These days whenever folks mention Brooklyn’s Kevin Durant and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo as the leading candidates to win this year’s NBA Most Valuable Player award, they also include Dallas Mavericks point guard Luka Doncic in that same sentence.
The prestigious nod to be included among greatness is something Doncic is very appreciative of. But he also covets what Durant and Antetokounmpo already has – an NBA championship.
“Obviously those guys won MVP’s and championships,” Doncic said after Tuesday’s practice at BioSteel practice facility. “I sit here with nothing, so I’ve got a long time to go.