By HoopsHype | April 18, 2025

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Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU Kris Dunn and Derrick Jones Jr. both got in first quarter foul trouble when Clippers were in Denver in January for final meeting of regular season.

That pretty much ended the competitive portion of the game despite Nuggets playing on second night of back-to-back without Jokic pic.x.com/x2ukFqxiFx – 4:28 PM

Jim Eichenhofer @Jim_Eichenhofer

Random note: At this time of year there’s always tons of talk about how #NBA teams can’t improve “from the middle” because you must have top-tier draft picks, but here’s when top 5 of MVP Ladder were drafted: SGA (11th) Jokic (41st) Giannis (15th) Tatum (3rd)

Mitchell (13th) – 10:24 AM

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“I think his consistency comes from his work ethic,” said Jokić, a three-time MVP and a close friend of Vučević. “That’s something that was probably in his family because his dad was a basketball player, and he gave him that. Consistency is something that you work for during the summer; you thrive on that. “I think we, as European players, we really are proud of that, that we can say we are really consistent as a player. He’s a really intelligent player, really smart, knows how to get his shot. It’s something that he’s done for 14 years, so it’s amazing to see.” -via New York Times / April 16, 2025

NBA Communications: Other nominees … West: Luke Dončić (LAL), Anthony Edwards (MIN), Aaron Gordon (DEN), Aaron Wiggins (OKC) and Ivica Zubac (LAC). East: Scottie Barnes (TOR), Onyeka Okongwu (ATL), and Payton Pritchard (BOS). -via Twitter / April 14, 2025