NBA MVP: Nikola Jokic wins third Most Valuable Player award

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Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic joins some of the NBA's all-time greats by winning the league's Most Valuable Player award for the third time.

Denver Nuggets centre Nikola Jokic has joined some of the NBA's all-time greats by winning the league's Most Valuable Player award for the third time.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named MVP a record six times, Michael Jordan and Bill Russell are five-time winners, while Wilt Chamberlain and LeBron James have claimed the award on four occasions."It’s a special moment I'm probably going to remember my whole life," Jokic, 29, said. "It's - I like to say- a legacy for after career."

 

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