Since last season, the NBA has imposed a rule that requires players to play a minimum of 65 games to be eligible for individual awards at the end of the regular season such as Most Valuable Player, Defensive Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and All-NBA. With this, one of the most notable figures who will not be in the fight for the MVP will be Luka Doncic .
The Dallas Mavericks’ star point guard remains out with a strained left calf and with his absence from Sunday’s game between Dallas and the Denver Nuggets, he would reach 17 games without being available in this 2024-25 NBA season . With 44 games remaining in this campaign for the Mavericks, the Slovenian is left without a chance to be among the candidates for these end-of-season awards.
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Doncic without MVP
“Luka Magic” has only played 22 games in this 2024-25 campaign, leaving averages of 28.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 7.8 assists for Dallas, leaving a 13-9 record for the Texan team with the Slovenian on the court. In this campaign, Doncic will not be able to be among the finalists for the award for the best player of the season and will continue in the search for the first MVP in his career.
In addition, the European’s streak of five consecutive seasons making the All-NBA First Team will end. However, Dallas hopes that its main figure will recover so that he can return to the court and straighten out the course of a team that is in fifth place in the Western Conference with 22-16, but that has not shown its best version since his departure due to injury in this NBA season .
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