Official announcement! Jokic was named ESPY NBA Player of the Year after beating Butler Tatum the Great

Beijing time on July 13, 2023 ESPY Sports Awards ceremony, Nuggets continue to be the "big winner", following the Nuggets second-in-command Murray won the Best Comeback Athlete Award, now Nuggets top star Jokic was named ESPY NBA Player of the Year.

This year, there are 4 players nominated for ESPY NBA Player of the Year, namely Jokic, Butler, Tatum and Embiid.

Now that Jokic has successfully defeated three opponents to win the title, Butler is a star who has performed extremely well in this year's playoffs, especially leading the Heat all the way to the Finals in black eight. Tatum won the Eastern Conference MVP but led the team to the Eastern Conference finals, and Embiid won the regular season MVP, but stopped in the second round of the playoffs.

As for Jokic, he averaged 24.5 points, 11.8 rebounds and 9.8 assists per game in the regular season last season, only 0.2 assists, unfortunately missed the season triple-double, lost to Embiid in the MVP selection, and did not become another player with 3 consecutive MVPs after Big Bird Bird.

However, in the playoffs, Jokic averaged 30 points, 13.5 rebounds and 9.5 assists per game, played super dominance all the way to crush, successfully led the Nuggets to win the first championship in team history, and Jokic was also unanimously elected Finals MVP, which is gradually opening his era.

Jokic successfully won ESPY NBA Player of the Year, while last year's winner was Curry, who led the Warriors to a championship.

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