No surprise and victory of Jokic, the MVP Award travels to Oklahomo
The NBA has long been waiting for the announcement of the most useful player of the regular part of the season this year, but there was no surprise in the end. MVP league for the 2024/25 season has become Shai Gilgeous-Lexanderwho is well on his way to the title of the champion, and in the regular part he dominated the baskets of the western and eastern conferences.
Shai became the second Canadian with the title of MVP, in his company he was welcomed by two -time winner Steve Nash. The only question was whether he would win Nikola Jokic Ali Gilgeous-Alexander, in the end, 913 votes were awarded to Canadians who choose the best individuals of the season, 787.
Nikola Jokic finished second. Photo: Ron Chenoy/Reuters
“When you dream of basketball as a kid, you always have this award somewhere in the background. I have made a lot of progress, but now it’s hard to stay so that I would not be again like a six -year -old boy. I tried to focus on the path to the reward, not just the reward, « Canadian said after the selection for the best player. In his seventh season in the league, he averaged 32.7 points, five rebounds, 6.4 passes and 1.7 stolen balls per game. He was the top scorer of the league, and in just one game of the season he scored less than 20 points.
In third place voting this time landed Giannis Antetokounmpo by 470 votes. Luka Doncic He missed too many matches in the regular part of the season so that journalists could vote for him. The votes received five more basketball players: Jayson Tatum, Donovan Mitchell, Lebron James, Cade Cunningham and Anthony Edwardsbut they were far from the leading troika.
