If Nikola Jokic, Joel Embiid or Giannis Antetokounmpo is the MVP, the NBA will give the award to a foreign-born player for the fifth straight year.
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s happy-to-be-here charm and championship bling camouflage someone who has never stopped caring about being the MVP.this season reached their status through different means but with a similar purpose: collecting individual acclaim as a byproduct of leading their teams to victories. And no matter which ends up as the league’s MVP, a foreign-born player will earn the honor for the fifth consecutive season.
For the past decade, the NBA has leaned heavily on LeBron James, who has had help from Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. But they’re all 30-somethings on the back nine of their careers. Younger American talents such as Jayson Tatum of the Celtics, Devin Booker of the Suns, Ja Morant of the Grizzlies and Anthony Edwards of the Timberwolves may step in soon, unless Slovenian Luka Doncic of the Mavericks or expected 2023 No. 1 draft pickof France muscles them out of the spot.
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