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Nikola Jokic sits atop NBA MVP straw poll

ESPN released their latest version of their media straw poll MVP rankings today, which to no one's surprise had Denver Nuggets superstar big man Nikola Jokic firmly at the top. Not only was Jokic at the top, but his 77 out of 10 first place votes were by far the most. To put it into perspective, Giannis Antetokounmpo had the second most first place votes with 11.

Antetokounmpo came in second behind Jokic with 552 total points, while Jokic is firmly in front with 913 points. It was quite the jump for Jokic in the rankings as he came in fifth when the preview straw poll rankings were released back in December.