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Big man Robert Williams was an important centerpiece of the top-ranked defense from the Boston Celtics last season. (Image: Getty)
NBA Awards

NBA Defensive Player of the Year Odds: Rudy Gobert or RW3 in 2023?

DraftKings updated their NBA Awards page and Rudy Gobert is the betting favorite to win the 2023 NBA Defensive Player of the Year at +550 odds, but Robert Williams III aka RW3 from the Boston Celtics is close behind at +650 odds, and Bam Adebayo from the Miami Heat looms […]

Steph Curry and Klay Thompson need one more win to lock up a return trip to the NBA Finals. (Image: Getty)
2022 NBA Playoffs

NBA Finals MVP Betting: Steph Curry or Jayson Tatum?

The Golden State Warriors and Boston Celtics are both one victory away from securing spots in the 2022 NBA Finals. The leading scorers from both teams — Steph Curry from the Warriors and Jayson Tatum from the Celtics — are popular picks to win the 2022 NBA Finals MVP, with […]

Jayson Tatum (left) from the Boston Celtics and Steph Curry (right) of the Golden State Warriors are the top two betting favorites to win the 2022 NBA Finals MVP. (Image: Getty)
2022 NBA Playoffs

NBA Finals MVP Odds: Betting on Curry, Tatum, Butler, Doncic

Four teams are still alive in the relentless hunt for the 2022 NBA Championship. The best players on all four teams are the betting favorites to win the NBA Finals MVP, including Steph Curry from the Golden State Warriors at +180 odds, followed by Jayson Tatum (+220) from the Boston […]

Monty Williams, head coach of the Phoenix Suns, celebrates a victory with Chris Paul (3) and Jae Crowder (99). (Image: Getty)

Monty Williams Named 2022 NBA Coach of the Year

The Phoenix Suns finished the regular season with the best record in the NBA at 64-18, and the league recognized head coach Monty Williams as the Coach of the Year for 2022. Williams earned 458 total votes and 81 first-place votes to beat out Taylor Jenkins from the Memphis Grizzlies […]

Bobby Jones from the Philadelphia 76ers won the first-ever NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1983, and he boxed out Kevin McHale from the Boston Celtics who won twice. (Image: Dick Raphael/Getty)
The OG List

OG’s Complete List: NBA Sixth Man of Year Award Winners

Tyler Herro from the Miami Heat won the 2022 NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award as the best reserve in the league this season. To honor Herro, we’ve compiled another complete OG list of winners who earned one of the NBA’s most-prestigious distinctions. Lou Williams and Jamal Crawford hold […]

Devin Booker from the Phoenix Sus defends Giannis 'Greek Freak' Antetokounmpo from the Milwaukee Bucks. (Image: Getty)
2022 NBA Playoffs

2022 NBA Finals MVP: Early Odds on Booker, Greek Freak, Durant, Curry, Tatum

DraftKings updated its futures market for the 2022 NBA Finals MVP, with Devin Booker the betting favorite at +400 odds, followed by Giannis “Greek Freak” Antetokounmpo (+500), Chris Paul (+550), Steph Curry (+800), Jayson Tatum (+900), and Kevin Durant (+1100). If you watch “Winning Time” about the rise of the […]

Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics acknowledges the crowd at TD Garden in Boston during a recent victory. (Image: Jeff Chiu/AP)

Marcus Smart Betting Fave for NBA Defensive Player of the Year

Marcus Smart from the Boston Celtics is attempting something that hasn’t happened since 1996 when he hopes to become the first guard to win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY) in 26 seasons. Smart is the betting favorite to win the DPOY at DraftKings at +120 odds, with […]

Monty Williams, head coach from the Phoenix Suns. congratulates Devin Booker after a recent win. (Image: Getty)

NBA Coach of the Year Odds: Monty Williams New Betting Favorite

What a difference a month makes. In early January, Monty Williams from the Phoenix Suns and Steve Kerr from the Golden State Warriors were co-favorites to win the 2022 NBA Coach of the Year at +380 odds. Four weeks later, Williams is the consensus favorite at -140 odds to win […]

Reigning MVP Nikola Jokic from the Denver Nuggets guards Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors. (Image: Jed Jacobsohn/AP)

NBA MVP Race: Joker and Greek Freak Chasing Steph Curry

After a week into the second half of the NBA season, Steph Curry is the betting favorite to win the MVP at +180 odds, but Giannis ‘Greek Freak’ Antetokounmpo (+250), Nikola Jokic (+550), Joel Embiid (+600), and Ja Morant (+1000) are trying to chase him down. Kevin Durant was the […]