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Nikola Jokic will win another MVP this season

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ago in General Factchecking by Novice (530 points)
Nikola Jokic's dominance continues in the current NBA season and he's still putting up eye catching numbers. He's currently average 31.4 points, 10.3 assists, and 13.6 rebounds while shooting 56.1% from the floor.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nikola-jokic-is-the-nbas-mvp-even-if-we-spend-the-entire-season-trying-to-talk-ourselves-out-of-it/

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ago by Newbie (340 points)

Even though it is still early in the 2024-25 NBA season, your statement is accurate. Nikola Jokić has been on an incredible run so far this year, and his statistics are significantly better than everyone else. The only other player who could give Jokić a run for his money is Giannis Antetokounmpo, as he has more points per game, but has fewer rebounds (11.6 to Jokić's 13.4) and assists per game (6.5 to Jokić's 10.4). I agree that the center from the Denver Nuggets is the most dominant player in the league, very nice choice of an article.

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ago by Apprentice (1.2k points)
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Good job on finding the statistics of each player, but I would have liked to see the source for this information. Beyond that, I don't know if this claim should be considered true as even with a promising run it still isn't certain that Jokic will win MVP.
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ago by Newbie (330 points)
This claim is more of an opinion as the outcome of MVP can not be confirmed yet. Although there can be predictions from CBS or FOX, there is no way to know for sure. It is early in the season and there is room for change in performance. NBA Lookahead even compares his performance to past players and says there can be improvements made.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5943228/2024/11/27/nba-lookahead-nikola-jokic-mvp/
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