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The NBA Regular Season MVP award is one of the most hotly debated topics among NBA fans and is just as fun to bet on as it is to debate. The odds for these aren’t always available, but when they are the odds are the kind of odds you can stare at and debate for hours at a time. A truly fun betting opportunity.
Perhaps the most difficult part of picking the MVP is that it isn’t stat based, but based on a voting process by a group of NBA writers. While many of these writers make their ballots public, it can still be hard to judge how things might turn out. In addition, the odds are always fluctuating so the further out that you bet, the better odds that you get.
In this article we’re going to cover where you can bet on the NBA MVP award, how to bet on it, where to bet on it and most importantly, how to pick a winner.
Where To Bet NBA Regular Season MVP:
America: Bovada is always good about posting NBA Regular Season MVP odds. The thing about these odds is sometimes you have to work for them as they aren’t always up. During the preseason, they are up. Early in the regular season, you can find them. During the regular season, it’s a bit more sporadic.
Canada: The same applies here, but Sports Interaction is the main place to look for these odds in Canada. They post some of the best odds available and other countries are often jealous of the odds that Canadians get.
Everywhere Else: Bet365 Sportsbook is really good about keeping these odds up throughout the season and constantly updating them.
What is a NBA Regular Season MVP Future?
A bet on the NBA Regular Season MVP is a bet that you make, before the awards announcement, about who you think will win the NBA regular season MVP.
The odds are typically released in the off-season with the best odds that you can find as not a single game has been played so there is no real data to predict who the winner might be, it is simply a list of the best players in the league.
Throughout the season the odds are updated to better portray who is in the race for the award, but the odds get worse as the season goes on. Typically, the odds will stay up right up until the day that the awards are release. Naturally, these are often the worst odds you can get.
Common NBA Regular Season MVP Questions:
How is the NBA Regular Season MVP voted on?:
The NBA MVP is voted on by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the NBA in the United States and Canada. The voters all place a ballot with their first to fifth selections. The votes are then weighted so a first place vote is worth five points, a second worth seven, third worth five, fourth worth three and fifth worth one.
How much does team record matter for an NBA Regular Season MVP?
There have been 62 MVP award winners in NBA history, there have only been five who finished with a sub-.600 regular season record. They are Bob Petitt (1956, 33-39), Bob McAdoo (1975, 49-33), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1976, 40-42), Moses Malone (1979, 47-35), Moses Malone (1982, 46-36) and Russell Westbrook (2017, 47-35).
Westbrook famously won it in 2017 after averaging a triple-double, but before that it had been 35 years since someone did it. If someone has great (but not historic) stats, but isn’t on a 50+ win team: forget about them. It’s not worth it.
Who has won the most NBA Regular Season MVP award?
The NBA MVP award is unique because repeating and winning multiple awards is not uncommon among great players. While baseball or football will see different players winning, the NBA MVP can often be a repeat winner.
There have been thirteen players in NBA history as of 2020 to win two or more awards. Those players are: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, LeBron James, Moses Malone, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Bob Pettit, Karl Malone, Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, Stephen Curry, and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Two players have won the award four times in their career and they are two of the best NBA players of all time. Wilt Chamberlain won the award once with the Philadelphia Warriors and then three times with the Philadelphia 76ers. LeBron James is the other player to win four awards with two wins in Cleveland and two in Miami. His career is still ongoing so there is a chance he can move up, but the clock is ticking.
There have been two players to win the award five times in their career, including arguably the best player of all time. Bill Russell took down the award five times with the Boston Celtics while Michael Jordan also won it five times, all with the Chicago Bulls.
The all-time leader in MVP awards is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He won three with the Milwaukee Bucks and then three more with the Los Angeles Lakers. His record is seemingly safe for a long time to come.
How to Bet the NBA Regular Season MVP:
Bovada: Click “Sports” then “Basketball” and then choose “NBA” via the top dropdown which states “All Basketball”. A new drop down appears up there which is “All NBA” and if you click that then NBA Futures you will see the Regular Season MVP bet if it’s available.
Sports Interaction: On the left sidebar click “Basketball” followed by “NBA Futures” and it’ll be listed there.
Bet365 Sportsbook: In their “Basketball” section on the sidebar, all “Futures” are listed at the bottom. There’ll be an NBA section at the top but that’s not what you want – scroll down to the bottom for the “Futures” section and it’ll be available there.
NBA Regular Season MVP Betting Strategy:
The NBA Regular Season MVP is often a rather predictable award because the NBA itself is a bit of a predictable league. The teams that we think are the best teams are usually the best and the reason is because of the superstars on their team.
Still, there have been a few upsets over the past decade. Derrick Rose was +2500 in the pre-season in 2011 and Stephen Curry was a shocking +4000 in the pre-season of 2015.
In general, the best way to get higher odds is to get in early although this does bring in variance. In 2016, Stephen Curry was +650 in October and by midseason he was a favorite. Russell Westbrook was +200 in the pre-season of 2017, but by midseason he was a much bigger favorite.
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