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Jeff Teague on Steve Nash 2004-05 MVP award: “I don't think he should have won it over Kobe Bryant.”

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NBA Communications: The NBA 2K26 Summer League Most Valuable Player: @utahjazz forward Kyle Filipowski 🏆

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NBA Communications: The NBA 2K26 All-Summer League First Team: 🏀 Nique Clifford, @SacramentoKings 🏀 Kyle Filipowski, @utahjazz 🏀 David Jones-Garcia, @spurs 🏀 Jordan Miller, @LAClippers 🏀 Terrance Shannon Jr., @Timberwolves

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NBA Communications: The NBA 2K26 All-Summer League Second Team: 🏀 Ron Holland II, @DetroitPistons 🏀 Isaac Jones, @SacramentoKings 🏀 Kon Knueppel, @hornets 🏀 Ajay Mitchell, @okcthunder 🏀 KJ Simpson, @hornets

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"I did think about how the NFL does Offensive Player of the Year and MVP," LeBron James said. "I thought that could possibly be something in our league. You give an Offensive Player of the Year and an MVP. It changes things.”

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LeBron James: "Is [MVP] the best player? The player who had the best season with their team? Maybe that's the Offensive Player of the Year. Or is it just simply the best player in the league? Statistically, this was the best player in the league. Obviously, you're not going to have someone in there whose team didn't come close to making the playoffs."

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Kon Knueppel and the Charlotte Hornets went 6-0 on their way to securing the franchise's first Summer League title. It was also their first Summer League playoff appearance. The Sacramento Kings finish the season 5-1 after failing to secure their Summer League crown. The franchise did win Summer League titles in 2014 and 2021. Who was the MVP of the 2025 Las Vegas Summer League title game? Kon Knueppel was named as the MVP for the Summer League title game. He shot 8-for-21 from the field and finished with 21 points. He also shot 4-for-11 from the 3-point line.

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Knueppel continued his hot play after scoring 5 points in his opener. He averaged 18.3 points over his final four games and was named the championship game MVP. His 3-pointer with 31.1 seconds left gave the Hornets a 4-point lead. "Like I said before, if you're going to come here, you should win," Knueppel said. "So that's what we did."

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NBA Coaches Association: The NBCA would like to congratulate longtime @NBA Assistant Coach, Maurice Cheeks, on being awarded the 2025 Tex Winter Assistant Coach Lifetime Impact Award!

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Brandon Rahbar: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins the Male Athlete of the Year ESPY. pic.x.com/TCS1yRHWnN

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Marc J. Spears: Legendary former #NBA head coach and executive Bernie Bickerstaff honored by @BCAWORLDWIDE for his influence on the game and his outstanding coaching tree. JB Bickerstaff, Mike Brown, David Fizdale, Phil Handy, JJ Outlaw and others spoke the praises of the NBA pioneer tonight. pic.x.com/A9kXVnjBzg

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You were the youngest MVP ever. So, like, how hard is it to win MVP? Derrick Rose: It's extremely hard. I mean, you’ve got to dedicate your whole life to it, man. I play chess now, so I say you’ve got to make a gambit move. A gambit move is sacrificing a piece to actually get ahead in the game. When I was younger, my gambit move was that I rarely went out. I was kind of obsessed with the game. And with me being obsessed, it kind of led me to get close to that record. I thank God I got injured though—because I tapped out. I would have been stuck and would've become a totally different person. So yeah, it takes a lot of work, bro, to even get close to that. And you have to be delusional.

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Michael Scotto: 2025 NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: “Jalen Williams is a once-in-a-lifetime player. Without him, his performances, big-time moments, shot-making, defending, and everything he brings to this team, we don’t win this championship. This is just as much my MVP as it is his."

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NBA Communications: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the @okcthunder is the recipient of the Bill Russell Trophy as the MVP of the #NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV .

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