The NBA has become one of the most star-driven leagues in all of sports, and as a result, there are more than a handful of candidates when it comes to the 2012-13 MVP award.<\/p>\n
Superstars are scattered all over the league, but only the top of the top-tier players earn legitimate MVP consideration heading into the year. \u00a0 <\/p>\n
The Los Angeles Clippers experienced one of the biggest turnarounds in the league last season, and Chris Paul is hands-down the biggest reason for the improvement. The point guard has virtually no flaw to his game, he can take over in crunch time and he is one of the best at getting his teammates involved. His MVP candidacy could be hurt if his team struggles\u2014or if his knees fail him\u2014throughout the year, but he is arguably the game\u2019s best point guard heading into 2013.<\/p>\n
Odds: 20\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n The drama surrounding Dwight Howard is over\u2014for the time being\u2014and it\u2019s time for the center to get back to playing basketball. If Howard has trouble coming back from season-ending surgery\u2014or if he can never blend with his superstar teammates\u2014he\u2019ll go another season without winning the award; but he is the NBA\u2019s best center for a reason, and he\u2019ll show how dominant he can be on more than one occasion this year.<\/p>\n Odds: 16\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n Like Dwight Howard, Kobe Bryant\u2019s MVP run will be stopped in its tracks if the 34-year-old can\u2019t adapt to a new blend of players, or if his health proves to be an issue this season. That being said, the 2-guard is one of the best scorers in the league. His mid-range game is as deadly as it gets, and he\u2019s one of the most reliable player in the NBA with the game on the line. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n Odds: 12\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n Kevin Durant came oh so close to an NBA championship last season, and he is going to show from game one of the new year that he is ready to get back and compete once again. Despite playing alongside a shoot-first point guard who took 19 shots per game, Durant earned his third-straight scoring title in 2012. He may still be young, but last year\u2019s postseason showed he can take over late in a game, which is something LeBron James is just now beginning to display.<\/p>\n Odds: 15\/4<\/strong><\/p>\n LeBron James is arguably the best basketball player in the world, and he is coming off one of the best basketball years we\u2019ve seen in a long time. The 27-year old won the regular season MVP, the NBA Finals MVP and an Olympic gold medal in just a matter of months. His league-leading PER last season proves he can do it all, and he\u2019ll be the favorite to win the MVP award in the eyes of many again this season.<\/p>\n Odds: 9\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n LeBron James may be coming off a historic year of basketball, but Kevin Durant is as hungry as ever to win big. James is about as good as an honorable mention as it gets, and Kevin Love (not mentioned) is a sleeper if his team stars winning (Odds: 20\/1), but Durant has matured so drastically in his first five seasons that 2013 could be the year when he wins his first MVP award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2012\/2013 NBA MVP Predictions\/Preview The NBA has become one of the most star-driven leagues in all of sports, and as a result, there are more than a handful of candidates when it comes to the 2012-13 MVP award. Superstars are scattered all over the league, but only the top of the top-tier players earn legitimate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":41183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[39626,56858,56859,56860,166,479,502,8705,16084,16083,66499,744,745,28085,36796,36795,5295,749,1028],"class_list":["post-56538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-39626","tag-2012-nba-mvp-betting-odds","tag-2012-nba-mvp-prediction","tag-20122013-nba-mvp-betting","tag-betting-odds","tag-free-predictions","tag-gambling-lines","tag-mvp","tag-mvp-picks","tag-mvp-predictions","tag-nba","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-futures","tag-nba-mvp","tag-nba-mvp-future-odds","tag-nba-mvp-futures","tag-nba-mvp-predictions","tag-nba-odds","tag-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56538"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56540,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56538\/revisions\/56540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}4) Dwight Howard\u2014Los Angeles Lakers<\/h3>\n
3) Kobe Bryant\u2014Los Angeles Lakers<\/h3>\n
2) Kevin Durant\u2014Oklahoma City Thunder<\/h3>\n
1) LeBron James\u2014Miami Heat<\/h3>\n
2013 NBA MVP Predictions<\/h3>\n