Nikola Jokic wins the 2023-24 NBA MVP Award, FULL Interview

[Music] it is the night's only playoff game and it comes your way at the top of the hour from the world's most famous arena welcome to TNT NBA tip off presented by CarMax Studio J here in Atlanta Ernie Johnson Charles Barkley Kenny The Jet Smith and the big CC Shaquille O'Neal CC cotton candy cuz I look good oh cotton candy cuz I look good tonight okay hello America all right how are you Lord please stop it oh my god oh oh my God hey man calm down come on man we are live address me address me as we are live he made the cotton candy that's I guess how you eat cotton candy manad can you get the makeup thing off the desk oh my bad you wear makeup yeah I wear makeup okay you can you imagine how ugly he'd be if he did have a makeup this is this is going to a fun night going to be great to have Reggie Miller on the call this is a big night in somebody's life we're going to be talking to Reggie uh in our next segment as a matter of fact as he gets ready for this but chuckster you are absolutely this is a big night in somebody's life uh Michael Jordan won the award five times and the Kia MVP trophy Bears his name and image glance at the list of winners through the years and you see reflected the global reach of the game it's been awarded since 1956 and in the first 63 years years only three players born outside the United States had claimed it hakee elijuan Steve Nash and Dirk nitzki but the Last 5 Years the honor has gone to players who learn the game and develop their love for it in their homelands Greece Serbia Cameroon that Global impact will be evidenced again in 2024 with Canada Slovenia and Serbia represented here are the finalists for Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Luca Don of the Dallas Mavericks Nia yic of the Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City's Shay gilis Alexander got two MVPs here this is this guy is closest but you passed up a charity golf tournament today in Alabama and wanted to be here and you're wearing a new suit so you get to wanted to be he's supposed to be here he work he didn't want to be late okay I appreciate it Ernest next time big fell I'm not goingon to look I want to just wait till he hears it the 2024 MVP from the Denver Nuggets Nia jic and we congratulate The Joker who for the third time is the Kia MVP of the NBA 26 points the game was number 10 in the league 12 rebounds was number four nine assists was number three had 25 triple doubles second most in the league 68 eight double doubles was second in the league 31 games of at least 10 assists this year 23 games with at least 15 rebounds and nicoa yic claims his third MVP award sha your thoughts I don't like the rain on people's parade but I'm not happy with this one congratulations to Joker you're are the best bet big man in the league but based on everybody's criteria my criteria stats stat stuffer you guys criteria number one seed which team has the better record I felt Shay Alexander deserved it because I've been I've been number two a lot when I play my ass off number two so the fact that he has to start all over next year and try to win it again I I I think it was I I I know this going to be hurtful for him hopefully he uses this to motivate him to win a championship but I thought and again no disrespect to the Joker best big man in the league by far uh you could have went this way but I I thought Shay gilges Alexander one of only you know a few players that had 30 points 50 times stats stuffer great season his team is number one nobody expect him to be number one I thought Shay Gil just Alexander was going to win it by far but congratulations to joker I'm happy for him third time MVP you really can't be mad at this vote but fact that he has to start all over next year and and win it over again cuz again I I felt I was robbed two or three times right and I played my ass off stat stuffer won championships those years but again no disrespect to the Joker but I I me personally I would have gave it to sh you keep throwing stat stuffer out there does no cuz that's my criteria for yic not stuff the stat she yeah but not like no but not like sh when really Shay is one of the few players that had 30 points in 50 games well look at but when you're talking about stuff in the stat sheet look at look at all the triple doubles for niic and look at his ranks in scoring rebounding and assists I don't think stat stuffing is a is an argument okay but even doing all that OKC was the number one they had only by one game no they had no they had identical records it was a it was a division record tiebreaker that was the separating Factor all this is is subjective yeah it is and you're and you're certainly entitled to you can make a case for any of those three to make it in addition actually I thought you could have made and I've said it before and I just said I thought you could have made a case for Five Guys sure without question Anthony Edwards and Jaylen Brunson I thought anybody voted for one of those five I would have been like okay I can understand that because every year idiots get on TV and talk about who's the best player it never goes to the best player it goes who had the best regular season you know Shaq say he got ra not every year he doesn't well most of the time it goes to the guy so you know Shaq say got robbed I don't know if he got robbed got it doesn't go to the best player it goes to the guy who had the best regular you know what don't name the most viable player then don't name the most viable player then it goes to the most valuable player in the league that was me most valuable player in the league sh gild Alexander well don't name it that then's it's subjective let's stick to this year let me give you the results by the way um because it really wasn't close um woo now that's surprising first place votes 79 for Joker 15 for SGA four for Luca one for Giannis n for Bron no total votes total points 926 for Joker 640 for SGA 566 for Luca so it's Joker SGA and Luca