With the NBA regular season coming to a close, awards season is fast-approaching.
regular season coming to a close Sunday, there are just a few days left for the league’s biggest stars to make their final impressions for the myriad awards up for grabs this year.
So, with just three nights of regular-season basketball left, is there any value left in the awards market? The most recent one came Tuesday night, when 76ers star center Joel Embiid scored 52 points to cement himself as the prohibitive betting favorite over two-time reigning winner Nikola Jokic at BetMGM entering the final weekend.Embiid was dealing at just -210 on Tuesday morning before his epic performance, and Jokic was favored to win his third MVP trophy just one week ago.
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