The NBA unveiling the date it will reveal the MVP of the 2025/26 Season

The NBA now has a date to announce the Most Valuable Player of the season. The winner of the MVP will be revealed this Sunday, just a day before the start of the Western Conference Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.

The announcement will take place during the pre-game show on Amazon Prime Video, with the broadcast starting at 7:30 pm Eastern time. Among the three finalists are two key players from that series: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama. The third candidate is Nikola Jokic, the star of the Denver Nuggets.

Gilgeous-Alexander comes in as the reigning award winner after leading the Thunder during another great regular season. The Canadian aims to become the first player since Stephen Curry to repeat as MVP consecutively.

On the other side is Wembanyama, who could make even more history. At just 22 years old, the Spurs' center aims to become the first French player to win the award and one of the youngest MVPs the league has seen.

Meanwhile, Jokic is chasing his fourth trophy, a feat reserved only for NBA historical legends. Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Jordan, Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and LeBron James have achieved at least four MVP awards.

Absolute International Dominance

Whatever happens on Sunday, the NBA will continue a historic trend: it will be the eighth consecutive season in which the MVP is awarded to a player born outside the United States.

The streak started with Giannis Antetokounmpo in 2019 and 2020, continued with Jokic in 2021 and 2022, followed by Joel Embiid in 2023, switched back to Jokic in 2024, and had Gilgeous-Alexander as the winner last season.

Now, the battle between the Canadian, the Serbian, and the Frenchman ensures that international dominance will remain intact for another year, just before a series between the Thunder and Spurs that will feature two of the top contenders for the award.

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