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> Jayson Tatum is the new betting favorite to win the MVP award. Who do you think should be favored?
Odds as of December 1st:
Tatum: +250
Luka: +270
Giannis: +280
Curry: +800
Embiid: +1500
After a 49pt, 11 rebound performance last night Jayson Tatum is the MVP favorite. The Celtics are a league best 18-4, on pace to win 67 games.
by TacoooJay
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Luka, joker, and giannis are better IMO but if the celtics media could push marcus smart for dpoy then they’ll push this right along too
Curry at +800 is kinda wild, the Warriors are improving their record and seem better, his overall play has been very good
He should be +450 at worst
Devin Booker would be an underrated pick if he keeps doing what he’s doing
Suns might be the best team in the west and he continues his 30/5/5 he’ll get some votes
I’m with Tatum. He’s a 2 way superstar. The Celtics are in the top tier of championship threats, and without Tatum they would just be seen as a 1st, 2nd round playoff exit kind of team.
Luka is more valuable in a “my previous GM sucked” kind of way, and that shouldn’t taint the award
Where is Jokić on that list?
It’s way too early but I’ll say if either Curry or Luka win MVP over Tatum, Giannis, or Book and either the Mavs or Warriors are fluttering around .500 it’ll be ridiculous to say the least. At some point winning basketball needs to matter again for this award. It can’t just be a counting stats award
Looks like they’re gonna have the best record by far at this point. While Tatum hanging right alongside the likes of Luka & co. So yeah.. He should be the favorite at this point. Hard to win MVP if your team ain’t in top tier. Russ is the only who’s done it since I started watching NBA.
Edit: To those saying Jokic did it last season. No he didn’t. Suns were the only team head & shoulders ahead of the rest. And Book was never really in the MVP race.
Unlike right now where Tatum is already a frontrunner for MVP, with his team being head & shoulders ahead of everyone else.
The mvp conversation is going to be nuts this year. I think there’s 5 I wouldn’t be shocked by and you could probably throw in 2-3 more where it wouldn’t be crazy if they won. I’m a lebron fan but I’ve enjoyed each nba season more with his grip off of the nba
Booker not even on here ?
Jokic at +2200 is completely idiotic.
Gobert. Lolololol
Tatum is the MVP right now for me. We’ll see how the discourse changes when the Suns beat the Celtics in 8 days.
Its Tatum’s to lose as this point IMO. DBook has a much more realistic case for 1st/2nd team all-nba. I just don’t see what merit Book has that one of the other 7-8 mvp candidates isnt better in.
I’m perfectly happy with Book even being around the top 5 for mvp consideration at all
I placed my first best this year for Tatum for MVP. I had 13:1 odds at the time. I thought I could trade in bets like stocks to capitalize on swings. But I don’t see that anywhere on the platform.
Any of you degenrate gamblers know what the deal is there?
He’s for sure the favorite right now. He has similar stats and/or efficiency to the other top candidates but has the superior record.
Giannis is my pick because I hate ladders
Tatum should always be the favorite
MVP race is gonna be so interesting if KD and Currys records get better. They have probably been better individuals then Tatum but Tatutms impact on the team has been nuts. Gonna be super super interesting over the next couple months.
If things hold though Tatum no DOUBT should win this thing.
Jokic is leading his team in points/rebounds/assists/steals. With a 70% TS%
And this is a team currently holding the 2nd seed in the West.
Not saying he should be a favorite. But 22/1 odds seems pretty crazy
Probably won’t happen, but if Shae won that would be wild.
I really think it should be Luka rn. hopefully he reaches at least top 6 seed.
jokic at +2200 feels like too good of odds to pass up, i guarantee he’s gonna be in the mix down the stretch
Why is Devin Booker not getting any love?
Luka
Tatum should be MVP at this point
Tatum deserves to be the favorite right now, still a long season to go.
I can definitely see the Mavs/Warriors/Philly/Brooklyn turning their seasons around and if they finish top 4 in the conference, things will get interesting.
TaBum over CurrGOAT? 🤨Nonsense🗿
Tatum as long as they keep the best record
None of those guys.
Tason Jaytum
This is so silly. It’s December 1.
‘Most Valuable Player’ is too subjective sounding……it should just be ‘Player of the Year’ because the idea of ‘value’ can be dependent on how bad the rest of the roster is.
Tbf, to me this kind of comes down to what you value more in a superstar. All-time offensive production and floor-raising with mid defense or two-way superstar play
total bullshit
Its a long season. Injuries happen. We should even talk about MVP until February.
Tatum, Curry, Luka, Giannis, Jokic are the clear top 5 in my book so far
Embiid is too high.
Honestly Booker is a really nice underdog bet. Team is performing amazing without CP3 and he’s had an incredible year so far. I expect him to get some more chatter
The answer is ALWAYS Giannis and gonna be Giannis for the coming years.
We’ll see if he actually wins it tho.
If these are the current odds I’m going to throw a few bucks on Jokić just because, sheesh
Clear best guy on the 1st seed. Yeah, it only hasn’t worked once in the media voting Era (MJ, 1988). As long as the Cs remain first and Tatum is his usual self without missing much time, it’s him winning it in cruise control too.
It’s early in the season though, too much basketball played to be played from here to April.
For me it depends on how the Mavs and Warriors do. Based off of raw performance, it’s Curry right now, but if Celtics win 60 and Warriors get 4th seed, Tatum is going to get it even if Steph continues this.