Jayson Tatum had arguably the best season of his career in 2024-25.
The 27-year-old forward joined Larry Bird as just the second player in Celtics franchise history to lead the team in total points, rebounds, assists, and steals in a single season multiple times — with Tatum averaging 26.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and six assists per game in his eighth NBA campaign.
But even with Tatum once again stuffing the stat sheet — and leading the Celtics to another dominant regular season — the All-NBA regular was not named a finalist for the NBA MVP Award this year.