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What do 9 previous NBA MVP winners have in common?

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shares one particular thing with 8 previous NBA MVP award winners.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been awarded with the MVP prize for 2024-25 campaign.

There is one particular thing that he has in common with 9 previous MVP winners.

Since Russell Westbrook was awarded in 2017, we had 9 consecutive years of a player without a tattoo winning the MVP.

Of course this does not translate to the court at all, but it is a fun fact for basketball nerds, as there were six different players since Westbrook's campaign.

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