Brooklyn Nets 2024-25 NBA Championship Betting
Last year was one of misery for the Brooklyn Nets. After trying to buy an NBA championship with a fantasy basketball roster, the Nets tore it down for a rebuild that will be painful and lengthy. Brooklyn finished four games out of an Eastern Conference play-in spot, not that it would have mattered, as Brooklyn would have been eliminated in short order. Brooklyn had some of the worst metrics in the NBA with no identifiable strengths. Brooklyn has no appeal to either sharps or squares. Nobody sees Brooklyn as a playoff contender in the upcoming season.
2024-25 NBA Championship Betting Odds
Brooklyn Nets NBA Betting Lines
In the 2023-24 season, the Brooklyn Nets were 32-50 straight up, 34-45-3 against the spread, and 38-42 over/under the total. Brooklyn was 11th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Brooklyn was 32 games behind the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Brooklyn had NBA metrics of 25th for scoring offense, 28th for field goal percentage, 19th for 3-point field goal percentage, 28th for free throw percentage, and 11th for offensive rebounding. On defense, the Nets had NBA metrics of 15th for scoring defense, 13th for field goal percentage permitted, 22nd for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 21st for defensive rebounding.
Key Players
SF Mikal Bridges was a top player in Brooklyn with 22.5 points per game last year. Bridges was named to the NBA All-Defensive team. Bridges began his career with the Phoenix Suns before moving to the Nets. But Bridges has moved on to the New York Knicks. His loss will be difficult to fill.
SG Cam Thomas averaged 22.5 points per game. Thomas was the 27th overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft out of LSU by the Nets. He was an All-SEC selection for the Bayou Bengals. Thomas is coming off the best campaign in his NBA career.
C Nic Claxton averaged 11.8 points and 9.9 rebounds per contest. Claxton was a 2nd round pick of the Nets in the 2019 NBA Draft out of Georgia.
Head Coach
Jacque Vaughn, a former journeyman NBA player who was previously head coach of the Orlando Magic, is no longer the coach of the Nets. He was fired after a 21-33 start last season. Vaughn left with a career record of 129-226 and led Brooklyn to the NBA Playoffs two times. It was his second stint as head coach of the Nets.
Jordi Fernandez is the new Nets coach. He arrives from the Sacramento Kings, where he was associate head coach.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
32 |
50 |
4th, Atlantic |
Did Not Qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
45 |
37 |
4th, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (76ers) |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
44 |
38 |
4th, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Celtics) |
| 2020–21 |
72 |
48 |
24 |
2nd, Atlantic |
Lost in Conference Semifinals, 3–4 (Bucks) |
| 2019–20 |
72 |
35 |
37 |
4th, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 0–4 (Raptors) |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
42 |
40 |
4th, Atlantic |
Lost in First Round, 1–4 (76ers) |
Brooklyn Nets History
This franchise was born as the New Jersey Americans in 1967 and became the New York Nets the following year. The Nets made it to the ABA Finals three times in five years, winning the title twice with Julius Erving. Unfortunately, they were forced to sell Erving’s contract as a result of their move to the NBA, and that led to the Nets failing to post a winning record in their first five seasons in the new league. They only won one playoff series in their first 25 years in the NBA, and there was talk of this team moving as a result.
The New Jersey Nets didn’t win their first division title until the 2001-02 season. That was also the year when the Nets won their second playoff series, and they won two more to make their first NBA Finals appearance. Jason Kidd and a cast of solid role players ended up winning the Eastern Conference for two straight seasons, but the Nets could only win two games in their consecutive NBA Finals appearances.
Once again, the Nets reinvented themselves at the start of the 2010s. They moved to Brooklyn and became the Brooklyn Nets, and they built a state-of-the-art stadium. Joseph Tsai became the sole owner of the franchise in 2019, and he immediately went about making this team a contender by bringing in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Nets traded for James Harden, too, and they were seen as a potential dynasty in the making. However, Brooklyn won just one playoff series with Durant and Irving.
NBA Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Central
Eastern Conference - Southeast
Western Conference - Northwest
Western Conference - Pacific
Western Conference - Southwest
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