Nicola Yokich and Luka Doncic Co favorites as of this
moment entering the 2025, 2020, 2425 NBA campaign.
Of course, the Joker has won 3 NB AM VP
awards in the past Four Seasons, so I will say
this right now.
I'll say the same thing in October if asked again.
Do not bet Nicola Yokich to win the NBA MVP
award.
You are going to be giving away your money.
It does not matter if his stats match what he
has done in any of his three MBA MVP winning
campaigns or even two years ago when he came up
short against Joel Embiid.
He is not going to win it.
Voter fatigue in a narrative behind it will take its
toll.
That's why my bet, although it's the second shortest number
alongside Yokich at plus 380, is going to be on
Luka Doncic.
It feels like his time to win the NBA MVP
award.
He came up short in the NBA Finals.
Maybe a lasting image will be some of the frustration
that overwhelmed his play at times for the Dallas Mavericks
in this NBA Championship Series.
But it feels like Luka Doncic, who can put up
historic stats and numbers like we have seen from Nicola
Yokich in the last half decade in the NBA, is
going to win the NBA MVP award this upcoming year.
My money's on Luca.
Yeah.
And it's supposed to be on Luca, right?
Because you know, I always talk about like how you
get to be an all pro in the NFL, you
actually have to do it for like 2 years before
you get to become that all pro.
And it feels like sometimes in the MVP market we
don't like surprise MVP S like wow, never saw this
coming.
This guy wasn't even in the top 20 for MVP
and here he is winning it here.
It's almost like you have to earn that MVP.
Joel and beat earned his MVP with a couple years
of with a chance to do it.
They finally gave it to him.
Nicole Yokut's the same way.
But it just feels like the evolution of the NDA
is we know how good Luca is.
He's healthy, he's earned the right and the respect where
he possibly could be a walking triple double next year,
just like Nicole Yokich is.
And quite frankly, if both of their statistics, Ben are
side by side the same, like we're seeing their odds
right now.
Luca Doncic is going to get that award.
So let's take a look at the field at the
FanDuel Sports, at least the top six Yokich, Doncic, SGA
on to the Kupo and Bead and Edwards here.
If I'm saying right now, regardless, let's just put all
these players been in the same bucket.
They're healthy.
They have 65 games under belt and they've all been
fantastic.
I'm taking Yokich out, I'm taking Yanis out, I'm taking
him beat out.
Which leaves me with Luka Doncic, SGA and Anthony Edwards
because we want the next great thing.
We're ready to anoint Anthony Edwards at 15 to one
right now to be an MVP.
Maybe it's not his year next year.
We're ready for Luka Doncic to be that MVP.
We're ready for SGA.
Who said, you know what, he put a young team
on his back that a sensational season.
Now he's worthy of that MVP award.
He was close this year.
Same thing that we talked about, Luka Doncic.
That's just the way the human element goes.
Because again, if all things are equal, they don't want
to give it to the Joker again.
They don't want to give to MB or Anthony Kupo,
even if they're walking triple double S.
As we said, fresh faces here that have earned it,
Doncic, SGA, Anthony Edwards.
That's where I'm going this year, Ben.