ESPN ran an offseason survey of 20 NBA coaches, executives, and scouts for their thoughts on a number of questions, and the experts voted Nikola Jokic most likely to win the MVP Award this season. If this prediction comes true, it would be Jokic’s fourth MVP, vaulting him into rarified air with only five other players in league history.
LeBron James and Wilt Chamberlain have won the award four times, Bill Russell and Michael Jordan have won it five times, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won a record six times in his career. Those are widely considered five of the greatest players to ever play the game, and that’s the company that Jokic would be joining.