It was introduced earlier in the present day that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has turn into the second Canadian-born participant to win the NBA’s Most Useful Participant award, beating out Denver Nuggets heart Nikola Jokic and Milwaukee Bucks ahead Giannis Antetokounmpo.
SGA completed the common season averaging 32 factors, 5 rebounds, six assists, one block, and nearly two steals per recreation, whereas taking pictures 38% from past the arc, 90% from the free throw line, and 52% from the sector. With a 68-14 file to shut the season, the Kentucky alum turns into the primary Thunder participant to win the award since Russell Westbrook in 2017.
Gilgeous-Alexander ranked third in STOCKS (mixed steals and blocks), behind San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama and Atlanta’s Dyson Daniels, ending the season with 208. In his third season, he shot over 50% from the ground and scored a minimum of 30 factors per recreation.
SGA obtained 71 first-place votes and totaled 913 factors. Jokic earned 29 first-place votes and completed with 787 complete factors, whereas Antetokounmpo got here in third with 470 factors. This marks the seventh consecutive yr {that a} non-American-born participant has taken house the MVP award.
He additionally turned the tenth participant in NBA historical past to steer his staff to 60 wins whereas additionally main the league in scoring. The one participant to do the identical and never win MVP was Karl Malone in 1997, who misplaced the award to Michael Jordan.
The job’s not carried out, however SGA has a shot at turning into the primary participant since LeBron James in 2013 to win each the common season MVP and Finals MVP in the identical yr.
Different awards introduced in the present day included Boston’s Payton Pritchard successful Sixth Man of the Yr, and Cleveland Cavaliers coach Kenny Atkinson being named Coach of the Yr.
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