Welcome to the parity era of the NBA.

With the defending champion Boston Celtics eliminated, a new Larry O’Brien Trophy winner will be anointed for a seventh-straight season.

To quote my colleague and NBA analyst Jevohn Shepherd, “Goodbye blue bloods, hello new bloods.”

The New York Knicks are the most accomplished of the bunch with two championship banners, the last one being raised in 1973.

The Oklahoma City Thunder made the Finals during their Big-3 era in 2012 and won their lone title in 1979 as the Seattle SuperSonics.

Indiana made the Finals once in 2000 led by Reggie Miller while Minnesota has yet to win a conference title.

It’s all fresh faces in the final four; call it a changing of the guard.

The top-4 choices to win NBA Finals MVP on FanDuel have all never been to the finals.

A new king will be crowned, as we slowly wave goodbye to some of the legends who carried this sport over the last two decades.

OKC remains the heavy favourite to hoist the trophy after wrapping the regular season with the NBA’s highest net rating ever.

But as we’ve witnessed throughout this postseason, if you’ve been betting chalk, you’ve been on the wrong side.

[1] Oklahoma City Thunder vs. [6] Minnesota Timberwolves
Series Prediction – Thunder in 7
Best Bet – Series o5.5 Games (-144)
Favourite Longshot – Isaiah Hartenstein Most Rebounds ( 480)

FanDuel’s odds suggest........

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