Curry, Jokic, Embiid are finalists for NBA MVP award
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21/05/2021 - 03:24 Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry is gunning for his third NBA Most Valuable Player award to go with his back-to-back trophies in 2015 and 2016 KEVORK DJANSEZIAN GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File 3 min
Los Angeles (AFP)
Stephen Curry will be seeking his third award and Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid are aiming for their career firsts after the NBA announced its three Most Valuable Player finalists on Thursday.
Golden State Warriors All-Star Curry hopes to add to the MVP awards he won in 2015 and 2016, while Philadelphia 76ers big man Embiid or the Denver Nuggets Jokic could become the first center since Shaquille O Neal in 2000 to take the honor.
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The Prince Albert Raiders named two more players to their list of 2020-21 Year-End Award winners on Wednesday.
Raider veteran Eric Pearce won the Best Defensive Forward Award, while Nolan Allan was named as the Belle Merrell & Calla Grasley Award as Scholastic Player of the Year.
Pearce led the Raiders with a plus-13 rating, and won 54 per cent of faceoffs while setting career highs with seven goals, nine assists and 16 points. Pearce was also a big part of the Raiders’ penalty kill.
For our first 2020-21 Year-End Award Presented By @GWBrewingCO today, the winner of the Best Defensive Forward Award is Eric Pearce (@EricPearce16)!#GoRaidersGo#YearEndAwardspic.twitter.com/oBQ4N9pEZV
May 20, 2021
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