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00:03 Let's take a look at those odds here on the board,
00:06 because usually, rookies don't enter into the MVP
00:10 odds all that much, particularly to start a season.
00:13 Maybe they filter in like a CJ Stroud,
00:15 who played fantastic football last year for the Houston
00:17 Texans.
00:18 But now we're seeing Wilson, plus 100.
00:21 Stewart, plus 800.
00:23 Clark, plus 950.
00:25 Third in line here right now at the Fandula Sportsbook
00:28 to win a possible MVP with those odds.
00:31 Let's talk about-- we're not supposed
00:33 to start with Kaitlyn Clark.
00:34 The chances that she wins the actual MVP,
00:37 and also, are we pricing it appropriately?
00:39 Are we putting just too much on her shoulders
00:41 right now to be third in line right now in odds?
00:44 I think it's a little bit too lofty of an expectation.
00:48 Third best number, one of three players in the WNBA,
00:52 along with the last two MVPs in this league,
00:56 to have less than a four-digit price.
01:00 Kaitlyn Clark is going to have some success
01:02 to start off her WNBA career.
01:05 There is no doubt about that.
01:06 We saw flashes early in her W preseason games for Indiana.
01:11 Ben, it's preseason.
01:12 I understand.
01:13 She is capable of this moment.
01:15 She is going to prove why she is one
01:17 of the greats of this generation in women's college basketball,
01:21 one of the greatest to ever do it,
01:23 and now into the professional ranks as well.
01:25 Donnie highlighted that many of the old guard, the vets,
01:28 were a little bit skeptical that she would come into the WNBA
01:31 and take over things right away.
01:33 There are going to be some growing pains as you
01:36 get to this next elite level, but Kaitlyn Clark is going
01:39 to have a rapid success in the WNBA,
01:42 enough to win the MVP award in a rookie campaign
01:45 in Indianapolis.
01:47 I remain a little bit skeptical.
01:49 I would also say, Donnie, when you look at those odds,
01:52 I mentioned the narrative.
01:53 And this is a narrative award.
01:55 Stewie, in her first year with the New York Liberty,
01:58 was sensational.
02:00 But many thought Asia Wilson, leading the Las Vegas Aces
02:03 to the number one seed in the WNBA, a 19-1 home record.
02:07 As Donnie knows, it's very difficult to walk
02:10 into the Michelob Ultra Arena on the strip.
02:12 It walked out with a victory that Asia Wilson was more
02:16 than deserving of the WNBA MVP award.
02:20 And now she's the even money favorite,
02:22 $7 in front of Brianna Stewart entering this season.
02:26 It's a little bit like Jokic being the preseason NBA MVP
02:30 favorite.
02:31 Many people thought he should have won his third straight,
02:33 but the narrative kept him from doing that.
02:36 I think Asia Wilson is the rightful favorite entering
02:39 this year's MVP conversation.
02:41 Again, I believe in Kaitlyn Clark.
02:43 She is going to win the WNBA Rookie of the Year award
02:47 and is a minus 700 favorite to do just that.
02:50 But to expect her in her first year in the W
02:54 to win the most valuable player hardware,
02:57 that's a little bit too lofty.
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