The defending champion Nuggets lost to the Timberwolves 3-4, went out early, failed to defend the title, and missed the second consecutive championship.
In the past four seasons, Jokic has won 3 regular season MVPs, 1 championship and 1 FMVP, and his performance is great enough.
Since Jokic still has a chance to continue to win MVP or championship and FMVP next year, let's not discuss it for the time being, let's talk about another star - Brother Alphabet.
From 2019 to 2021, for 3 consecutive seasons, Brother Alphabet won 2 regular season MVPs, 1 Best Defensive Player, 1 championship and 1 FMVP. This period of glory of Brother Alphabet has come to an end.
In 3 years, he won 2 regular season MVPs, 1 championship and 1 FMVP, plus 1 Defensive Player of the Year.
The performance was great, but even the fact of "stepping up" aside, it wasn't too dominant, because it didn't achieve back-to-back championships, and it didn't even win multiple times.
This kind of performance is the ceiling of a star, but for a superstar, it is still a lot worse. Because what superstars need is dominance, and the indicator of dominance, Lianzhuang MVP is far less convincing than consecutive championships or multiple championships.
Nash once won the MVP in 2005-2006, but the team couldn't even make it to the Finals, so these two MVPs are rarely mentioned.
And in 2009-2010, James was the MVP of Lianzhuang, Kobe Bryant was the FMVP of Lianzhuang, and when it came to those 2 years, most people recognized that the first person was Kobe.
In other words, for stars who are eager to challenge historical superstars, MVP is important, but the championship is even more important, and winning multiple championships is the basic bottom line, and it is the real historical superstar who can achieve consecutive championships!
It's hard to win multiple championships at the heart of the team!
Throughout the 21st century, only O'Neal, Kobe, Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, Leonard, Wade, James, Bosh, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Durant have won multiple championships as the core.
To sum it up: Lakers, Spurs, Heat, Warriors.
Why Jokic, who won 3 MVPs, is still not included in the top 10 discussions in history, because there are fewer championships and FMVPs, and the dominance is not enough. As for the letter brother of the 2 MVPs, he is also not recognized.
After seeing the discussion that Jokic and his brother have worked so hard and won so many honors, but still can't make it into the top 10 in NBA history, you can understand and understand why James chose to huddle in 2010.
At that time, James was already the MVP of Lianzhuang, but all the focus was on Kobe, because he was Lianzhuang FMVP, and in front of Lianzhuang FMVP, Lianzhuang MVP was meaningless.
James is a smart man.
He knows where he wants to be – the top 10, even the top 5, or even the top 3.
He knows his situation - if he stays with the Cavaliers, he may be able to win 8 MVPs, and maybe he can win 1-2 championships, but it is basically impossible to achieve 2 consecutive championships, and without the bonus of 2 consecutive championships, he will not be able to enter the top 5 in history at all.
He also knows how to do it - since staying with the Cavaliers has no hope of finishing in the top 5, leave the Cavaliers. Since you choose to leave the Cavaliers, you must ensure that you achieve 2 consecutive championships, so the best choice is to huddle.
According to later recollections, James, Wade, and Bosh had already discussed the idea of playing together at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and that year, the Celtics formed a big three and then quickly won the championship. It was the Celtics who gave James such a new idea.
The later situation is that James is indeed following the trajectory set by himself, although there are many twists and turns in the interval -
In 2011, the Heat looked like they were on the verge of beating the Mavericks to win the championship, but the FMVP would be Wade's.
James thought that the road to winning the championship would be difficult, but he didn't think that there was another possibility, that is, winning the championship but not getting the FMVP. So there was the later 8 points of military power. James wants to thank Wade, as long as Wade doesn't let it, the boss of the Heat can only be Wade, but Wade chose to give up the power, so there is James's 2 consecutive FMVP.
What's even more unexpected is that James not only won the 2nd FMVP, but also won the 3rd and 4th MVP, which is definitely a surprise.
So James's group journey was a complete bumper harvest, winning 2 championships and 2 FMVPs, officially completing the goal of the top 5 in history, and by the way, he won 2 MVPs, adding points to himself again.
Either you don't huddle, if you want to huddle, you have to succeed and be the best star in the huddle, this is what James thought back then. On this point, Durant will never learn, so James can win the championship wherever he goes, and Durant can only win the championship with the Warriors.
After watching Jokic and Brother Alphabet, you can understand why James chose to huddle in 2010, and he chose so decisively, the one that must succeed.