The story suggests that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander succeeded by Nikola Jokic for the MVP Award

This year's NBA MVP race is widely considered as a contest between Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the okc thunder and Nikola Jokic of the nuggets of Denver. Although there is no set of criteria defined for the award and, finally, it is reduced to the options of the voting board, both players have presented convincing cases.

One of the arguments for MVP often favors the highest player on the best team, a narrative that adapts to Gilgeous-Alexander. However, Jokic, who is promoting a triple-double, and possibly has its best individual season, despite being three times winner of the MVP, has also created a strong argument.

Stat Mamba in X (before Twitter) said that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander leads the NBA in points per game for a team that has won at least 65 games in one season. This follows the victory of OKC Thunder 136-120 on Lakers Lakers on Tuesday, which improved its record up to 65-14.

The STAT showed that the 32.7 points of Gilgeous-Alexander per game passed the list, with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1971 (31.7 ppg), James Harden in 2018 (30.4 ppg), Michael Jordan In 1996 (30.4 ppg) and Steph Curry in 2016 and Jordan in 1992 (both at 30.1 ppg).

All the players in Gilgeous-Alexander on this list won MVP in these seasons.

ESPN's MVP MVP poll Powry predicts that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will be produced by Nikola Jokic for the first MVP

Espn conducts a MVP straw survey that simulates the NBA vote process.

In the last straw survey, published earlier this month, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander received 77 votes in the first place and 23 votes in second, reaching a total of 931 points. Nikola Jokic received all the votes of the first and second place that Gilgeous-Alexander did not get and accumulated 769 points for second place.

Giannis antekounmpo It reached third place with 53 votes from third place, 37 votes from the fourth place and five votes from the fifth place by 381 points, followed by Jayson Tatum in fourth with 41 votes from third place, 51 votes from fourth place and five votes from the fifth place by 363 points.

The MVP breed is strongly influenced by popularity, with voters who make a factor of statistics and narration around the performance of each player. However, there are no rigid criteria for choosing the winner, as various elements such as individual statistics, the player's role in the best team and more come into play.