Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokunmpo returns as a MVP candidate when the NBA has published a list of this year’s competitors of the Michael Jordan award.
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The Greek maniac was appointed to TOP 3 MVP race Join Nikola Jokic with Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
The road was quite gritty for Antetokunmpo, who has already won the prize twice after his Bucks fought at the beginning of the season, found groove until November, and then fought again. The season was destroyed by injuries to key players and the suspension of their sixth man.
This is the reason why his name was almost not in MVP conversations during the season.
Finally, they settled in fifth place in the classification of the Eastern Conference, the lowest finish they had since the 2017-2018 season, when the seventh, year in which Giannis won his first MVP award.
This is the fifth time in the last seven years Antokounmpo is in the top three. He missed this last season, and the Luka Doncic fights for the prize with Jokic and SGA.
He also missed the 3rd 3 in 2021, when he won the NBA title with Jokic (won), Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid, racing about it.
Last time he fought for the NBA MVP award, he was in 2023, which Embiid won.
Amazing numbers Giannis Antetokunmpo for 2025
Antetokunmpo was at some point running for the title of scoring, but its number fell due to team fight.
Despite this, he still noted enormous numbers this season.
(1) First of all, he won his first NBA Cup title, and at that time the MVP NBA Cup finals won.
(2) He also became the second player in the history of NBA, who recorded above 30PPG in a 60 % shooting. He was the last one.
(3) The Greek freak also became the first player in the history of the league, who had 27 basic matches with at least 20 points at 50 % shooting.
(4) It is also the third season in which he finished with 30/10/5, most by every player in the history of the league.
(5) He also showed his whole game when he took the second (11) for Jokic (34) in Most of the triple double recorded This season.
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