Wemby Finishes Third in MVP Voting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Wins Second Straight Award
The 27-year-old Oklahoma City Thunder guard received 83 first-choice votes and became only the 14th player to win back-to-back MVP awards.
- On Sunday, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was named the 2025-26 NBA Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive season, receiving 83 first-choice votes from a panel of 100 media members.
- Behind Gilgeous-Alexander, Denver's Nikola Jokic took second place while Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs finished third in voting, narrowing expectations that Wembanyama would claim the award.
- Gilgeous-Alexander combined productivity with efficiency, averaging 31.1 points and 6.6 assists while shooting 87.9 per cent from the free throw line and committing just 2.2 turnovers per game.
- Starting Monday, Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder face the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, a matchup between the league's top two regular-season teams competing for an NBA Finals berth.
- At 28 years old, Gilgeous-Alexander became the 14th player to win consecutive MVP awards, joining Canadian basketball legend Steve Nash as the only Canadians to achieve multiple MVP honors.
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Crashing the Boards: SGA wins second straight MVP as Thunder set to face Spurs in West Finals
KOCO 5 Sports Director Bryan Keating and Tessa Dorrell discuss Shai Gilgeous-Alexander being named the NBA MVP in back-to-back seasons and the Thunder's upcoming matchup against the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.
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Live Ghana TVGilgeous-Alexander wins NBA's top player title ahead of French star Wembanyama
At the age of 22, the interior became the first Frenchman to make a place on the podium of the MVP title. He will have the opportunity to take his revenge from that night, as the finals of the conference between the Spurs and the Thunder begin.
It is now eight years since the NBA MVP ends up in the hands of a foreign star, once again erased from the map from the American stars. It repeats as winner of the award for the best player of the competition the Canadian Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Toronto, 27 years old), referent of the current champions Oklahoma City Thunder, still undefeated in these playoffs. From the next morning, the defenders of the crown will contest a high-flying duel in …
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