The NBA world saw a seismic shift when news broke that Damian Lillard had been traded to the Milwaukee Bucks from the Portland Trail Blazers.

It’s the move that oddsmakers didn’t see coming, one that has bumped up the Bucks to be the co-favorites for the NBA Finals with the Denver Nuggets.

Lillard will join Giannis Antetokounmpo to give the Bucks a ferocious two-man scoring machine, and the rest of the Eastern Conference is officially on watch as the Bucks have jumped out as conference favorites.

How have the odds for things like the MVP race, the Clutch Player of the Year contest and regular-season win totals been affected by this trade?

Let’s take a look.

2024 NBA Finals

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Oddsmakers feel that the Bucks and the Denver Nuggets are the top two favorites to win next year’s NBA Finals.

NBA MVP

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With Lillard in tow, Antetokounmpo has the third-best odds in the NBA to win the league’s MVP award.

Clutch Player of the Year

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Lillard has the fifth-best odds in the NBA for Clutch Player of the Year after the trade to Milwaukee.

Eastern Conference Winner

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With the Lillard trade, the Bucks have moved ahead of the Boston Celtics as the favorites in the Eastern Conference.

Regular Season Win totals for Top-5 NBA teams

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