Denver, June 8, 2021 – It was announced today that Denver Nuggets center Nikola Joki\u0107 has been named the NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2020-21 season. The end of season awards were voted on by members of the media.
Joki\u0107, 26, caps off his historic season by becoming the first second round draft pick in modern NBA history to win the award and the first Denver Nugget in the team’s NBA history to be named MVP. Joki\u0107 earned his third consecutive All-Star nomination this year, his first being voted as an All-Star Starter. He was named Western Conference Player of the Month twice (Dec./Jan. and March) and Western Conference Player of the Week three times (Jan. 25, Feb. 1, Mar.…
