2022-23 NBA MVP odds: Best bets for award.

The MVP award is the NBA's most disputed, but only a few players are involved.

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By season's end, the race was between Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid, but we could have guessed that before opening night.

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Two key qualifiers have narrowed the field in recent seasons:

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Since Derrick Rose in 2011, every MVP winner was a First- or Second-Team All-NBA Player the year before.

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Since 2006, every MVP winner was under 30. Jokic, Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luka Doncic..

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Jayson Tatum, Devin Booker, and Ja Morant are the only potential candidates this season.

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Unsurprisingly, Caesars Sportsbook's four favourites are all in that bunch. Six are at least 15-to-1.

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Booker had 30-to-1 odds. From there, it declines. Only two players are below 50-to-1.

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We wouldn't gamble properly if we limited ourselves to "All-NBA players under 30,"

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Best skill: availability. No MVP missed more than 11 games this century.

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