The former NBA champion, and ESPN analyst, Kendrick Perkins has recently shared his vote for the highly-anticipated MVP race and has gone with Oklahoma City Thunder superstar, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the top-notch names that has come up for the MVP race and other star candidates for the prestigious award are reigning Finals MVP, six-time All-Star, Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic and the Dallas Mavericks, five-time All-Star, Luka Doncic.
Kendrick Perkins is voting for Shai for MVP because Shai has led the second youngest team to the best record in a highly competitive Western Conference, all while achieving individual stats comparable to those of Michael Jordan and Stephen Curry in their MVP seasons pic.twitter.com/zbmADk4BKr
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) April 16, 2024
Jokic, Luka and Brunson are all deserving of the MVP… but Shai leading the second youngest team to the best record in an absolutely STACKED Western Conference while putting up numbers like MJ and Steph did during their MVP seasons is the reason HE is the MVP of the league!!!…
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) April 15, 2024
Perkins mentioned in one of his posts, “Jokic, Luka and Brunson are all deserving of the MVP… but Shai leading the second youngest team to the best record in an absolutely STACKED Western Conference while putting up numbers like MJ and Steph did during their MVP seasons is the reason HE is the MVP of the league!!! It’s also the reasons why @shaiglalex got my vote for MVP!!! Carry the hell on…”
OKC is the youngest 1-seed in NBA history.
Their average age is 23.4.
The previous record was 25.2 (04-05 Suns). pic.twitter.com/bJ8GdO7144
— StatMuse (@statmuse) April 14, 2024
The Oklahoma City Thunder are 57-25 for the season and have taken the first position in the Western Conference. Gilgeous-Alexander is posting 30.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 2.0 steals, and 0.9 blocks. He has a shooting percentage of 53.5 on three-pointers.
The two-time NBA All-Star was chosen by Perkins, who shared his positive opinions and the ESPN analyst also shared that he is going with the Canadian sensation for the MVP vote. He also drew parallelism considering the MVP seasons of Chicago Bulls and NBA legend Michael Jordan and Stephen Curry, 3-point King of the Golden State Warriors.
