{"id":32187,"date":"2025-07-30T10:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32187\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T10:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T10:06:10","slug":"nba-all-star-picks-former-teammate-to-win-mvp-over-luka-doncic-nobodys-on-his-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/32187\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA All-Star picks former teammate to win MVP over Luka Doncic, ‘Nobody\u2019s on his team’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An NBA All-Star said his former teammate is about to win MVP, instead of Luka Doncic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Doncic<\/a> is emerging as the early front-runner for the award after his weight loss was revealed on the cover of Men\u2019s Health magazine. Doncic was labelled as out of shape<\/a> last season, but he\u2019s set for a revenge tour with his new physique.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But aside from Doncic, the award is wide open. Almost every NBA superstar has motivations to go off for big seasons, none less than this All-Star\u2019s pick for the award. <\/p>\n

Jeff Teague says Giannis Antetokounmpo will win MVP<\/p>\n

Former NBA All-Star Jeff Teague said that his former Milwaukee Bucks teammate Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> will win the MVP award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There has been speculation that Antetokounmpo could leave Milwaukee<\/a> this offseason. Those reports have since died down after the Bucks made offseason moves<\/a>, but even in a weak Eastern Conference, they don\u2019t have a contending roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s exactly why Antetokounmpo is Teague\u2019s pick for MVP. Speaking on the Club 520 podcast, who were discussing whether Doncic would win MVP, he said, \u201cYou got [Doncic] as MVP? I don\u2019t. I got Giannis winning MVP. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody\u2019s on his team, he\u2019s about to carry so crazy. He\u2019s about to average 34, 13 and 8. He\u2019s about to run point guard basically \u2013 his stats are about to be crazy.<\/p>\n

The Bucks signed Myles Turner<\/a> this offseason, but that\u2019s their only notable move. They are still in search of a point guard after they waived Damian Lillard, so right now Antetokounmpo might be their primary ball handler.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He\u2019s averaged 30 points in the last three seasons, but Antetokounmpo will have to drag the Bucks up the Eastern Conference standings in order to win the award. <\/p>\n

Lowest win tally ever for an NBA MVP<\/p>\n

There is basically no precedent for a player winning MVP after his team won less than 50 games. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won MVP after taking the Oklahoma City Thunder to 68 wins last season.<\/p>\n

In order to win it on a middling team, you need to do something historic. That\u2019s what Russell Westbrook did with the Thunder back in 2017. <\/p>\n

Following the departure of Kevin Durant, Westbrook became the second player to average a triple-double, taking the Thunder to a 47\u201335 record and winning MVP. That\u2019s the only example of this in the modern era. <\/p>\n

\"SanPhoto by Brett Deering\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA\u2019s all-time leading scorer before LeBron James snatched his crown, won MVP in 1976 despite the Lakers going 40\u201142. And the lowest ever win tally for an MVP is Bob Petit, whose St. Louis Hawks finished 33\u201339 in the 1955\u201156 season. <\/p>\n

So ultimately, Antetokounmpo needs a winning season in Milwaukee to win his third MVP, and that\u2019s his biggest obstacle. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An NBA All-Star said his former teammate is about to win MVP, instead of Luka Doncic.\u00a0 Doncic is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32188,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,7228,29557,11473,4620,590,85],"class_list":["post-32187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-giannis-antetokounmpo","tag-jeff-teague","tag-luka-doncic","tag-milwaukee-bucks","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}