Zach Lowe on Get Up The top four players in the league when everyone is healthy are indisputably Luka Jokic Giannis and Embiid This year Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was No 5 Jayson Tatum is somewhere 6th 7th 8th

Zach Lowe No one who has watched the Nuggets for the years they haven't won the title can make a case that it's Jokic's fault like at all But if he gets a second one the names he's next to are like the holy pantheon of NBA players Bill Simmons He has to be with Bird and Magic at that point

Stars around the league weigh in on the greatness of back-to-back NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

He might be the best player in the history of the NBA - Stan Van Gundy on Nikola Jokic at the start of this season

Perkins Whether it's being out of shape or him dealing with some type of injurywhen it comes to being reliable Luka is starting to get in that territory of Joel Embiid When you need him the most and it comes postseason time he's not available and if he is available he is never close to 70

First Things First Nick Wright on Shai Gilgeous-Alexander When hes guarded normally and plays normally he goes down from peak Michael Jordan to peak Dwyane Wade

Masai Ujiri Youve got Wembanyama Luka Shai Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic all for the next 7-15 years Okay now you have to convince me that I have to beat all those guys You gotta come with something in your pocket okay and in his pocket he had Cooper Flagg