Neither Victor Wembanyama neither Nikola Jokiche MVP 2025-26 it will be for Shai Gilgeous-Alexanderas advanced Shams Charania and how the NBA will be made official just before the seventh game of the tie between the Detroit Pistons and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
With your choice, Shai will become the fourteenth player in history to repeat the award. The last one was the Serbian Jokic (22021 and 2022). However, the Canadian is the first point guard to repeat the award since achieving it. Stephen Curry in the seasons 2015 and 2016.
Shai led the Thunder to a season with 64 victories, a spectacular dominance in the League despite the many injuries the team suffered. On that path, the Canadian scored at least 20 points in each of the games he played, something they had only achieved before Wilt Chamberlain, twice, and Elgin Baylor.
He also broke several limits such as the most consecutive games with 20 or more points, which he himself had. Chamberlainor equal to MichaelJordan as the only players to average 30 points, 5 assists and 50% shooting in 4 consecutive seasons in the history of the League.
Although it was something that was already known since the three finalists were not Americans, it will be the eighth time that the MVP goes to foreign hands in the NBA after the two of Giannis Antetokounmpo (2019 and 2020), the three of Nikola Jokic (2021, 2022 and 2024), that of Joel Embiid (2023) and the last two won by Shai. The last time a US-born player won the MVP was in 2018 (James Harden).
Shai The Western finals are about to begin against the San Antonio Spurs trying to get the Thunder in his third NBA Final, the second in a row.