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NBA Coach of the Year Race at the Break: Daigneault Leads

Paul Connor

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BetMGM Sportsbook Insights: Coach of the Year
Highest Ticket%: Mark Daigneault 12.5%
Highest Handle%: Mark Daigneault 20.7%
Biggest Liability: Tyronn Lue
Odds Leader: Mark Daigneault +195

Several head coaches are certainly deserving of this year's award. While Daigneault appears to have the edge, all it takes is a poor stretch in the second half for the tide to turn.
OKC Mark Daigneault (+195)
Opening Odds: +1200 | Last Week: +185 | Ticket%: 12.5% | Handle%: 20.7%

Team Record: 37-17

Unsurprisingly, Oklahoma City's Mark Daigneault is the odds-on favorite to capture this year's award. After falling in last season's play-in tournament, Daigneault has coached his young Thunder squad to the second-best record in the Western Conference, just 1.5 games behind the first-place Minnesota Timberwolves. OKC is defying all expectations in what has been an extremely successful rebuild.
MIN Chris Finch (+250)
Opening Odds: +3000 | Last Week: +325 | Ticket%: 9.6% | Handle%: 12.5%

Team Record: 39-16

You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who expected Minnesota to currently occupy the top spot in the West, particularly after last season's turmoil. Well, that is precisely where the T-Wolves find themselves, and a testament to head coach Chris Finch. Finch has coached Minnesota to the league's top-ranked defense while helping Anthony Edwards ascend to superstar status. Finch would likely be a shoo-in for COY honors if not for Daigneault.
CLE J.B. Bickerstaff (+400)
Opening Odds: +1600 | Last Week: +375 | Ticket%: 3.1% | Handle%: 4.5%

Team Record: 36-17

Perhaps no team has played better basketball over the past two months than J.B. Bickerstaff's Cavaliers. After a slow start, Cleveland is an outstanding 18-3 since January 1. That stretch has propelled Bickerstaff and company to second in the Eastern Conference, and they are looking like a real threat.
LAC Tyronn Lue (+500)
Opening Odds: +2000 | Last Week: +500 | Ticket%: 7.3% | Handle%: 19.0%

Team Record: 36-17

Finally working with a healthy roster, Tyronn Lue's Clippers have emerged as legitimate title contenders. Lue deftly managed a poor start to the James Harden era, LA going 19-5 since Christmas and sitting two games behind Minnesota for the West's No.1 seed.
BetMGM Sportsbook Insights: Coach of the Year
Highest Ticket%: Mark Daigneault 12.5%
Highest Handle%: Mark Daigneault 20.7%
Biggest Liability: Tyronn Lue
Odds Leader: Mark Daigneault +195

Several head coaches are certainly deserving of this year's award. While Daigneault appears to have the edge, all it takes is a poor stretch in the second half for the tide to turn.
OKC Mark Daigneault (+195)
Opening Odds: +1200 | Last Week: +185 | Ticket%: 12.5% | Handle%: 20.7%

Team Record: 37-17

Unsurprisingly, Oklahoma City's Mark Daigneault is the odds-on favorite to capture this year's award. After falling in last season's play-in tournament, Daigneault has coached his young Thunder squad to the second-best record in the Western Conference, just 1.5 games behind the first-place Minnesota Timberwolves. OKC is defying all expectations in what has been an extremely successful rebuild.

NBA Coach of the Year Race at the Break: Daigneault Leads

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