LOS ANGELES: Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the third time in four seasons on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).
LOS ANGELES: Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic was named NBA Most Valuable Player for the third time in four seasons on Wednesday .The 29-year-old Serbian star, who won the award in 2021 and 2022, finished runner-up in the voting in 2023 but had the satisfaction of leading the Nuggets to a first NBA title.This season he averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9.
0 steals per game for upstarts Oklahoma City and had a league-high 51 30-point games.Slovenia's Doncic led the league in scoring with 33.9 points per game and ranked second in assists with 9.8 per game. He averaged 9.2 rebounds per game and became the third player to average a 30-point triple-double after the All-Star break after Oscar Robertson and Russell Westbrook .But Nuggets coach Mike Malone was in no doubt that Jokic's third MVP was richly deserved.
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