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Why Boston’s Jayson Tatum deserves more buzz for the NBA’s 2024 Most Valuable Player award

Should not the MVP power winning at the highest level?

Star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum was widely seen as a likely leading candidate for the NBA’s 2024 Most Valuable Player (MVP) award before the start of the 2023-24 season. But we may not have been taking his team’s roster construction into account in such a calculus, given the team that had made it to the NBA Finals had just added another pair of All-Star caliber players to the roster.

This puts the St. Louis native in the odd position of being the best player on the league’s best team, yet somehow finding himself outside of the top five prospects for the award even so. How is this a fair assessment of where Tatum ought to be in such a race? Should not the MVP power winning at the highest level?

The hosts of the CLNS Media “How Bout Them Celtics!” and “Talkin’ Cs” podcasts sat down to hash it out on a recent episode.

Check it out above!

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Celtics Lab 242: Inside the minds of MVP voters with ESPN’s Tim Bontemps

In this episode, we find out where Boston’s Jayson Tatum might be in the eyes of MVP voters as he makes a late push for the honor.

The NBA’s All-Star Week has passed, and with it, attention now turns to the stretch run and whatever races for season-long hardware that is not already sewn up. This season, that includes the 2024 Most Valuable Player award. It feels like star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is making a late push to get in the running, but how exactly does the MVP voter think about such late risers for the award?

To get an idea about the politics and other invisible elements of MVP voting, the CLNS Media “Celtics Lab” podcast linked up with the mind behind ESPN’s annual MVP straw poll, Tim Bontemps.

Join us as C Lab cohost Cameron Tabatabaie gets into the nitty-gritty of the 2024 MVP race and how voters tend to approach the award race with Bontemps in a special bonus audio-only episode of “Celtics Lab”.

The Celtics Lab podcast is brought to you by FanDuel.

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Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics are the talk of the town at All-Star weekend

You may have noticed that there has been a lot of Boston Celtics-inflected stuff going on at the 2024 NBA All-Star Week’s proceedings.

You may have noticed that there has been a lot of Boston Celtics-inflected stuff going on at the 2024 NBA All-Star Week’s proceedings. That is largely due to the fact that the Celtics happen to be owners of the best record in the league and are favorites to win it all this summer.

For that to happen, they do of course have to play the games, but from the 2024 NBA Dunk Contest to the All-Star Game itself, Celtics players like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown were ubiquitous. To talk it over, NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg linked up with former Celtics champion center Kendrick Perkins.

Perk and Forsberg get into all things Celtics and All-Star, the state of the MVP race (and where Tatum is in it), the impact of Kristaps Porzingis and more.

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Celtics’ Jayson Tatum on the 2024 NBA All-Star Game, MVP race and more

Playing for the best team in the Association has its perks in the hunt for banners, but it can have a deleterious effect on individual accolades.

Star Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum took some time to speak with the media ahead of the NBA’s 2024 All-Star Game, and spoke on the league’s race for the 2024 Most Valuable Player award and his place in it. Playing for the best team in the Association has its perks in the hunt for banners, but it can have a deleterious effect on individual accolades at times.

The St. Louis, Missouri native spoke about that dynamic, as well as his efforts with SoFi to help create affordable housing in his hometown. As well as the early success he sees for his fellow Duke alum Paolo Banchero as the former Blue Devil starts to spread his wings at the NBA level.

Take a look at the clip embedded below to hear what Tatum had to say at the 2024 NBA All-Star Game.

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Chargers QB Justin Herbert has 6th-best odds to win MVP next season

Oddsmakers believe Justin Herbert has a decent chance of winning the MVP award in 2024.

Oddsmakers believe Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has a decent chance of winning the MVP award next season.

Herbert has the sixth-highest MVP odds at +1400; a $100 bet would win $1,400. He is right below Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes (+600), Bills’ Josh Allen (+800), Bengals’ Joe Burrow (+900), Texans’ CJ Stroud (+1100) and Ravens’ Lamar Jackson (+1200), per BetMGM.

After getting a massive payday last offseason, Herbert’s campaign wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows as he dealt with injuries to both hands, with a fractured index on his right hand ending his season early.

In 13 games, Herbert had a 65.1 percent completion rate for 3,134 yards, 20 touchdowns and seven interceptions to go with 52 carries for 228 yards and three more scores.

Looking ahead to this season, Herbert will be playing in yet another offensive system, going from Kellen Moore to Greg Roman.

Roman is expected to come in and improve the run game, which should take some pressure off Herbert and allow for more designed carries for him. A good rushing attack should lead to more deep passes through play action, where he should thrive with his big arm.

Look for Herbert to have a bounce-back season in 2024, and potentially make a case for the league’s most valuable player.

