If Nikola Jokic is going to win a historic fourth MVP trophy this season, his competition won’t make it easy.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is spearheading the NBA’s newest superteam and rarely playing in the fourth quarter because his work is done by the end of the third. Luka Doncic is averaging more than 35 points under the bright lights of Hollywood. Both point guards are running amok in the West with less hardware to their names.
Yet the Nuggets center still stood tall in November, earning Western Conference Player of the Month honors, the league announced Tuesday.