LOS ANGELES – Stephen Curry will be seeking his third award and Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid are aiming for their career firsts after the NBA announced its three Most Valuable Player finalists on Thursday.
Golden State Warriors All-Star Curry hopes to add to the MVP awards he won in 2015 and 2016, while Philadelphia 76ers big man Embiid or the Denver Nuggets’ Jokic could become the first center since Shaquille O’Neal in 2000 to take the honor.
If they finish 1-2 then Serbian Jokic and Cameroon’s Embiid would become the first international players to do so since 2006-07 when Germany’s Dirk Nowitzki won the award and Canadian Steve Nash finished runn…
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