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Damian Lillard has the Portland Trail Blazers off to a hot start as the face of the franchise is putting up MVP-caliber numbers already. This MVP-like season has been reflected in Basketball-Reference’s MVP Odds, placing Lillard third among a plethora of superstars:
MVP Odds if the vote was today, per our projection tool:
— Basketball Reference (@bball_ref) November 15, 2018
1. Kevin Durant - 31.1%
2. Stephen Curry - 21.2%
3. Damian Lillard - 13.0%
4. Giannis Antetokounmpo - 9.1%
5. Kyle Lowry - 7.5%
6. LeBron James - 4.6%
7. Joel Embiid - 4.0%
8. Nikola Jokic - 3.7%https://t.co/KNvKvchyhp
Lillard is currently averaging 26.4 points, 6.2 assists and 5.2 rebounds this season. He finished fourth in MVP voting last season by posting averages of 26.9 points, 6.6 assists and 4.5 rebounds.