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NBA regular season MVP odds and 2+2 votes
Who do you think the NBA regular season MVP will be? Perhaps you saw this question in the Sporting Events forum. Most 2+2'ers think it will be LeBron, and that is the general opinion of some of the basketball sites I visit.
LeBron at +500 seems like a worthwhile bet to me, and I also like the +1500 longshot odds of T-Mac, in the event that he leads Houston to the 2nd best record in the West, which is not an unlikely event. What do you guys think, would it be good to place a LeBron wager, or would Duncan and Garnett need to be hedged, which might make it too expensive? Full odds follow below: Shaquille ONeal +400 LeBron James +500 Kevin Garnett +700 Tim Duncan +700 Dwyane Wade +800 Allen Iverson +1200 Dirk Nowitzki +1200 Kobe Bryant +1200 Jermaine ONeal +1500 Tracy McGrady +1500 Steve Nash +2000 Vince Carter +2000 Jason Kidd +2500 Ray Allen +2500 Yao Ming +2500 Gilbert Arenas +3000 Mike Bibby +3000 Andrei Kirilenko +4000 Baron Davis +4000 Milwaukee Bucks +4000 Richard Hamilton +4000 Carmelo Anthony +5000 Chauncey Billups +5000 Manu Ginobili +5000 Pau Gasol +5000 Paul Pierce +5000 Stephon Marbury +5000 Chris Bosh +6000 Dwight Howard +8000 |
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Re: NBA regular season MVP odds and 2+2 votes
Okay, I'm debating 3 options:
1) Safest route: LeBron, Duncan, KG, McGrady (Feel free to replace T-Mac with any longshot of your choice.) If any of these 4 players win, it is +110 2) 2-player wager: LeBron plus your choice of Duncan or KG. +240 3) LeBron alone +500 Does anyone like any of these plays? |
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Re: NBA regular season MVP odds and 2+2 votes
I can see Dirk making an outside play for MVP. He's 27 years old and could average 30 ppg with departure of Finley and insertion of defensive-minded Christie into the SL. With Dampier/Howard/Christie mustering about 30 ppg and Terry another 15 ppg, it's going to be the Dirk show. This team will have trouble competing for home field in the West but I think they're being overlooked in general. The "Bowen experiment" with Christie, or M. Daniels if they so choose, could prove strong. Additionally, this is a player whose man to man defense is lacking but whose defensive performance shows up in the stats nicely (>1 stl and >1 blk).
Since in the end you're relying on a bunch of geeky sportswriters to anoint the winner to your bet, always expect the unexpected. |
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