2023/2024 NBA SEASON – As expected, Nikola Jokic was elected Most Valuable Player for the third time in his career, and joins a closed club, in addition to making history.
Luka Doncic had a sumptuous season, finishing as the best scorer and second best passer in the NBA, not to mention his countless strokes of genius. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, in addition to being phenomenal, guided the Thunder to a totally unexpected first place in the Western Conference. Despite this, Nikola Jokic was the favorite for the trophy Most Valuable Player, in other words the best player of the regular season. And the votes came to confirm it.
The details of the votes for the MVP trophy: pic.twitter.com/ugcYjCyiFt
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79 of the 99 voters placed the Joker in first place, thus offering him the trophy in front of SGA et Luka Magic. So, Nikola Jokic won the MVP trophy for the third time after 2021 and 2022, and succeeds Joel Embiid. He joins the club of players who have won the trophy at least three times, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6 times, record), Michael Jordan et Bill Russell (5), LeBron James et Wilt Chamberlain (4), Larry Bird, Earvin « Magic » Johnson et Moses Malone (3). But above all, he became the first non-American player to win the MVP title three times. Proof of the NBA’s current shift internationally. A hell of a reward for a hell of a player.