Cowboys have 7th-best SB odds, Prescott slightly better for MVP

The road to New Orleans starts now, with Dallas having relatively good odds to end their drought. | From @KDDrummondNFL

If you were one of the millions of people who put their hard-earned money on the line for the Big Game, hopefully the odds were forever in your favor. And if you hunger (get it?) for more action, rest assured, there’s always something for you, even as the NFL enters into their pseudo-hibernation zone.

The 2023 season concluded with Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs winning their second straight Super Bowl, taking down the San Francisco 49ers 25-22, in overtime. Now, immediately for most, the attention turns to the 2024 season and who will lift the Lombardi. There’s a lot of work to be done between now and then, but if interested, one can place a wager on who will win it all, and which player will do their part to get their team to the promise land.

Here’s how Brock Purdy, 49ers fared in MVP and other NFL post-season awards voting

Here’s how the voting shook out for all the NFL post-season awards the #49ers were involved in:

The 49ers were well-represented in the NFL post-season awards given out at Thursday’s NFL Honors ceremony. Kyle Shanahan, Brock Purdy and Christian McCaffrey were all up for awards, but only one of them took home hardware.

McCaffrey won the Offensive Player of the Year award after leading the NFL in rushing and scrimmage yards, and tying for the league lead in touchdowns. McCaffrey and Purdy both lost out on the MVP award, while Shanahan was passed over in Coach of the Year voting.

How close did they come to winning awards though, and which player unexpectedly received votes?

Here’s how the voting went for each award per the APs Josh Dubow, with first-second-third place votes counted, followed by their total points:

NFL Honors: How to watch as Hall of Fame Class of 2024 is revealed

How to watch NFL Honors, where the Hall of Fame Class of 2024 is revealed; will Jahri Evans make the cut?

We’re days away from kickoff in Super Bowl LVIII, which means New Orleans Saints fans should tune into the annual NFL Honors ceremony — former All-Pro right guard Jahri Evans is a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024, and he’ll learn whether or not he’s being inducted on Thursday night.

The NFL Honors ceremony will also be awarding standout performances for players during the 2023 season, in categories like Most Valuable Player, Offensive and Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and the Walter Payton Man of the Year.

Here’s how you can keep up:

When: Thursday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m. CT

Where: Resorts World Theatre, Las Vegas, Nev.

TV: CBS, NFL Network

Streaming: fuboTV (try it for free)

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Demario Davis named Defensive MVP of the 2024 Pro Bowl Games

Saints linebacker Demario Davis was named the Defensive MVP of the 2024 Pro Bowl Games for his performance in dodgeball and flag football:

Demario Davis represented the New Orleans Saints well at the 2024 Pro Bowl Games — a standout in the NFC versus AFC dodgeball game, flag football scrimmage, and other skills challenges, Davis was recognized as the all-star game’s defensive most valuable player.

And when he took the stage to accept that award, Davis delivered a characteristic speech thanking his teammates and paying respect to his opponents coaching the AFC all-star team.

“Man, firstly man I had a lot of great teammates. The best in the business, they played awesome, I’ve got to give an amazing shoutout to them,” Davis said. “It was great being on the NFC team, the winning team, but most importantly being on the winning team, which is the kingdom of God. That’s where my power comes from, that’s where my glory goes. Being on this stage with the greats like Eli Manning, DeMarcus Ware, going against Peyton Manning, Ray Lewis, the legends of the game, you know you’ve got to be locked in mentally and that’s how we showed up. It’s an honor to be here.”

There’s a couple of Pro Football Hall of Famers in that group, and Davis might join them someday. He’s now been selected for two Pro Bowls while earning five consecutive All-Pro selections. He’s continued to defy Father Time late into his career and is on track to continue earning accolades. Whether or not he goes the distance to earn a bronze bust in Canton, he’s a Saints legend through and through.

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Super Bowl MVP odds for almost every 49ers player

Here are the Super Bowl MVP odds for basically every #49ers player. Who would you be betting on?

The 49ers haven’t a Super Bowl win, and by extension a Super Bowl MVP, since they thumped the Chargers 49-26 in Super Bowl XXIX.

This year they enter Super Bowl LVIII for a third try at securing their sixth Lombardi Trophy. Who would be the game’s MVP if San Francisco can knock off the Kansas City Chiefs to avenge their last Super Bowl defeat?

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History says it would be quarterback, Brock Purdy. The 49ers are a little different than other teams though in the distribution of their club’s success, so the door is open for a slew of players to potentially take home the honor should San Francisco win.

Luckily for us, BetMGM has odds on virtually every single 49ers player to win the award. Here they are:

(Quick reminder! With these odds, if a player is +500, that means a $100 would win $500. At +1000, a $100 bet fetches $1,000.)