Odds suggest Phoenix Suns' Mikal Bridges is well placed to make history

Phoenix Suns' Mikal Bridges made strides in his fourth season. He was awarded NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award. Suns signed him to a four-year, $90 million contract prior to last season, but he didn't perform well.

Phoenix Suns' Mikal Bridges is the sixth favourite to win the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year award in 2022-23. He is well placed to make history. Gary Payton won the award last season. Only two small forwards, Ron Artest and Kawhi Leonard, have won it before. If Bridges wins, he would be the first Suns player to do so in the awards' 40-year history and it would also be a good barometer for the Suns season as well.