After a rematch between Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver Nuggets All-Star Nikola Jokic came down to the wire for MVP, the two candidates are projected to face off a third time in 2025-26. Coming off of finishing runner-up against the three-time MVP, Gilgeous-Alexander beat Jokic with 71 first-place votes to The Joker’s 29, out of 100 total media votes. However, what is the NBA personnel saying before the upcoming season?

Ahead of 2025-26, Jokic is crowned the best player in the association and edges out Gilgeous-Alexander for MVP, according to an NBA offseason survey , per ESPN’s Tim Bontemps.

“While there has been a nip-and-tuck battle for MVP between Jokic and Gilgeous-Alexander over the past few seasons — and our survey projects another — there

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