{"id":256972,"date":"2023-02-01T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=256972"},"modified":"2023-02-01T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T17:38:27","slug":"lebron-james-for-mvp-at-long-odds-worth-consideration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/lebron-james-for-mvp-at-long-odds-worth-consideration\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron James For MVP Must Be Considered After NY Triple-Double."},"content":{"rendered":"

LeBron James not only had a triple-double last night at Madison Square Garden (the 106th of his career) as he passed Mark Jackson and Steve Nash on the career assists list.<\/p>\n

With the Lakers’ 129-123 overtime win, the team is now two games behind the sinking New Orleans Pelicans for 10th place in the West (a play-in spot). A late-season surge into the top 6 could lead to something unexpected: Putting LeBron in the MVP conversation.<\/p>\n

Currently, Nikola Jokic is the (-105) favorite, followed by Joel Embiid (+230) and Luka Don\u010di\u0107\u00a0 (+550). James is the seventh choice at +4500 at FanDuel. But the odds elsewhere are as high as +10000.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, he was +15000 at Bet MGM. Today, he is +50000. So consider that.<\/p>\n

Nobody here is making that James-for-MVP prediction. But is must be discussed as a possibility, no matter how unlikely it seems on Feb 1.<\/p>\n

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"I'm happy to be linked with some of the greats." @KingJames<\/a> on reaching another milestone and moving to fourth on all-time assists. pic.twitter.com\/d3pj6w7HOF<\/a><\/p>\n

— Spectrum SportsNet (@SpectrumSN) February 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n