Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic has joined a few of the NBA’s all-time greats by successful the league’s Most Invaluable Participant award for the third time.
The Serb, who was beforehand named MVP in 2021 and 2022 and was runner-up final yr, is simply the ninth man to win the award three or extra instances.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP a document six instances, Michael Jordan and Invoice Russell are five-time winners, whereas Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James have claimed the award on 4 events.
Jokic joins Larry Chicken, Magic Johnson and Moses Malone as three-time winners.
“It’s a particular second I am in all probability going to recollect my entire life,” Jokic, 29, stated. “It is – I prefer to say- a legacy for after [your] profession.”
Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was second within the voting and Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Doncic third.