NBA MVP Best Bets | 2026

Let's get into, uh, the top of the board here, is we're gonna talk about, uh, MVP and the market.

Um, some just basic parameters that I wanna go over, and these things aren't...

I think we're seeing a little bit of variation in recent years in terms of how the award's have been handled, and them breaking some of the, the, the markers, but MVP has largely held up, and here's the reality: don't pick 'em before they're 22, don't pick 'em after they're 29 That's it.

Like, that's the biggest one.

We have two MVP winners past the age of 28 in the last 30 years.

30 years, we're talking two winners, Steve Nash, Kobe Bryant, over the age of 28.

They just don't win.

Nikola Jokic last year, 29, was, was 30.

Nope.

Giannis, nope.

We'll talk about those guys, 'cause they have to be included in this conversation 'cause they're amongst the top five players in the world.

Um, they are always the highest or second-highest usage player on their team.

They always lead in either points, rebounds, or assists on their team.

Uh, every winner has recorded at least 1.1 stocks per game, which is a surprising fact that I found today.

Um, n- they're not role players.

You know who they are.

They're superstar players, and that's, like, who they're always gonna be.

Um, and typically they are top three seeds.

For the vast majority, with the exception of Westbrook and Jokic, they're almost always a top three seed.

We had those guys, and everybody was like, "Oh, this is a whole new era," and then it went back to like, no, if you win a bunch of games, then you're really good.

You're probably gonna win MVP.

Um, so keep that in mind as we kinda go through this cycle.

We'll talk about the, the, the parameters of all these kind of things.

Rookies don't win.

Uh, Derrick Rose was youngest at 22 in the last 30 years.