Editor’s note: It’s a two-man race for the NBA’s MVP award between Nikola Jokic of the Nuggets and the Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. Ballots don’t have to be cast until the final day of the regular season in April, but we asked Doug Smith to make the early case for each. This is the case for Gilgeous-Alexander.
Way back when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was a mere NBA rookie with the Los Angeles Clippers, an old friend on Doc Rivers’ coaching staff was discussing the young guard with a visitor. to California for a story one day
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