While the impact Kawhi Leonard will ultimately have on the Toronto Raptors ability to win the NBA title won’t be known for a while, Wednesday’s trade has already vastly improved their betting odds to lift the Larry O'Brien trophy.

According to Bodog, the Raptors are currently 18/1* to capture their first franchise title in 2018-19, an improvement from 30/1, which they were listed at before the deal was made official.

The site has the Raptors listed as sixth-most likely to win the title, behind the Golden State Warriors (4/7), Boston Celtics (11/2), Los Angeles Lakers (7/1), Houston Rockets (15/2) and Philadelphia 76ers (16/1).

The San Antonio Spurs' odds did not change through Wednesday’s acquisition of DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Poeltl. Gregg Popovich's club remains at 66/1, two spots below the Raptors.

Two other teams that were also linked to Leonard had their odds impacted by the deal.

The Lakers fell from 13/2 to 7/1 and the 76ers were initially at 15/1 and are now 16/1 to win the championship.

The Raptors actually saw their odds start to improve once they started being mentioned in the Leonard sweepstakes, as they were as high as 60/1 on July 2.

The Celtics currently have the best odds to win the Eastern Conference at 10/13 with the 76ers second at 3/1 and the Raptors third at 9/2.



*All odds are current as of July 18