Sports Betting Odds Available on NBA Finals MVP Award. Kobe Bryant is the odds-on favorite in sports betting to win the NBA Finals MVP Award. You can wager on who you think will win the award with sports betting online odds available on a total of 11 players plus the field. Here is a look at the odds on each of those 11 players as the NBA Finals is set to begin.
Sports betting odds list Kobe at -200 to win the award and considering he won the award last year when Los Angeles beat Orlando, he is a good choice. Kobe knows how to win in the playoffs and he knows how to produce in the clutch. Even though LeBron James has won the regular season MVP award the last two seasons, it really means nothing compared to an NBA Finals MVP award. The Lakers have made the last three NBA Finals and Kobe Bryant is the big reason why. He will be trying to win his fifth NBA title with the Lakers.
If you like the Lakers to win the NBA title in sports betting, and many people do, then Kobe is the logical choice to win the MVP. If you happen to like the Boston Celtics then Rajon Rondo would be the choice to win the MVP as he is 2-1. Rondo is expected to have a big series and if the Celtics win the title he will have to lead the way. Paul Pierce is the third choice in MVP odds at 5-1. The only other player with single digit odds is the Lakers Pau Gasol at 8-1.
The rest of the players are longshots to win the MVP award. Ray Allen is 12.5 to 1, Kevin Garnett and Ron Artest are 15-1, Lamar Odom is 20-1, Andrew Bynum and Kendrick Perkins 25-1 and Derek Fisher is 30-1. The field (Any Other Player) is listed at 25-1.
Rarely in sports does a favorite have any value but in this year’s NBA Finals there is only one logical choice to win the MVP award and that player is Kobe Bryant. He is the best player in the game and he is playing extremely well entering this series. If the Lakers win as they should, Kobe should be the MVP and at -200 he is still a bargain.