Report: Nuggets C Nikola Jokić Wins Second Straight NBA MVP Award
May 9, 2022, 9:28 AM | Updated: 11:51 am
Nikola Jokic #15 of the Denver Nuggets accepts the 2021 NBA MVP award before Game Three of the Western Conference second-round playoff series at Ball Arena on June 11, 2021 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
(Photo by Dustin Bradford/Getty Images)
SALT LAKE CITY – Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokić won his second consecutive NBA MVP award, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The NBA insider reported the news on Monday, May 9.
“Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic has been voted the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for a second consecutive season, sources tell ESPN,” Wojnarowski tweeted.
He added that a “formal announcement” of Jokić winning the second of his back-to-back MVPs is expected later in the week.
Back. To. Back.
Nikola Jokic has been voted the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for a second consecutive season, sources tell @wojespn. pic.twitter.com/dDPa13VXlq
— ESPN (@espn) May 9, 2022
Fellow finalists for the award were Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) and Joel Embiid (Philadelphia 76ers).
About Nikola Jokić
Jokić, who was drafted with the No. 41 overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft, is the lowest draft pick to ever win MVP.
By winning the honor for the second time, he joined Tim Duncan, Steve Nash, LeBron James (x2), Stephen Curry, and Giannis Antetokounmpo as the only players to win consecutive MVPs since 2000.
During the regular season, Jokić averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, 7.9 assists, 0.9 blocks, and 1.5 steals per game.
JOKIC. HOW. 🤯 pic.twitter.com/URjl6HF1wm
— NBA TV (@NBATV) March 15, 2022
Jokić was the NBA’s sixth-highest scorer this season.
He led the Nuggets to a regular season record of 48-34 and the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference.
The MVP and the Nuggets fell to the Golden State Warriors in the first round of the NBA Playoffs, 4-1.
