Jokic of the Denver Nuggets was selected as NBA Player of the Year (MVP) in MLB.
He defeated Alexander and Doncic by a wide margin of votes to win the award three times in four years, and is the ninth star in history to win the award at least three times.
Nuggets center Jokic averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, 9 assists per game, and an average of a triple-double in the 2023-2024 regular season, plus the Nuggets' results are also among the best in the West, allowing him to easily qualify for the Player of the Year (MVP) selection with 926 points.
Jokic received 79 first-place votes and finished first with a total of 926 points. His main opponent, Alexander of the Thunder, ranked second with 15 first-place votes and a total of 640 points; The Dallas Mavericks' Doncic was the No. 1 vote with four No. 1 votes and finished No. 3 with a total of 566 points.
The teams represented by these three are still fighting in this year's playoffs.
Jokic has previously won MVP of the Year in 2021 and 2022, and 2024 marks his third time in four years and the third in his career. Only eight players in NBA history have won at least three MVP of the year, they are: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 6 times; Russell, Jordan 5 times each; Chamberlain, James 4 each; Malone, Bird, and Magic Johnson are all 3 times. Jokic is now the ninth man on that list.
Jokic was only the second player after Roberson to score at least 2,000 points, 900 rebounds and 700 assists in a single season after Robertson.
The NBA Player of the Year (MVP) has been won by international players for 6 consecutive years, with Greece's Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2019 and 2020, Serbia's Jokic in 2021, 2022, and 2024, and Cameroon-born Embiid in 2023.
Jokic's Nuggets are currently on a 0-2 deficit in the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, temporarily trailing the Minnesota Timberwolves. The team is already on the verge of elimination, and if the Nuggets can win and beat the Timberwolves again, it would be great if the double happiness was coming!