Nikola Jokic set as massive favorite to earn Western Conference Finals MVP award
Last year’s NBA Finals MVP has Denver poised for another deep playoff run.
Nuggets star center Nikola Jokic led Denver to a history-making season in 2023 that was capped off by the franchise’s first NBA title. One year later, the Nuggets are in a great position for another deep playoff run and potentially back-to-back championships after grabbing the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference.
Jokic, a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, had another regular season putting up big numbers, averaging 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9 assists per game. Jokic is now the odds-on favorite for another MVP in the Western Conference Finals.
According to DraftKings Sportsbook, Jokic is an overwhelming favorite to be named the Western Conference Finals MVP at +160 ($100 bet wins $160), which is an implied probability of 38.46% that Jokic will hoist the Earvin “Magic” Johnson Trophy.
The second-favorite for the Western Conference Finals MVP is Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander at a distant 7-to-1 (+700).
Jokic won the award last year in leading Denver to its first-ever NBA Finals appearance with a four-game sweep of the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals. In that series, Jokic averaged 27.8 points, 14.5 rebounds and 11.8 assists per game.
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Nuggets the odds-on favorite to reach NBA Finals
It’s no surprise that the star player on the team projected to win the conference is the frontrunner for the award. The Nuggets, despite missing out on the top seed in the west, is still the odds-on favorite to win the conference and reach the NBA Finals at +135, an implied probability of 42.55%.
Denver is the second favorite to win the NBA Finals, per DraftKings, at +300, trailing only the Eastern Conference favorite Boston Celtics (+145).
Denver is an overwhelming favorite to defeat the No. 7 Lakers in the first round of this year’s Western Conference Playoffs.
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