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| Title: | The Bounce: Does Victor Wembanyama's MVP case hold water? |
| Link: | Original article on nytimes.com |
| Region: | US |
| Topics: | sweet; jokić; sga; case; game; points; wembanyamas; wemby; hold; does; victor; argument; mvp; season; shooting; bounce; water; nba; NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament; Victor Wembanyama; Nikola Jokić; NBA Most Valuable Player Award; Points per game; San Antonio Spurs; Keldon Johnson; The Athletic; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; Isiah Thomas; NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award; Duke Blue Devils men's basketball; NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award; Block (basketball); Michael Jordan; National Basketball Association |
| Datetime: | 3/27/2026, 1:45:46 PM |
| Summary: | Earlier this week, Victor Wembanyama was asked by The Athletic’s Jared Weiss to debate his own MVP candidacy. According to those odds, it’s now a two-horse race with Wemby and SGA, though I wouldn’t count out Jokić just yet. SGA beat out Jokić for MVP last year, and OKC and Denver tied their season series 2-2. When Jokić beat out SGA for MVP the previous year, the Thunder went 3-1 against the Nuggets. To put that into context, SGA scores 31.5 points per game and creates 17.6 with his passing.... |
| Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | sports |
| Keldon Johnson | sports |
| Victor Wembanyama | sports |
| Nikola Jokić | sports |
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