NBA to announce the MVP award winner with Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic and Antetocounmpo The Finalists

It is time: the NBA will reveal the most valuable player this season on Wednesday evening.

The winner is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander by Oklahoma City, Nikola Jokic from Denver or Milwaukees Giannis Antetocounmpo. It will be the seventh time in a row that a player born outside the USA gained the award.

Antetocounmpo made of Greek and Nigerian descent was won in 2019 and 2020. Jokic, a Serbian, won 2021, 2022 and 2024. And the Philadelphia -Joel -embiid, born in Cameroon, who was born in Cameroon, won the award in 2023.

According to BetmGM Sportsbook Gilgeous-Alexander-Alexander-Alexander, the Canadian security guard, which won the league's goal this season and led the thunder to an NBA-best 68-14 record this season.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored an average of 32.7 points, 6.4 assists and five rebounds per game and is in line to win the award for the first time. He was fifth in the MVP vote in 2023 and the second last season.

Jokic had a historical season and was the first center to average a triple-double 29.6 points, 12.7 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game and at the same time as the first player since all of these statistics in the top three in the top three of these categories of NBA were completed.

Antetocounmpo achieved an average of 30.4 points, 11.9 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game.

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 Bostons 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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