Cowherd To me the MVP officially goes to Jokic now You gotta be able to show up in a big game The Sixers chose the playoffsand its a regular season award Sorry Nobody said its Embiids fault Its Embiids reality

Bill Simmons on Towns MVP case The best player should always win Finals MVP Curry should have won it either way all they were doing was worrying about him for 6 games the dumbest was when Parker won in '07

Windhorst Even though Jaylen Brown was talking about himself for MVP the Celtics did not feel like Jaylen had the best season on their team They felt that Derrick White had a better season

Stephen A Smith on Jalen Brunson I'm shocked to have to say thistonight it looked like he was playing to be an MVP rather than be playing to win game 3

Jaylen Brown speaking on his now teammate Joel Embiid after Celtics Game 7 loss

I apologize Draymond Green to Jalen Brunson after previously saying on his podcast Hes absolutely incredible but when you talk about winning a championship I dont know if hes the guy as your No 1

NBA on ESPN Jalen Brunson wins the 2026 ESPY Award for Best NBA Player