NBA Most Valuable Player Award

Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic becomes lowest draft pick ever to win MVP award

Jokic, from Serbia, was the runaway winner, getting 91 of the 101 first-place ballots cast, mostly from a global panel of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the league
4 other foreigners had been named NBA MVP: Steve Nash (Canada), Giannis Antetokounmp (Greece), Hakeem Olajuwon (Nigeria) and Dirk Nowitzki (Germany)

By AP · 10 June 2021