NBA MVP Race Tightens: SGA Remains Favorite as Jokic Surges

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00:00So I guess this is the battle for second place in the NBA's MVP. It's been Shea Gilgis Alexander.

00:05He was like minus 250 a couple months ago. Then last month it was three to one. I mean,

00:09it's now up to minus 440 here. So unless you're finding some sort of futures parlay bet,

00:14I don't know why anybody would lay 440 to win a hundred, you know, barring something happening.

00:19But I guess Gilbert with the new rules, he's got to qualify by playing a certain amount of games.

00:23That's the only thing stopping him, right? Right. Exactly. The new rules. I think you have to play

00:27in at least 65 games to qualify for end of season awards like MVP. He's only missed one game this

00:33season and that Shea Gilgis Alexander is only this one game this season. So his availability has been

00:37a great ability for him and he's having the best year of his career for the team with the NBA's

00:41best record. So the odds are very much reflective of that. But honestly, I do think that there's

00:45still enough time, maybe just a little bit of enough time for him to not necessarily be out

00:50of the woods yet. Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are hot right now. They've won eight games in a row.

00:55They're right there toward the top of the Western Conference. Jokic is averaging a 30-point triple

01:00double and voter fatigue is a real thing. But there is a chance for him to maybe go on a hot tear,

01:06go on a stretch that maybe opens the conversation back up a little bit. I wouldn't say Shea's

01:10completely out of the woods just yet.