When it comes to wagering volume in America, basketball comes in third place (behind football and baseball). Among the most popular types of bets are basketball futures, that is, those bets with outcomes that aren’t going to be known anytime soon. Sometimes it’s days, sometimes it’s weeks, while some basketball outrights can be placed months or even years in advance.
Types of Basketball Futures
When it comes to basketball outright betting, the most popular wager type is the winner. Basically, you bet on the team you believe is going to win a certain competition. Because the event is played in the future (usually reasonably distant future), basketball odds for these sorts of bets tend to be very tempting.
On the other hand, guess which team is going to win a competition taking place in distant future is not that easy. Still, if you’re confident of your basketball knowledge, you can make yourself some nice cash.
Examples of Basketball Outrights
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the most popular basketball competition among bettors. This goes especially for American and Canadian bettors. In the same manner they like putting a lot of money on NFL futures, they also like betting on who’s going to win the next NBA season.
In addition to NBA betting, North American bettors also like putting their money on NCAA basketball futures. They get extremely active during March Madness when college basketball season is reaching its peak.
Over in Europe, basketball bettors often look for EuroLeague winner odds and EuroCup basketball outright odds. The reason is that those two competitions feature the best basketball teams from the continent, including such heavyweights as Real Madrid, Fenerbahce, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Partizan Belgrade, CSKA Moscow, and so on.
When it comes to international competitions, Olympic basketball is #1, followed by FIBA World Cup. Furthermore, European bettors also often look for Euro basketball odds months in advance.
Examples of NBA Futures
- Los Angeles Lakers to Win the 2020-21 Season
- Luka Doncic to Win the NBA MVP Award
- Los Angeles Clippers to Win Western Conference
- Brooklyn Nets to Win Eastern Conference
- Steph Curry – Most 3-Pointers in 2020-21
Examples of NCAA Basketball Futures
- Gonzaga to Win NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament
- Virginia to Reach Sweet Sixteen in 2021 March Madness
- Duke to Win the Most Games in the Regular Season
- Luka Garza to Win the John R. Wooden Award
- Mark Few to win the Werner Ladder Naismith Award
Examples of European Basketball Futures
- CSKA Moscow to Win the EuroLeague
- Virtus Bologna to Win the EuroCup
- Real Madrid to Reach EuroLeague Final Four
- Partizan Belgrade to Reach EuroCup Final Four
- Buducnost Podgorica to win the ABA Adriatic League
Examples of International Basketball Futures
- Team USA to Win Gold at 2021 Olympics
- Serbia to Win a Medal at 2021 Olympics
- Slovenia to Win the Euro the EuroBasket 2022
- Spain to Win the Basketball World Cup
- Giannis Antetokounmpo – EuroBasket MVP