Analyzing Toronto’s playoff odds: Is there a money-making opportunity?

What do you do after the Raptors lose to the worst team in the NBA? Take advantage of betting odds, of course!

In Casino Royale — one of his many James Bond books — Ian Fleming wrote, of gambling, that “the deadly sin is to mistake bad play for bad luck.” As a prognosticator of sorts, I try my best to ensure my analysis is good enough that luck doesn’t negatively factor into the final result.

Every week for the last four years, I’ve put my journalistic credibility on the line by previewing and predicting the Toronto Raptors’ games for the upcoming week in The Rap-Up. There’s an obvious risk to prognosticating the outcome of a game, especially during a time when a player/coach could…