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Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds Michael Malone in March on Nikola Jokic, based on his stats this year: “He wins the MVP 10 times out of 10. And if you don’t think so, you guys are all full of (bleep).” Michael Malone tonight on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “Showed why he’s the MVP.” I wonder what changed. – 11:35 … Read more
Former Denver Nuggets coach Michael Malone, who the franchise fired days before the 2025 NBA playoffs opened, raised eyebrows when he stumped for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander over Nikola Jokić for the NBA MVP award. It was under Malone’s tutelage that Jokić won each of his three MVP honors in 2021, 2022 and 2024, but the coach … Read more
DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images Who finished ahead of him: Allen Iverson, Tim Duncan In 2000-01, Shaquille O’Neal averaged 28.7 points, 12.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2.8 blocks on a league-leading 57.2 percent shooting mark. And didn’t win MVP. The reigning NBA champion Lakers that season sort of sleptwalked through the regular season, going just … Read more
Imagn Images Former NBA star and coach Jacque Vaughn is taking his talents to college basketball. Kansas is set to hire the two-time NBA head coach as an assistant basketball coach, according to ESPN. Kansas head coach Bill Self had a role to fill with the retirement of assistant Norm Roberts. Vaughn attended Kansas from … Read more
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been voted the 2024-25 NBA MVP, according to ESPN, and obviously, that means Nikola Jokić was not. Whether Jokić or Gilgeous-Alexander was the proper choice was a matter of intense debate throughout the season, but what largely wasn’t up for debate was where Jokić’s season compared to his own prior performances. Despite … Read more
The NBA finally announced Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the 2025 MVP. It was really a two-man race between him and Nikola Jokic, who many can argue has a legitimate case to win his fourth MVP. This comes on the heels of SGA’s 14 free throws in Game 1 of the Conference Finals where fans (especially Minnesota … Read more
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won the NBA’s 2024-25 MVP award, according to ESPN. Gilgeous-Alexander is now the seventh-straight MVP winner to be born outside of the United States, joining Nikola Jokić (2024, 2022, 2021), Joel Embiid (2023) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (2020, 2019). He is the first Thunder player to win the award since Russell Westbrook did … Read more
Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds Michael Malone in March on Nikola Jokic, based on his stats this year: “He wins the MVP 10 times out of 10. And if you don’t think so, you guys are all full of (bleep).” Michael Malone tonight on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “Showed why he’s the MVP.” I wonder what changed. – 11:35 … Read more
The 2025 NBA Eastern Conference finals get underway on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET when the New York Knicks host the Indiana Pacers at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks advanced by beating the Boston Celtics in the second round, while the Pacers defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in their second round series. The Knicks are favored … Read more
Getty Images New York Knicks fever continues to spread throughout the city ahead of the team’s first Eastern Conference Finals appearance in 25 years. Prior to the series getting underway, streets across the borough of Manhattan are temporarily being co-named after Knicks players to celebrate the team’s playoff run. “The Knicks embody the spirit of … Read more
New Yorkers have a new way to rally behind the Knicks while on their daily commutes. Editor’s Picks 1 Related On Wednesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced that streets across Manhattan will be temporarily co-named after Knicks players. The decision was made to honor the … Read more
Tim MacMahonMay 21, 2025, 03:50 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM OKLAHOMA CITY — After winning his first scoring title and leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a league-high 68 wins, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has earned his first NBA MVP … Read more