Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finishes 2nd in 2023-24 MVP award

Apr 27, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder Guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) handles the ball against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter of game three of the first round for the 2024 NBA playoffs at Smoothie King Center. Mandatory Credit: Matt Bush-USA TODAY Sports

The NBA announced on Wednesday that Nikola Jokic has won the 2023-24 MVP award. This is the 29-year-old’s third time he won the prestigious trophy.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finished second in MVP voting. Luka Doncic finished third to round out the top-three vote-getters.

Jokic finished with 926 voting points. Gilgeous-Alexander tallied 640 voting points — 15 first-place votes, 40 second-place votes, 40 third-place votes, three fourth-place votes and one fifth-place vote.

The full voting results can be viewed below:

This shouldn’t be a shocker. It felt inevitable over the last month that Jokic was going to win the MVP award. The real intrigue was who’d finish higher between Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic.

Even though he didn’t win the award, Gilgeous-Alexander had a phenomenal season where he entered the upper echelon of elite players. The 25-year-old has had back-to-back top-five MVP finishes.

In 75 games, he averaged 30.1 points on 53.5% shooting, 6.2 assists and 5.5 rebounds. He led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the top seed and a 17-win improvement from last season.

This is likely the first of many All-NBA caliber seasons by Gilgeous-Alexander. At 25 years old, he’s in his prime. The Thunder continue to have MVP-caliber players on their roster.

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