After all, the most prestigious individual award in the Regular Season, MVP of the season, has been announced and the owner of this title is none other than Denver Nuggets striker Nikola Jokic.
Notably, this is the 3rd time in the last 4 seasons that the Serbian player has received this honor with only one time being interrupted by Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers (2022/2023 season).
With this achievement, he also joined the group of legends who have won the MVP title at least 3 times or more, including Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Moses Malone (3 times), Lebron James, Wilt Chamberlain (4 times). ), Bill Russell, Michael Jordan (5 times) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6 times).
Meanwhile, Nikola Jokic’s teammate at the Denver Nuggets, Jamal Murray, was not happy when he was just fined $100,000 by the NBA Organizing Committee for his actions implying that referees had accepted bribes to make decisions. Bad decisions on the football field.
The Canadian defender’s hot-tempered action came in the context that coach Michael Malone and his team were leading 2-0 against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the Western semi-final series. Before Jamal Murray, striker Rudy Gobert of the “Wolf Pack” was also fined for the same reason.
