The Los Angeles Lakers are a longshot to make the playoffs as they’re three games out of the postseason with 23 games left to play, so perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising that LeBron James is not a contender for MVP for the first time in over a decade.
According to updated MVP odds at the Las Vegas Westgate, LeBron is 4th in the latest odds, tied with basically everyone else outside of the three players Vegas considers the top-3 MVP candidates. James is a 100-1 shot behind Paul George at 7-1, James Harden at 2-1 and heavy favorite Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Odds chart via Matt Moore of The Action Network
Player 2/25 Odds Giannis Antetokounmpo -250 James Harden +200 Paul George +700 LeBron James +10000 Steph Curry +10000 Kawhi Leonard +10000 Joel Embiid +10000 Kevin Durant +10000 Russell Westbrook +10000 Nikola Jokic +10000
The Lakers loss on Saturday to a Pelicans team playing without Anthony Davis certainly didn’t help his chances. But his MVP chances are an accurate representation of the precarious position he and the Lakers are in.
