On May 10, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced: Suns coach Monty Williams was elected the best coach of the season! The Suns won 64 wins and 18 losses in the regular season, ranking first in the league and breaking the record for regular season wins in the history of the Suns. In the final vote, Monty scored 458 points and Grizzlies coach Jenkins 270 points.
In addition, the league also announced: Jokic was elected the 2021-22 regular season MVP! Jokic became the 13th "Lianzhuang MVP" player in NBA history. The previous 12 were: Russell, Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Moses Malone, Bird, Magician, Jordan, Duncan, Nash, James, Curry and Alphabet Brother.
In addition, Jokic (2 times) also became the fifth center in NBA history to win the regular season MVP multiple times after Abdul-Abdul-Abbas (6 times), Russell (5 times), Chamberlain (4 times) and Moses Malone (3 times). As strong as O'Neill and Olajuwon, there is only one regular season MVP, I am afraid that many fans did not expect it.
Jokic also became the third international player in NBA history to be the "MVP of Lianzhuang", the previous two being Nash and Alphabet Brother. Due to the "Even Zhuang MVP" of Alphabet Brother and Jokic, the NBA's regular season MVP for the past four years has been covered by international players, and the last local player to win the award is back to Harden in the 2017-18 season.
Some people say that Jokic's first round of playoffs is not worthy of the MVP! This is the regular season MVP, which has nothing to do with the playoffs. In 2007 Nowitzki was named regular season MVP, but the Mavericks were black eight by the Warriors in the first round. In the past 19 years of regular season MVP, only 3 times have won the championship that year (James in 2012 and 2013, Curry in 2015).
This season, Jokic has played in 74 regular season games, averaging 27.1 points, 13.8 boards, 7.9 assists, 1.5 steals, 0.9 blocks, shooting 58.3% from the field, 33.7% from three-point range and 81% from the free throw line. In the regular season, Mr. Jo scored a total of 2004 points, 1019 rebounds and 584 assists, becoming the first player in NBA history to have 2000 points and 1000 boards and 500 assists in a single season.
Jokic's personal data is fine, but the Nuggets' record hasn't convinced all fans. The Nuggets, who had 48 wins and 34 losses in the regular season, were sixth in the West and weren't that good. But considering that Murray has not played all season, Porter Jr. has only played 9 games to be reimbursed for the season, and it is not easy for Teacher Joo to bring the Nuggets to sixth in the West.
The only one who has a chance to compete with Jokic for MVP is Embiid. The coach also launched a vote on Weibo, and the result was that Embiid was elected as MVP with a little more fans. Embiid played in 68 regular-season games, averaging 30.6 points, 11.7 boards, 4.2 assists, 1.1 steals, 1.5 blocks, shooting 49.9% from the field, 37.1% on three-point range and 81% on the free throw line.
Jokic's PER (Player Efficiency) score this season is as high as 32.85, surpassing Chamberlain in 1961-62 and ranking first in league history. The Emperor is the leading scorer in the regular season, with Philadelphia winning 51 and 31 in the regular season, three more wins than the Nuggets. Embiid also said that he longed to get this MVP, and now that his wish has failed, the emperor will be uncomfortable again.
Stars, including Durant and Butler, all support Embiid to get the MVP. Durant said: "If you're going to be the MVP and can't replicate what you've already done last season, you're going to go a step further. Jokic is good enough, but Embiid hasn't been inferior to him this season, so I'm supporting Embiid to take the MVP. ”
One last question: Who do you support with the MVP?