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The Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Oklahoma City Thunder became the seventh consecutive international player to win the NBA MVP Prize on Wednesday.
James Harden was the last American to win the MVP, when he did with the Houston Rockets in 2017-2018. Jay Williams, former Duke star and current ESPN analyst, asked if the cancelled culture was the reason why there was no American MVP recently.
“People will not like it, but I really don’t care. How many things do you think it is to cancel culture in the political aspects of the place where we were, compared to where we are going?” Williams said in the “first take” of ESPN.
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Gameday host of ESPN Gameday, Jay Williams, smiles during their broadcast before the match between the Tar Heels of North Caroline and the Duke Blue Devils at Cameron Indoor Stadium on February 1, 2025, in Durham, in North Carolina. (Images Lance King / Getty)
“I hear that many coaches talk about not having the impression of being able to train young children.
Williams implored the coaches to hardly train young players and give them responsibility.
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The ESPN College Gameday Crew (LR) received Davis, Andeaya Carter, Jay Williams and Seth Greenberg were broadcast before the match between the Iowa State cyclone and the TCU horns at the Hilton Coliseum on February 8, 2025 in Ames, Iowa. (Imagn)
“The level of sensitivity has become uncontrollable,” said Williams about today’s basketball players.
“” Oh, he told me something wrong, I can’t play for him! “When a coach shouts you, and I know there are certain things that coaches can no longer say, but continue to train these young children!
The Gameday team at ESPN Gameday Jay Williams talks to the Gameday College of ESPN before the match between the Iowa State cyclone and the TCU horns at Hilton Coliseum on February 8, 2025, in Ames, Iowa. (Imagn)
The three main MVP finalists were all international. Gilgeous-Alexander of Canada won, while Nikola Jokic, from Serbian, finished second, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, nicknamed the “Greek Freak”, finished third.
Jayson Tatum by Boston Celtics was the highest American finisher in fourth place.
