{"id":18840,"date":"2022-03-01T16:36:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/?p=18840"},"modified":"2022-03-01T16:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:36:36","slug":"nba-odds-barring-injury-just-2-man-race-for-mvp-clear-cut-faves-for-roy-coach-defensive-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/nba-odds-barring-injury-just-2-man-race-for-mvp-clear-cut-faves-for-roy-coach-defensive-player\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Odds: Barring Injury, just 2-man Race For MVP; Clear Cut Faves For ROy, Coach, Defensive Player"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ja Morant put on a show last night, scoring 52 points with a couple of dazzling shots and a chorus of &#8220;MVP&#8221; chants from the Memphis contingent.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even Allen Iverson gave Mr. Morant some MVP support on social media, but the number crunchers aren&#8217;t ready to hand over the hardware to the league&#8217;s most improved player, just yet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/record.commissionkings.ag\/_ejy4onLiLhHT2Fu8bIPGIGNd7ZgqdRLk\/1\/\">SportsBetting<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;released updated NBA awards odds Tuesday, and Morant went from +1200, or 12-1, to +800 overnight. Just last week, Morant had odds as high as +2500, and he went into the season with +4000 chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Embiid remains the odds-on favorite for MVP at -130 while Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo round out the Top 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the latest numbers for MVP, Most Improved Player, ROY, DPOY, Sixth Man and Coach of the Year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MVP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Embiid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -130<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nikola Jokic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +300<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>G. 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Antetokounmpo&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +375<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jaren Jackson Jr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +550<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Draymond Green&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +650<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mikal Bridges&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +1400<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joel Embiid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +2000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evan Mobley&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +3300<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sixth Man of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tyler Herro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -3300<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Oubre Jr.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +1400<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Love&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +1800<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montrezl Harrell&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +6000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jordan Clarkson&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +6600<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coach of the Year<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monty Williams&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -225<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JB Bickerstaff&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +350<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Jenkins&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +650<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erik Spoelstra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +900<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Billy Donovan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +1200<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Kerr&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; +2800<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ja Morant put on a show last night, scoring 52 points with a couple of dazzling shots and a chorus of &#8220;MVP&#8221; chants from the Memphis contingent.&nbsp; Even Allen Iverson gave Mr. Morant some MVP support on social media, but the number crunchers aren&#8217;t ready to hand over the hardware to the league&#8217;s most improved &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2022\/03\/nba-odds-barring-injury-just-2-man-race-for-mvp-clear-cut-faves-for-roy-coach-defensive-player\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NBA Odds: Barring Injury, just 2-man Race For MVP; Clear Cut Faves For ROy, Coach, Defensive Player<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18841,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18840\/revisions\/18841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}