Yahoo Sports NBA contributing writer Tom Haberstroh and NBA writer Dan Devine discuss the Lakers superstar's surprisingly low odds to win his 5th Most Valuable Player award - and why it might not be such a crazy thought that he wins it,

You surely don’t need me to tell you that the battle between Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James and Father Time remains one of the most hotly-contested rivalries in the history of professional sports.

As we continue in the second half of the season with the playoffs arriving in just a few months, the NBA MVP race is getting closer than ever. In our latest rankings, Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander were very close in a head-to-head and the race is getting closer than ever considering how dominant they have been.