Steve Nash Is Favored To Win Coach Of The Year At +850

If the parlay below hits, the first person to email me at [email protected] gets $100 🤑

NBA Coach of the Year

Last season, Brad Stevens was the opening night favorite to win the NBA’s Coach of the Year award at +900. Instead of taking home the honor, he moved into the Celtics’ front office, while new Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau won despite starting out with +3000 odds

This season’s top favorites feature some heavy hitters from past seasons, but includes just one former winner of the award

2022 NBA Coach of the Year Odds

• Steve Nash, Nets: +850

• Erik Spoelstra, Heat: +900

• Billy Donovan, Bulls: +1000

• Quinn Snyder, Jazz: +1100

• Steve Kerr, Warriors: +1100

Trivia question: which of these coaches have won Coach of the Year before? (answer at the bottom)

Steve Nash is favored to win the award, with his Nets expected to win the Eastern Conference (+105) and an NBA Championship (+240). Though his team’s success will certainly come down to the availability of his Big Three, his offensive ingenuity can help guide them to the promised land

The Runners-Up

Historically, the NBA’s Coach of the Year award has gone to the leader of a team with one of the NBA’s best records. Only twice since the 1995-96 season has the Coach of the Year won fewer than 65% of their games and still won the award

• Sam Mitchell, 2006-07 Toronto Raptors (.573)

• Tom Thibodeau, 2020-21 New York Knicks (.569)

Quinn Snyder and Monty Williams, the head coaches of the Jazz and Suns, were each named finalists in last year’s Coach of the Year voting, but ultimately lost to Thibs. Considering Utah and Phoenix were the top two seeds in the West, if either coach is able to recreate some of last season’s magic, voters might feel the need to reward them for cultivating such a sustained quality of play year-over-year

• Quinn Snyder: +1100

• Monty Williams: +1200

The Dark Horse

Although the Minnesota Timberwolves were the third-worst team in the West last season, they’ve shown signs of life since hiring Chris Finch in February of last season

• They went 7-24 through their first 31 games coached by Ryan Saunders (.225 winning percentage)

• Then went 16-25 in their final 41 games coached by Finch (.390 winning percentage)

Along with Finch’s first full season, Karl-Anthony Towns’ sustained health and Anthony Edwards’ emergence as a budding star, the T’Wolves at might be friskier than their past records might suggest

At +4000, a bet on Chris Finch makes for a fun sleeper pick if you believe the Wolves have a shot at sneaking into the playoffs

For My Parlay Gurus

Today is an exciting day, as we have a full slate of 11 NBA games starting at 7 PM Eastern. Among them include most of the Coach of the Year hopefuls, including Monty Williams and Quinn Snyder

For those interested in betting on all of the top coaches, risking $100 on this wild spread parlay will payout $1,228 🤑

• Monty’s Suns (-6) vs. Nuggets: -110

• Snyder’s Jazz (-12) vs. Thunder: -110

• Thibs’ Knicks (-2) vs. Celtics: -110

• Finch’s Timberwolves (-5.5) vs. Rockets: -110

If this hits, make sure to email [email protected] for $100. First come, first serve 😉

Previous Parlay:

• Bills -5.5 @ Titans: MISS

• Josh Allen over 292.5 passing yards: HIT

• Bills moneyline: MISS

Trivia answer: Steve Kerr won coach of the year with the Warriors in 2015-16