Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry are the finalists for this year's NBA Most Valuable Player award.
The top three vote-getters for each of the NBA's major end-of-season awards -- MVP, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Sixth Man of the Year, Most Improved Player and Coach of the Year -- were announced on TNT's "Inside The NBA" ahead of the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers squaring off in the Eastern Conference's eighth-place play-in game.