The oddsmakers in Las Vegas don’t make their money by being often wrong.

That’s why recent news out of Sin City ought to hearten Spurs fans hoping Kawhi Leonard stays in San Antonio.

Odds released by Bovada, an online sports betting site, still peg the Spurs as Leonard’s most likely employer next season.

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The site gives the superstar forward 5/8 odds of donning his familiar silver-and-black No. 2 jersey in 2018-19, despite missing all but nine games of 2017-18 while rehabbing a confounding quadriceps injury.

The fact that Las Vegas is even entertaining the possibility Leonard might wind up elsewhere, however, underscores how troubled the waters have become between the Spurs and their star player.

If the team and Leonard cannot agree on a contract extension this summer, when the two-time All-Star is eligible for a five-year, $219 million deal, the Spurs might be forced to trade him.

What kind of haul might the Spurs expect if the once-unthinkable comes to pass?

Even with his health issues, Leonard retains significant value as one of the NBA’s top five players. The Spurs will have plenty of options if it comes to dealing him.

Here are some hypothetical, completely made-up trade scenarios the Spurs could explore. Remember, unlike Las Vegas gambling odds, these are for entertainment purposes only:

Rebooting The Process

Spurs get: Markelle Fultz, Dario Saric, Jarryd Bayless and a first-round pick.

Philadelphia gets: Kawhi Leonard

Fultz was the No. 1 overall pick in last season’s draft, but remains a high-risk, high-reward dice roll. A mysterious shoulder injury that mucked up his shooting stroke limited Fultz to only 14 regular-season games during his rookie season. Still the undeniable upside is there, as evidenced by a triple-double against Milwaukee to end the season. If Fultz is able to rediscover his shooting ability, he is on track to become a star at the NBA’s glamour position. There is a bit of redundancy here — in Dejounte Murray, the Spurs already have a high-potential point guard with shooting issues — but Fultz’s talent is undeniable. As far as sweeteners go, Saric is not bad. He is a 24-year-old stretch-four who made almost 40 percent of his 3-pointers. Bayless would be involved only to make the salary-cap math work.

Bovada odds: 9/2.

Send him home, Part I

Spurs get: Brandon Ingram, Kyle Kuzma, Luol Deng and a first-round pick.

L.A. Lakers get: Kawhi Leonard.

This would be one scenario for sending Leonard back to his sort-of hometown of Los Angeles. In Ingram and Kuzma, the Spurs would receive not one but two young players with “potential future star” practically stamped to their foreheads. The upside of this deal for the Lakers would be in unloading the remaining two years of Deng’s $36.6 million contract. That would free cap space for the Lakers to possibly add a pair of additional max-contract free agents this summer. This trade would be part of a swinging-for-the-fences plan for Los Angeles that might also include enticing LeBron James and Paul George. Apart from that, the Lakers might prefer to hang on to their budding superstars and stick with the rebuilding plan already in place. Also worth noting, this is the only scenario in this space not trade-legal as written. The Spurs would need to tweak the deal or involve a third team in order to comply with league salary cap rules.

Bovada odds: 13/2.

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Send him home, Part II

Spurs get: Tobias Harris, Patrick Beverley and two first-round picks.

L.A. Clippers get: Kawhi Leonard.

The 25-year-old Harris might be rightly considered a bigger but poor man’s version of Leonard, and Beverley is the kind of dogged perimeter defender the Spurs covet. But the real plum of this deal for the Spurs would be the pair of first-round picks. Both are projected to fall in the late lottery, and for the Spurs would present a viable path forward out of the post-Leonard era. Young, low-cost lottery talent is usually the best way to rebuild.

Bovada odds: 7/1.

Beantown Swap Meet

Spurs get: Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Greg Monroe and a first-round pick.

Boston gets: Kawhi Leonard.

As far as potential future stars go, this return rivals the hypothetical deal with the Lakers in terms of bang for the buck. Tatum and Brown are both rising superstars younger than 22 who could anchor a team for years to come. The lure for the Celtics would be the possibility of putting together an Eastern Conference Big Four of Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward, Al Horford and Leonard. The price is steep. Tatum and Brown are both viewed as vital pieces to the Celtics’ future. They are the kind of players the Spurs will need if they aim to move on from Leonard.

Bovada odds: 11/1.

jmcdonald@express-news.net