An individual acquainted with the choice says Denver’s Nikola Jokic has received his second consecutive Most Worthwhile Participant award, after a season by which he turned the primary participant in league historical past to eclipse 2,000 factors, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists mark in a single season
AP supply: Nikola Jokic has received his second consecutive Most Worthwhile Participant award.
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An individual acquainted with the choice says Denver’s Nikola Jokic has received his second consecutive Most Worthwhile Participant award, after a season by which he turned the primary participant in league historical past to eclipse 2,000 factors, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists mark in a single season
Denver’s Nikola Jokic has received his second consecutive Most Worthwhile Participant award after a season by which he completed with numbers by no means earlier than seen in league historical past, an individual acquainted with the choice instructed The Related Press.
The NBA was making ready to make the announcement official within the coming days, possible this week, based on the one that spoke to the AP on situation of anonymity Monday as a result of the voting outcomes haven’t been introduced.
ESPN, citing sources, first reported that Jokic could be named the MVP.
The Nuggets’ 7-foot heart was the primary participant in league historical past to eclipse 2,000 factors, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in a season. And that kind of dominance by the participant nicknamed “Joker” helped persuade voters that he must be the thirteenth participant of the NBA’s unique MVP back-to-back membership.
The opposite finalists — who will end second and third in some order — had been Philadelphia heart Joel Embiid, who led the league in scoring common, and two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo of the reigning champion Milwaukee Bucks.
