{"id":20378,"date":"2025-10-13T22:29:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T22:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bb-auae-prd-ext-blog-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=20378"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:46:00","slug":"nba-season-25-26-preview-mvp-betting-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/nba\/nba-season-25-26-preview-mvp-betting-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Season 25\/26 Preview – MVP Betting Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2025\/26 NBA MVP race is wide open, with Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic leading a stacked field of contenders. Recent history shows the award favours stars in their mid-to-late twenties on winning teams, making this one of the toughest MVP markets to call.<\/p>\n

Our NBA MVP preview and betting tips break down the leading chances, highlight key stats behind past winners, and uncover the best value plays in this year\u2019s market.<\/p>\n

Best Bet<\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

Luka Doncic @ $4.60<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Everything points to this being the year Luka Doncic claims his first MVP.<\/p>\n

He appears to have come into the season in great shape, and with LeBron ruled out to start the year, it feels like a genuine changing of the guard in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

Luka fits the typical MVP profile: 13 of the last 14 winners have been aged between 25 and 28, and 13 of the last 14 have averaged 26+ points per game \u2014 numbers Doncic should reach with ease.<\/p>\n

The key factor will be wins. The teams of 12 of the last 14 MVPs have finished with a win percentage of 65% or better, meaning Doncic will likely need to lead the Lakers to at least 54 victories. If he does that, he\u2019ll be a deserving winner.<\/p>\n

Next Best<\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander @ $3.50<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Narrative plays a huge role in MVP voting \u2014 just ask Joel Embiid in 2023. For SGA to go back-to-back, he\u2019ll need to improve on what was already an incredible season, averaging 32.7 points per game last year.<\/p>\n

He still ticks every box for MVP criteria: age, production and team success. If OKC finish near the top of the West again, he\u2019ll be right in the mix.<\/p>\n

There was some criticism late last season about his foul-drawing tactics, and while minor, things like that can influence voters. Even so, expect SGA to be among the frontrunners again.<\/p>\n

Value Bet<\/b><\/b><\/h2>\n

Paolo Banchero @ $81<\/b><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Banchero looked set for a breakout season last year, averaging 29 points per game through Orlando\u2019s first five contests before injury sidelined him for ten weeks.<\/p>\n

The Magic have upgraded their roster during the off-season and look every chance to finish top four in the East. If their core stays healthy, they could even push for a 60-win season in what shapes as a weak conference.<\/p>\n

If that happens with Banchero leading the charge and putting up similar numbers, the fourth-year star could easily find himself in the MVP conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2025\/26 NBA MVP race is wide open, with Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic leading a stacked field of contenders. Recent history shows the award favours stars in their mid-to-late twenties on winning teams, making this one of the toughest MVP markets to call. Our NBA MVP preview […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":20396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[706],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20409,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20378\/revisions\/20409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prdextblog01.bluebet.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}