2025 NBA Awards final odds: Where votes stand at seasons end

NBA Awards voting has become polarizing, political and pricey.Between players’ contract value being tied to All-NBA teams and exhausting filibuster-style petitions for Defensive Player of the Year happening on a nightly basis, someone has to dive in and actually make a decision.NBA media has sent out awards ballots virtually, with a due date of April 18.Those voters are the ones who will be calling the shots and dictating players’ bonuses – and even where people’s hard-earned money will be going.

Betting odds have been tracking these awards all season long, and some awards looked like foregone conclusions entering Friday.Below, we dive into the 2025 final awards odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook, which has tracked and taken real money on every NBA award throughout the season.You’ll also see the predictions, with a confidence level, listed below.Seemingly everyone over at The Ringer is voting for Nikola Jokic to win the MVP award, despite the odds clearly going the other direction.It appears that Bill Simmons, Michael Pina and Ryen Russillo intend to vote for the Nuggets’ big man to win it this year, but don’t expect that to be who is crowned MVP come June.A few notable voters who claimed that they would be voting for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander include Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin O’Connor and CBS Sports’ Bill Reiter and James Herbert.Prediction: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – Confidence Level: 9Of the few voters who have stated their intention for awards voting, a few have swung and missed.O’Connor said he intends to — or already has — voted for Rockets second-year forward Amen Thompson, who was completely off the board at close.He essentially voted for the Green Party in this highly contested, wildly entertaining race.Yahoo Sports’ Tom Haberstroh, who may or may not have voted, also says he would pick Thompson to win, but he hasn’t had a vote in years past.

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