Gilgeous-Alexander voted as a MVP of the NBA and continued and won the award

The case for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was simple. He is the best player in a team of Oklahoma City Thunder, who had the best record this season and set a league brand for winning the victory. If that weren't enough, he also won the goal title.

This is an MVP year.

Gilgeous-Alexander was announced on Wednesday as the most valuable NBA player when he won the award for the first time. There are now seven years in a row in which a player who was born outside the United States has won MVP and the longest extended such series in the history of the league.

This season, Gilgeous-Alexander scored an average of 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and five rebounds per game, which led the thunder to a record of 68: 14. The Thunder implemented the teams by 12.9 points per game, the biggest lead in the history of the league.

He becomes the second Canadian who wins MVP. Steve Nash won it twice.

“His value is his self-confidence,” said Kenrich Williams from Oklahoma City about Gilgeous-Alexander, his Thunder teammate in the last five seasons. “His trust he has in himself and the trust he gives in each of his teammates, including the coach.”

Denvers Nikola Jokic – a winner of three of the last four MVP awards – was despite a season for the centuries second. He achieved an average of 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game, the first center, which was on average a triple double and the first player since all these statistics to end in the top three of the NBA in all three categories.

It was the sixth instance of a player who ended a season who ended a triple-double-double-double-double, 10 assists and 10 rebounds per game. Russell Westbrook did four times and Oscar Robertson, but only one of these three-doubled seasons led to an MVP victory.

“He is a special player,” Jokic said about Gilgeous-Alexander at the beginning of this week when thunder eliminated the Nuggets in the semi-finals of the Western Conference. “His choice of firing, his ability to shot … he is always there. He is a special player.”

Milwaukees Giannis Antetokounmpo, who achieved an average of 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, took third place. He started this run of international players who won MVP. Antetocounmpo made of Greek and Nigerian descent won in 2019 and 2020.

Jokic, a Serbian, won 2021, 2022 and 2024. Joel Embiid von Philadelphia, born in Cameroon, won the award in 2023, since a US citizen won.

Now it is Gilgeous-Alexander-a son of Ontario, in which hockey wears the MVP flag.

The MVP price, like most other NBA ceremonies, was coordinated by a global body of 100 authors and transmitters who cover the league shortly before the playoffs begin and hand in ballot paper.

The other awards that part of that voting process and have already had their results Unveiled: Cleveland's Kenning Winning Coach of the Year, Atlanta's Dyson Danings Winning Most Improved Player, San Antonio's Stephon Castle Winning Rookie of the Year Mobley Winning Defensive Player of the Year, New York's Jalen Brunson Winning Clutch Player of the Year and Boston's Payton Pritchard won the sixth man of the year.

Other awards announced by the league since the end of the regular season: Stephen Curry von Golden State won the Twyman-Stokes teammate of the year, the Warriors teammate Draymond Green won the Hustle Award, Oklahoma Citys Sam Presti Executive of the Year and Bostons Jrue Holiday Sportsmanship Award for the second prize for the second prize for the social.

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