{"id":380383,"date":"2022-03-05T06:37:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T06:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=380383"},"modified":"2022-03-05T06:42:12","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T06:42:12","slug":"nba-mvp-odds-bucks-star-giannis-antetokounmpo-late-but-perfectly-time-push-for-mvp-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-mvp-odds-bucks-star-giannis-antetokounmpo-late-but-perfectly-time-push-for-mvp-award\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA MVP Odds: Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo&#8217;s Late But Perfectly-Timed Push for MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday night, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls by a wide margin, thanks to Giannis Antetokounmpo&#8217;s outstanding play. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks over a Bulls club that was only one game ahead of them in the standings, scoring 34 points, 16 rebounds, and five assists.<\/p>\n<p>Giannis is having another historically incredible season, and he&#8217;s a genuine candidate for MVP and DPOY once again. The 27-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/player-details\/20000497\/G.Giannis\">Greek Freak<\/a> is already one of the best players of all time, and he&#8217;s only getting better.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268469\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11224858\/NBA-roundu.jpg\" alt=\"fantasy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11224858\/NBA-roundu.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11224858\/NBA-roundu-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11224858\/NBA-roundu-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/11224858\/NBA-roundu-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Since dropping a 50-point game in Game 6 of the NBA Finals to capture <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/nba-team-detail\/MIL\/depth-chart\">Milwaukee<\/a>&#8216;s first championship since 1971, Giannis Antetokounmpo hasn&#8217;t stopped destroying opponents, setting records, and seeking greatness. As we get closer to the All-Star break in a few weeks, Giannis is swiftly establishing himself as the clear MVP front runner.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis with a Shaq-like stat line:<\/p>\n<p>34 PTS<br \/>16 REB<br \/>12-22 FG<br \/>10-19 FT<\/p>\n<p>W at the Bulls. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IiTeHEkLKk\">pic.twitter.com\/IiTeHEkLKk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; StatMuse (@statmuse) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/statmuse\/status\/1499947133553700866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Giannis Antetokounmpo lurking behind Jokic and Embiid for MVP award as per Odds<\/h2>\n<p>The Bucks are within three games of the East&#8217;s top spot with less than 20 games remaining in the regular season. As a result, the two-time MVP has resurfaced in the MVP discussion. While <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/player-details\/20000726\/J.Joel\">Joel Embiid<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/player-details\/20001441\/N.Nikola\">Nikola Jokic<\/a> have (rightfully) gotten the most of the attention in that respect this season, Antetokounmpo has been quietly going about his business.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to Yebscore&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/nba\/futures\">NBA Futures Odds<\/a>, Giannis is behind Jokic and Embiid. Here&#8217;s a look at the current standings:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-380402\" src=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-22.png\" alt=\"MVP Odds\" width=\"1273\" height=\"705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-22.png 1273w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-22-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-22-1024x567.png 1024w, https:\/\/yebscore-cms.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/03\/Screenshot-22-768x425.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1273px) 100vw, 1273px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo has averaged 31.7 points on 57.8% shooting, 12.4 rebounds, and 5.9 assists in his previous 15 games. Antetokounmpo is enjoying a season that is not just comparable to Embiid and Jokic&#8217;s, but also to his two prior MVP seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The NBA has released its updated MVP rankings:<\/p>\n<p>1) Nikola Jokic<br \/>2) Joel Embiid<br \/>3) Giannis Antetokounmpo<br \/>4) DeMar DeRozan<br \/>5) Ja Morant<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1499786557754003456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Antetokounmpo appears poised to win another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/news\/category\/kia-race-to-the-mvp-ladder\">MVP award<\/a> if he can simply stay healthy, given the way he&#8217;s routinely put up high statistics to lead the Bucks to victory this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Giannis Antetokounmpo has passed Wilt Chamberlain for the highest PER season of all-time.<\/p>\n<p>32.2 \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PZ9fxr9iGF\">pic.twitter.com\/PZ9fxr9iGF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1499948286907617280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, his numbers are just going to get better. He&#8217;s on track for another spectacular season, and while his concentration is on winning another title rather than another MVP award, it would be a travesty not to recognize Giannis with the trophy if he can continue to produce at this level of efficiency and dominance.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Jalen Rose&#8217; take on who should win the MVP this year:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A21nZF2QCQo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday night, the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Chicago Bulls by a wide margin, thanks to Giannis Antetokounmpo&#8217;s outstanding play. Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks over a Bulls club that was only one game ahead of them in the standings, scoring 34 points, 16 rebounds, and five assists. Giannis is having another historically incredible season, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":379020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,51],"tags":[156,428,343],"class_list":["post-380383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-milwaukee-bucks","category-nba","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-joel-embiid","tag-nikola-jokic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}