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NBA awards 2025-26: Predictions for All-NBA teams, MVP winner

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Will the last NBA star eligible for awards please turn out the lights?

As we approach the midpoint of the NBA regular season -- on Thursday, the Atlanta Hawks will become the first team to reach 41 games -- the league's rule requiring 65 qualifying games for the biggest individual awards is making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

Nikola Jokic's bid for a fourth MVP, which had him as a slight favorite over reigning winner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, almost certainly ended with a hyperextension of his knee on Dec.