Full list of finalists as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is crowned NBA MVP

Oklahoma City thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named NBA Most Valuable Player, the first time that he’s won the award. The official announcement has not yet made by ESPN is reporting that ‘SGA’ will take the prize.

The 26-year-old has emerged as one of the NBA’s brightest stars in recent years but his 2024/25 season has taken him to another level. He led the league for scoring during the regular season, putting up a career-best average of 32.7 points per game.

His shooting has been impressive all year, with 51.9% accuracy from the field and a 37.5% rate from three-point range. He has already helped the Thunder to perhaps their greatest-ever regular season showing and the Western Conference Final.

The NBA had taken a long time to announce the results of this year’s MVP award. In addition to SGA, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks were also in contention.

Gilgeous-Alexander finished second to Jokic in last year’s voting and now takes top spot for himself. This is the seventh consecutive season in which a non-American player has won the award for the league’s best player. In addition to Gilgeous-Alexander, Jokic and Antetokounmpo, the 2023 award was given to Cameroonian star Joel Embiid.

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