazers won the Northwest Division last season and are pegged to be dead last this year. That’s a testament to how competitive this division is going to be, but it’s also an indictment against how uninspiring the Trail Blazers’ offseason really was.
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Not only did the Blazers swing and completely miss on both DeMarcus Cousins and Kawhi Leonard, but general manager Neil Olshey went into the summer stating he had no interest in breaking up the talent backcourt of Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum.
Olshey is right that you don’t want to split up two stars without a good reason, but making at least McCollum available in trades could help the team create a more balanced roster.
Alas, Portland enters with the same rotation it had a year ago—the same rotation that got swept in the first round of the playoffs.
2018 NBA Northwest Division Prediction
The Northwest Division looks like a five-team race. No other division in the NBA can say that.
At this point, we have to put our money on the Thunder. Utah is a very close second and could take the division if Goobers stays healthy, but until proven otherwise, the Thunder have the right to be the favorites.
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