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Oklahoma City Thunder prima Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been voted nan NBA Most Valuable Player for nan 2nd consecutive season, ESPN reported Sunday morning.
The charismatic announcement of nan victor is group to travel astatine Sunday astatine 7.30pm.
Gilgeous-Alexander will go nan 14th subordinate successful convention history to triumph back-to-back MVPs. He will beryllium nan first since Nikola Jokić successful 2020-21 and 2021-22 and nan first defender to triumph consecutive MVPs since Stephen Curry successful 2014-15 and 2015-16.
Every retired subordinate who won back-to-back MVPs during their playing profession went connected to beryllium enshrined successful basketball’s hallway of fame.
Signed to a four-year, $273.3m ace maximum statement hold successful nan offseason, nan Canadian averaged 31.1 points, 6.6 assists and 4.3 rebounds successful 68 regular-season games this season.
The 27-year-old is averaging 25.3 points, 5.3 assists and 4.7 boards successful 530 profession games (521 starts) pinch nan Los Angeles Clippers (2018-19) and Thunder.
Gilgeous-Alexander’s grant will widen a streak of players calved extracurricular nan US winning MVP. The past US-born subordinate to triumph nan grant was James Harden successful 2018.
The defender led nan Thunder to their first NBA title past year. Aiming for back-to-back titles, Oklahoma City will unfastened play successful nan Western Conference last connected Monday against nan San Antonio Spurs.
