For the third straight season, it looks like the NBA MVP race is a battle between the league’s top two centers: Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid.
In the previous two seasons, Jokic and Embiid finished No. 1 and No. 2 in MVP voting and this season was following the same trend. Jokic had been the favorite for much of the regular season, but as of Thursday, Embiid has emerged as the favorite at DraftKings sportsbook with fewer than than 15 games left in the season.
Here’s a look at how the MVP odds for the top-five players on the board have shifted in less than a month.