{"id":302284,"date":"2024-10-18T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/?p=302284"},"modified":"2025-05-20T12:30:15","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:30:15","slug":"toronto-raptors-2024-2025-futures-odds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.northstargaming.ca\/admin\/nsgcms\/toronto-raptors-2024-2025-futures-odds\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Raptors 2024-2025 futures odds and best bet: Expect Raps to improve, top win total"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There&#8217;s nowhere to go but up for the Toronto Raptors this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After a disastrous 25-win campaign, Toronto runs it back with a young core and a clear path moving forward. Led by Scottie Barnes, I&#8217;m bullish on the Raptors improving and topping their modest win total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our Raptors futures odds for the 2024-25 NBA season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Raptors futures odds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For a full list of Raptors futures:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/northstarbets.ca\/sportsbook\/event\/1021210897 \u2197\"><strong>Click here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Best bet: Over 30.5 wins<\/strong> <strong>(+100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:97639\">Embed: #97639<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Toronto is coming off its worst campaign since 2011-2012 but I predict better results this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the season before the Raptors drafted Barnes fourth overall, they won 27 games due to dysfunction in the lineup and a lack of direction after winning an NBA title and Kawhi Leonard&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last season&#8217;s team mirrored that lack of direction for different reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eventually, the front office decided to go young and moved Pascal Siakam and OG Annunoby for RJ Barrett, Immanuel Quickley and other assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their stints with the Raps, both midseason pickups showed promise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barrett averaged 21.8 points on 55.3% shooting from the field and 39.2% from three. The Canadian appears to be comfortable on home soil and lived up to the promise that made him a third overall pick out of Duke in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If he can build off the 32-game stretch he had with Toronto, Barrett could quickly turn into a real asset. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quickley, meanwhile, looked like a future all-star at times, averaging 18.6 points and 6.8 assists on 39.5% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, of course, there&#8217;s Barnes, who took another leap last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes averaged 19.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks with a career-high 56.6 true shooting percentage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s already an elite defender and playmaker for his size. His lack of a weakness makes him a strong contributor to winning basketball games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Barnes missed 22 games last year with a hand injury, he played 70-plus games in his other two seasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel confident a full season with this core is good for more than a modest 30.5 wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playoff odds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:97643\">Embed: #97643<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I confident the Raptors will make the playoffs? Not necessarily, but there&#8217;s value there for those looking for a plus-money future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On top of the improving core, Toronto added an array of tough defenders through trade and the draft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the deepest the bench has been in a few years. Moving forward, it&#8217;s hard to see the odds getting much juicier than this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t be surprised if the Raptors sneak into a play-in spot over a declining team like the Chicago Bulls. The path from there is much easier to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Raptors markets <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Raptors are far from a contender, you can still bet on them to surprise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Raptors to win the Atlantic<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:97758\">Embed: #97758<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Raptors to win the East<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:97759\">Embed: #97759<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Raptors to win the NBA Finals<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:97756\">Embed: #97756<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a player standpoint, there are more intriguing options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of them is Barnes to win Most Improved Player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey took a big leap from his third to fourth year in the league to win last season&#8217;s award, something Barnes will look to replicate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barnes has the seventh-shortest odds in a market that&#8217;s led by betting favourite Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"cacheembed:97757\">Embed: #97757<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NBA odds as of 1:43 p.m. on 10\/17\/24.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s nowhere to go but up for the Toronto Raptors this season. 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