As you can imagine, oddsmakers in Las Vegas have paid close attention to the recent dominance of the Golden State Warriors.Appearing in three-straight NBA Finals (winning two), the Warriors are poised to defend their title in the upcoming season, as two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry, Finals MVP Kevin Durant and nearly the entire supporting cast of last year’s team will be returning.According to CBS Sports’ Chris Barnewall via the Westgate Sportsbook, if someone bets $1,000 on the Warriors to make the playoffs, they’d win a whopping $1, as the team's odds of making the playoffs are set at a preposterously-high -100,000.Additionally, Golden State has absurdly high odds of winning the Pacific Division at 1/500, compared to the Los Angeles Clippers (25/1), Los Angeles Lakers (100/1), Sacramento Kings (250/1) and Phoenix Suns (250/1).Looking further into the oddsmakers’ respect of the Warriors, their over/under win total has been set at 67.5, as you can see below.

To put that into perspective, the Cleveland Cavaliers (53.5) and Boston Celtics (56.5) were given the highest win totals at the top of the Eastern Conference as the two presumed powerhouses.

Durant recently gave his honest thoughts regarding some of Golden State’s main competition in the West to Daniel Mano of The Mercury News.

On the Houston Rockets (55.5) acquiring Chris Paul, Durant said, “I’m not surprised by anything, but it was kind of like ‘Hmm, (dang), that’s a smart move. I wouldn’t think anybody would be that smart to pull that off.’ I think it was a great move. You put two guys together that are crafty with the ball, they’re going to get everybody shots and they going to get each other shots. It was a ballsy move to pull off by (Rockets GM Daryl) Morey. I don’t think anybody would have thought to do that. … You really have to have some type of clarity when you’re making a decision like that.”

He also applauded the moves that the Minnesota Timberwolves (48.5) made, adding both Jimmy Butler and Jeff Teague.

“… Teague. Can’t really shoot that well but he can play. He need the ball though. And Jimmy. He can shoot it, but he need a rhythm so he need the ball, too. [Andrew] Wiggins, he the same way. He need the ball. They can all score. They all good, but somebody gotta give up something…. I’m just saying somebody will have to give up something in their games in order for it to work, and I believe that they will. But (Karl-Anthony) Towns needs to be the guy that they get the ball to, I think, because he’s so good. Jimmy needs to be facilitating. Wiggins is going to be the guy if you need a basket, he’s going to be the finisher,” KD explained.

It’s worth noting that Golden State finished last regular season at 67-15. Therefore, oddsmakers believe that the Warriors can improve upon that mark in the upcoming campaign, despite the massive shift of talent to the Western Conference this summer. Last year, oddsmakers were eerily accurate, giving them a 66.5 mark before the season started.