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Several former Wildcats among early-season NBA MVP favorites

The Basketball-Reference NBA MVP Tracker is updated, and two former Kentucky Wildcats are among the top-four candidates.

Denver center Nikola Jokic is the top contender, with Philadelphia center Joel Embiid sitting second. They finished No. 1 and No. 2 last season, with Embiid winning the award behind 73 first-place votes.

For Kentucky, it has had a pipeline of elite NBA talent flow through its program. Behind those two are Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey.

Here are the full top-10 rankings.

NBA MVP Tracker, via @bball_ref:

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