Oklahoma City Thunder point gaurd Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the favourite to win NBA MVP on FanDuel, priced at -145.
Those odds give the Canadian an implied probabilty of 59.18 per cent.
If SGA stays healthy, he is a frontrunner to become the first player since Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019-20) to MVP back-to-back seasons.
However, as TSN Betting’s Wesley Cheng and Tom Haberstroh of Yahoo Sports have pointed out, meeting the threshold to be award-eligable of 65 games could be an issue for some players.
With the Canadian ruled out throught the Thunder’s 60th game, he can only miss five of the team’s final 22 games while he deals with an abdominal strain that’s held him out of action since Feb. 3.
Meanwhile, having already missed 16 games this year, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic can’t miss another game this season to reach the 65-game minimum. At +290, Jokic’s implied odds to win MVP sit at 25.64 per cent.
Here is a look at the updated betting odds on FanDuel to win the award.