By Kyle Wood Nikola Jokić is now the betting favorite to be named NBA MVP for the second straight year, pushing ahead of former frontrunner Joel Embiid. Nuggets star Nikola Jokić supplanted 76ers center Joel Embiid as the betting favorite to win the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award with only a handful of games remaining. Jokić leapt from having the second-best odds at SI Sportsbook—behind Embiid—to being the clear favorite with -138 odds. Embiid, who was once the favorite while hovering around +140 odds to earn MVP honors for the first time, is +125. Those two are far and away the betting favo…