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The Golden State Warriors have opened as 3.5-point favorites for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night, and Steph Curry is the +110 favorite to be named Finals MVP, followed by Jayson Tatum at +170.

Makes sense, because those two superstars are the two best players on the Celtics and the Warriors, and superstars usually win that award.

Usually, but not always, as Andre Iguodala can attest after winning in 2015 in large part for his defense against LeBron James. It was one of the few times that a player won the Finals MVP for something other than his offense, as Iggy scored only 16.3 points per game but filled up the box scores in other areas while also shooting nearly 44 percent from 3-point range.

So we all have to ask ourselves: Is there an Iggy 2.0 out there with advantageous odds who should be wagered on? Because with four days until the championship round is set to begin, every single player on the two rosters has odds of +1100 or longer aside from Tatum and Curry.

So let’s look at the rest of the field, because there ain’t much to say about the favorites other than the fact that they are both All-NBA first- or second-team players, they lead their respective teams in scoring and very much deserve their favorite statuses. But that does not mean they will win.

We will take this chronologically in the order that Betway has them ranked, shortest odds to longest.

Jaylen Brown, Celtics: +1100: He had 24 points in 44 minutes in the clincher vs. Miami, and he scored at least 20 points in five of the six Eastern Conference finals games with a high of 40 in Game 3. He averaged 22.0 points in the second round against Milwaukee and 22.5 in the first round against Brooklyn, and what makes him an attractive candidate is the fact that Draymond Green is going to be defending Tatum, and Green is a lockdown defender type of player whose worst enemy is his temper and his proclivity for arguing with the referees. If Brown outperforms Tatum in the points column and Boston wins, he has a very good shot at MVP.

Klay Thompson, +1500: Also a secondary scorer, he stands to benefit if the Celtics’ best defender, Marcus Smart, is healthy enough and effective enough to lock down Curry on the perimeter, thereby forcing Curry to be more of a facilitator than a scorer. Thompson has shot just under 40 percent from 3-point range while averaging 19.8 points per game, and he is the second-most dangerous 3-point shooter on a Golden State team that uses the 3-point shot as its primary offensive weapon. He shot only 1-for-4 on 3s in each of the last two games against Dallas, and he is clearly not yet in top form while continuing to recover from a torn Achilles.

Draymond Green, +1800: Turns out he was right when he predicted on national TV that the Dubs would be playing the Celtics, which angered the Heat to no end. He is the most outspoken player in the series and will provide endless amounts of incendiary comments that the Celtics may or may not use as motivation, and he is Golden State’s best two-way player. He currently has three technical fouls and will have to watch his mouth because seven techs brings an automatic one-game suspension, and Green pushes the envelope nightly with the refs. He is always a triple-double threat but has not had one since Dec. 20 – his only one of the season after having six in 2020-21. He probably needs at least one, along with numerous steals and blocks while defending Tatum, to get this award. But it is far from impossible.

Andrew Wiggins, +2500: The All-Star starter has picked up his game in the postseason and has had four double-doubles in the playoffs after recording only one during the regular season. He will likely have the defensive assignment on Al Horford, which does not bode well for his rebounding projections. But when you see a player come to life the way he has during this postseason, you cannot count him out. He would have to be spectacular statistically to beat out Curry, Thompson, Green or another Golden State outlier to win it.

Jordan Poole, +3500: He was the flavor of the week back in the first round when he was starting and raining in 3s, but his production has dropped from 21.0 points per game in the first round vs Denver to 16.8 ppg in the series against Dallas, and although it is hard to envision a reserve getting the finals MVP award, coach Steve Kerr has been using him for 28 minutes a game. But a caution: He attempted 31 3s in the first round, 38 in the second round and just 20 in the conference finals.

Marcus Smart, +4500: He is playing on a bad ankle but will have four full days to heal further this week, and as the Defensive Player of the Year his bona fides are legit. He is going to have to be in Curry’s jock the entire series while also contributing on the offensive end as the primary playmaker. He averaged 16.6 points against Miami but shot only 28 percent on 3s. But as the third choice on the Celtics at these intriguing odds, he is not the worst flyer bet in the history of wagering, especially given the Iguodala factor which states that a player who shuts down a superstar can most certainly be a Finals MVP but also must contribute on the other end. Smart is capable of that.

Kevon Looney, +10000: He averaged 10.6 points and 10.6 rebounds against Dallas, but he will not have Dwight Powell as his pushover opponent this time around. After shooting 68.4 percent against Dallas, he would probably have to be in the 70s or 80s with an even higher rebounding total to get consideration.

Al Horford, +10000: These are the longest odds for any of the starters who actually has a puncher’s chance, because unlike Looney, Horford has an inside-outside game that the Celtics utilize. He is coming off a series in which he had two 5-point games and a 3-point game, and he was 1-for-6 on 3s in the final two games. Probably should be more like 60-1, but needs to get to the line (zero FTs in Games 6 and 7 vs. Miami) to have any sort of chance.

Robert Williams, +20000: A solid starting center. He has zero shot at MVP. Save your money.

Grant Williams: +35000: Would need four games that resembled his Game 7 against Milwaukee when he made seven 3-pointers because the Bucks ignored him. Don’t see that happening.