 Was this year's NBA MVP actually a long shot to win the award? Reports were confirmed today. Nikola Jokic has once again been named MVP, making it back-to-back MVPs after another stat-stuffing year for the big man. Sure, he won it last year. He was probably favored to win it again this year, right? Wrong! His odds pre-season to win this award again were a whopping plus 1700. If you had this bet pre-season, congrats and also congrats to the Joker on another great season.