By finishing second in this year’s Kia NBA MVP balloting behind only Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokić became just the third player in NBA history with a top-two finish in five or more consecutive seasons. He won the award in 2021, 2023 and 2024, plus was second in 2022 and again this year.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been voted the 2024-25 NBA MVP, according to ESPN, and obviously, that means Nikola Jokić was not. Whether Jokić or Gilgeous-Alexander was the proper choice was a matter of intense debate throughout the season,

A year after finishing as the runner-up for NBA MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has officially reached the pinnacle.

Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander beat out Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić to win the NBA's Most Valuable Player award for the 2024-25 season, the league announced Wednesday. The big picture: Denver's superstar center was on the cusp of becoming the third player in NBA history to win four MVPs in five years,

As the NBA prepares to announce its 2025 MVP, check out the stats of the top two contenders from league's Western Conference.

With Denver Nuggets eliminated from the playoffs on Sunday, Nikola Jokić has officially ended perhaps the best five-year run in NBA history.

Jokić has great plans for the summer following the Nuggets' defeat in Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder.