A little over a week ago, the Joel Embiid MVP hype train was barreling down the track like a bullet train. Analysts and players alike were making their case for the Sixers big man to win the award, and in the betting markets, Embiid was a clear favorite, approaching nearly a two-thirds implied probability. Now, all that has changed.
Per our friends at DraftKings, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic are virtually deadlocked, with Embiid currently plus-105 and Jokic plus-110. Those odds have shifted slightly even since I started writing this post, but the point is, the MVP race is razor close.