donic 123 I mean 15 for SGA come on I I I just I would say this you know joic is arguably the best center in this Millennial right now there there's no question that he has he's one of third MVP um I would have to agree with Shak in this regard that he he sh sh gas Alexander has taken his team to Heights that no one knows expected and that actually hurts being great like Shaq was and joic at times it hurts their like oh well you're supposed to do that you're supposed to do that there's an expectation there an expectation and the expectation that joker would join us is coming to pass because uh the MVP for the third time over Nicole yic joins us tonight Joker congratulations to you on number three thank you very much thank you thank you hey you're uh I guess you're pretty good at these acceptance speeches now this is this is your third time so where do you begin in uh in your recognition in in this one and what does the third one mean to you I mean we got to start with the teammates you know without them I'm I'm nothing and without them I cannot do nothing you know so coaches uh players U organization medical staff Str coaches development coaches you know it's a all one big circle that uh I cannot be whatever I am without them joker as the president of the big man Alliance you are the vice president of the big man Alliance uh you know I love you the best player in the league I want to congratulate you but I want you to hear from me first I thought that SGA should have been the MVP there's no disrespect to you but congratulations and what do you guys have to do to get back on track versus Minnesota thank you sh we don't judge people here you know so that's fine it's your opinion I'm joking hey all good I love you I love your brothers one thing we always going to do is keep it real with each other congratulations I love you no for real I think there is a lot of people that a lot of players that deserve it you know it's probably details and kind of small small things uh but yes we we have a we have a t we have a tough stretch we lost two games in at home against Minnesota tomorrow we we going to to to to to Minnesota to to try to get back series to Denver you know Joker number one congratulations you know how has the shock of the size and the defensive pressure kind of caught you guys off guard because the way they're the two big guys obviously one didn't play last game but their perimeter players are playing so aggressive defensively do you think that kind of caught y'all off guard I don't think so because we play against them four times and uh they are the number one defense the whole season and they were number one spot the whole season so no is just you know it's a it's a part of basketball you know they they are playing really good they had a they didn't they didn't lose to gain the first round and they they continue to play on a really high level and they're just kind of getting getting higher and higher and uh we kind of just I'm GNA say stopped we didn't play didn't play the our brand basketball so that's our goal for the next tomorrow whenever we play to play our band of basketball congratulations joic you know um I want to say that also you came into the league and you kind of redefined what the center position is has done in terms of the threes the passing and the ball handling is a different era untraditional so you win your third MVP what is an MVP to you what does that actually qualifications that you need to have and to be an MVP that you've done three times I mean I don't know it's really hard question you know so probably probably U some people say it's the best best player in the best team uh but I don't know probably the guy who helps the the most vable who like the team cannot play without him Bas I don't know probably probably that last thing for me U Nica is uh just in in times like this when there is this singular award like this um and you know you have your current crop of teammates and coaches and that kind of thing but when you think back who was it that helped make this possible the most for you I mean since since I came here I'm working with in D in nugget organization uh individually I'm working with three three people it's it's Jason Miller it's Philipe and it's Augie and um you know those are guys who work with me closely and of course coach and and coach was I'm with seven seven year eight years uh and um you know Jamal is the guy who I'm playing the most in this organization and U you know and my family you know they always with me and always around me but you never see actually you kind of see them now yeah so who last thing who planted the seed with you that this would ever be possible oh that's I really don't know I mean I really don't know I mean it's probably i' I think it's not one person all right I'll take that for an answer uh didn't try to stump you on on your night but uh I appreciate it appreciate it very much and congratulations Joker we got you uh so yeah again the Joker SGA Luca donic one two three for uh who was was fourth and fifth fourth uh Giannis was fourth Brunson fifth Tatum six Edwards seven sabonis eight and Kevin Durant nine Edwards was that low yes he was Edwards had um one second place vote one third place vote one fourth place vote and three fifth place votes yeah I thought and I thought Edwards and Jaylen should have been they they should have been jayen was four yeah well he should have been he was five he should have no you saying he should have been higher I mean when we come back we're going to speak with Reggie Miller in the garden for a Pacers Knicks playoff game for the first time in 11 years you already know it you the man brother peace that is a good cut and Candy comp right there thank you Sharon Brown very close yeah the show is the show should have come with a warning we don't need to see that again sexy chocolate yeah my God sexy chocolate.com # check [Music]

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Length: 13min 48sec (828 seconds)

Published: Wed May 08 2024