2025 NBA Cup MVP Odds: SGA Favored as Tournament Begins

OKC is favored to win the 2025 Emirates NBA Cup — and Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the favorite to win NBA Cup MVP.

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Jared Hochman • Content Manager
Oct 31, 2025 • 11:03 ET • 3 min read
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Photo By - Imagn Images. Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) high fives his team during introductions before the start of a game.

The 2025 Emirates NBA Cup gets underway tonight, which also means that NBA Cup MVP odds are back on the board.

With the Oklahoma City Thunder favored to win the tournament, their star, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, is unsurprisingly the favorite to win the MVP award.

With action beginning tonight, here are the latest odds to win the NBA Cup MVP for 2025.

NBA Cup MVP odds

Player bet365
Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander +325
Cavaliers Donovan Mitchell +900
Knicks Jalen Brunson +1100
Nuggets Nikola Jokic +1200
Timberwolves Anthony Edwards +2200
Magic Paolo Banchero +2200
Pistons Cade Cunningham +2500
Rockets Kevin Durant +2500
Lakers Luka Doncic +2500
Hawks Trae Young +2500
Cavaliers Evan Mobley +2800
Clippers Kawhi Leonard +2800
Warriors Stephen Curry +2800

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Understanding NBA Cup MVP odds

Sportsbooks posted odds for the NBA Cup MVP award at the beginning of the season in October. These odds have been adjusted throughout the season to reflect variables like strong play, steady improvement, and injuries. Sportsbooks have also adjusted the odds based on handle and liability to certain players.

NBA Cup MVP odds usually look like this:

  • Jalen Brunson +600

This means that on a $100 bet, you'll stand to win $600 if Brunson wins the tournament MVP award. If it's close to the end of the tournament and the NBA has a particularly dominant player on an especially dominant team, you might see a minus sign (-) ahead of its odds. For instance:

  • Stephen Curry -180

This means you have to bet $180 to win $100 on Tatum winning the honor.

Above we have listed the American odds. However, these are easy to convert to decimal odds or fractional odds with our odds converter tool. And don't forget to check out our NBA forum if you're interested in chatting with other basketball bettors about NBA odds. 


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Before Jared Hochman joined the Covers team in 2020, he worked for newspaper outlets such as the Chronicle Herald and The Coast, worked in marketing for SkipTheDishes and Vivid Seats, and previously ran a magazine. A journalism graduate from the University of King's College in, Halifax, N.S., "Hoch" brings more than a decade of experience in sports betting, having worked as a freelance handicapper, making appearances on Monumental Sports Network and the Sharp 600 podcast, and now also filling in occasionally as host of Covers' NHL Puck Props. 

Awarded Covers' company MVP for 2023, Jared is an avid bettor of MLB, NFL, NHL, and NBA, while also wagering on some soccer and WNBA. His best advice for sports bettors? Price shop, which is something he does daily across 10 different sportsbook apps.

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