{"id":12408,"date":"2025-01-13T05:02:51","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T04:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=12408"},"modified":"2025-01-13T05:02:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T04:02:53","slug":"why-luka-doncic-cannot-win-mvp-this-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/why-luka-doncic-cannot-win-mvp-this-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Luka Doncic cannot win MVP this season?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic was not part of the lineup in the 122-101 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Sunday afternoon and he is now ineligible to earn <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> Awards for the 2024-25 season. The Slovenian will not meet the minimum 65-game threshold as per the rule. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luka Doncic is officially ineligible for this season&rsquo;s MVP. <br><br>This is the fifth time in his career he&rsquo;s been favorite to win MVP to start the season and hasn&rsquo;t won &#128556; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0OkpBl2Uw7\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/0OkpBl2Uw7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bballforever_\/status\/1878546200615416043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>January 12, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Luka&rsquo;s ineligibility to win the NBA MVP is a heartbreaking reality, but he would target the Championship this year. He sustained a calf injury on Christmas Day against the Timberwolves. He participated in shooting drills during Saturday&rsquo;s practice&nbsp;and his recovery will take a few more weeks. <\/p><p>Luka Doncic remains sidelined with a left calf strain for at least the next two weeks. He has missed 17 games in the NBA 2024-25 season. It also ends his streak of five consecutive appearances on an All-NBA first team. He will not meet the NBA&rsquo;s 65-game requirement for awards. <\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/will-lakers-play-spurs-on-monday-latest-update-on-lakers-vs-spurs-game-status-amid-los-angeles-wildfires\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Will Lakers play Spurs on Monday? Latest update on Lakers vs Spurs game status amid Los Angeles wildfires<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/pelicans-star-zion-williamson-to-serve-one-game-suspension-due-to-team-policy-breach\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Pelicans star, Zion Williamson to serve one-game suspension due to team policy breach<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/who-is-cooper-flagg-all-you-need-to-know-about-duke-freshman-star-who-made-acc-history\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Who is Cooper Flagg? All you need to know about Duke freshman star who made ACC history<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Doncic would target NBA Championship now <\/h2><p>Dallas Mavericks star joins a list of stars who will be ineligible for NBA 2024-25 awards, including <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/how-many-points-did-kawhi-leonard-score-on-his-season-debut-full-stats-vs-hawks\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Kawhi Leonard<\/a>, Joel Embiid, Zion Williamson, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/how-many-points-did-paolo-banchero-score-on-his-return-from-injury-full-stats-vs-bucks\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Paolo Banchero <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/chet-holmgren-injury-update-thunder-center-exits-game-vs-warriors-with-hip-injury\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Chet Holmgren<\/a>. <\/p><p>Mavericks coach, Jason Kidd also shared his thoughts on Luka Doncic becoming ineligible to win the league MVP due to the NBA&rsquo;s minimum game threshold. <em>&ldquo;Yeah, it&rsquo;s fair because the league made it a rule, so we will play by the rules,&rdquo;<\/em> Jason Kidd said. <\/p><p><em>&ldquo;Unfortunately he isn&rsquo;t eligible to win the MVP, but it&rsquo;s a team sport and understanding that we need him back to win the championship&hellip; The individual awards will come, but we&rsquo;re playing to win a championship and hopefully we can get him back soon.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Meanwhile, Doncic&rsquo;s primary goal is to win an NBA championship. The 25-year-old has been asked about the possibility of winning the MVP and he said that he would rather lead his team to a championship. Dallas Mavericks are 2-4 without Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic after a loss to Denver Nuggets. <\/p><p><em>Image Credit: Jerome Miron-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luka Doncic remains sidelined with a left calf strain for at least the next two weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[317,22,1476],"class_list":["post-12408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-dallas-mavericks","tag-luka-doncic","tag-nba-mvp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Luka Doncic cannot win MVP this 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