Just a handful of teams have been given a reasonable shot to win the NBA title

Local sports books could save money by passing on purchasing NBA League Pass this year, and instead only showing nationally televised games. The teams that will fill the vast majority of the major-network television schedule are the only ones that most of the casinos’ customers are betting anyway.

The NBA historically has been a top-heavy league, but it’s been taken to the extreme recently. At the Westgate Las Vegas Superbook, only seven of the league’s 30 teams are listed at odds of less than 80-to-1 to win the NBA Championship. And unlike practically every other sport, not many gamblers are drawn to backing a long shot with the possibility of a high payout at the end of the season. “That’s how it’s been for the last few years for us in the futures market,” Superbook manager Jeff Sherman says. “Those other teams just don’t attract too much.”

If a team other than the Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers, Oklahoma City Thunder, Boston Celtics, Toronto Raptors or Philadelphia 76ers wins the NBA title this year, it would be considered one of the most unlikely champions in sports history. So let’s focus on those seven to preview the season, which tips off Tuesday with Philadelphia at Boston and Oklahoma City at Golden State. Here are the contenders’ future odds and a pick on each of their over/under win totals.

Golden State Warriors

Odds to win the NBA Championship: minus-200 (risking $2 to win $1)

Will the Warriors make the playoffs? Yes minus-20,000, no 50-to-1

Over/under win total: 62.5

The Warriors have the talent to break their own record of 72 regular-season wins set from three years ago — if they care to. Golden State makes no secret of