With the All-Star weekend on us, there are about 27-30 games for teams in the competition. The first place in the Western Conference is the Oklahoma City Thunder on 44-10.
In 2024-25, PG Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has an incredibly dominant season for OKC. ESPN recently released their results of the latest straw polls. Tim Bontemps from ESPN noted that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has a strong lead over Denver’s Nikola Jokic.
In addition to a large collapse, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will probably win MVP
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is ahead of Nikola Jokic in the latest NBA MVP Stro-Veiling https://t.co/qpy8pvaroc
– RealGM (@RealGM) February 14, 2025
Nikola Jokic MVP has won in the three of the last four NBA seasons. One time he didn’t win, he came in second place to Joel Embiid. Around Professional Sports Awards there is something that is known as tiredness of the voter. Media -members are bored nasty voices for the same player year after year and Nikola Jokic could be the victim of that. There is a real chance that voters do not want to hand him his 4th MVP price in five seasons.
That plays in why Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the favorite to win MVP in 2024-25. According to the opportunities via Betonline, SGA (-500) is to win the prize. In addition, ESPN’s newest straw polls have Gilgous-Alexander for Jokic. The MVP candidate from Oklahoma City received 70 voices in first place and 30 second place. Nikola Jokic van Denver received 30 votes in first place, 69 votes in second place and 1 vote in third place.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is on average a leading (32.5) points per match this season. That is also a new career high for the 26-year-old. It is his third consecutive season of an average of 30+ points per match. It is also on average (5.1) rebounds, (6.1) helps and (1.9) steals. In 53 games this season, SGA has three 50+ points performance. All three happened in one month. The MVP of 2024-25 is Gilgous-Axander’s to lose. In addition to a large collapse, he will probably win MVP this season.
