Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard started the 2022-23 NBA season on fire, and it’s beginning to show in the MVP betting odds. After four straight wins that saw Lillard score 41 points in back-to-back games, followed by Player of the Week honors, his odds have shortened from +6600 to +2500, according to The Athletic’s Cole Huff.
Jayson Tatum (+1200 to +600), Ja Morant (+1400 to +800) and Damian Lillard (+6600 to +2500) have all seen their NBA odds take a pretty significant leap since the beginning of the season. Tatum’s rise might be a case of trusting that the best player on arguably the league’s best team will sustain a fast start, while Morant’s and Lillard’s shortening odds could be a classic “absurd-numbers/team-on-back” type of case.