Examining Brooklyn Nets playoff odds following Steve Nash firing

Steve Nash was fired as Brooklyn Nets coach on Tuesday. The team is struggling after a 2-5 start to the season. It's the sixth time in the last 20 years that Brooklyn has made a midseason coaching change. Since 2000, 76 teams have been fired mid-season. Only 18 of them made the playoffs. The Nets are still odds-on to make the postseason. They are 13/1 to win it all at FanDuel.

Brooklyn Nets fired their coach after 17 games. Last season, 63 of 76 teams to make such a move cashed the Under on their preseason total. Five of seven teams with preseason title odds shorter than 10/1 made the playoffs. Last 10 seasons’ worth of coaching changes paint a grim picture: 16 of 21 missed the postseason, and only two advanced beyond the first round. The last 10 years” data suggests the final chapter for this group has already been written. Nets entered the season as 7/10 contenders. They have a better win percentage before the change than after.