Nikola Jokic did it all again during the NBA’s 2023-24 regular season.
Now the league’s biggest individual honor is his again, too.
Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA MVP. It’s his third time winning the award in a span of four seasons, a feat that just six other players in league history have accomplished.
The 6-foot-11, 284-pound center averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9.0 assists per game during the regular season that wrapped up last momth. Others averaged more in each category this season — and Jokic has had better years in each of those categories — but he was the only player to rank in the NBA’s top 10 in points, rebounds and assists per game this season.
The 29-year-old Jokic got 79 of a possible 99 first-place votes from the panel of reporters and broadcasters who cast ballots on awards when the regular season ended.