Bizarre rule kicks Jokic and Doncic out of the race for MVP, and opens the door to an outsider?

Namely, stars like Nikola Joki, Luka Dončić and Victor Wembanyama are on the way to be disqualified from the race because they will not play the minimum number of matches (65 games) required for official candidacy.

While Cunningham has played 50 of his team’s 56 games and is headed toward 73 games played, the projections for the others are alarming. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SGA) is on the edge with 67 projected appearances, while Dončić (64), Wembanyama (63) and Jokić (59) thick in the “red zone”.

Let’s remind, Gilgeous-Alexander is the current MVP after having the best ratio in the league with Oklahoma last year, while he won the title of the best scorer of the regular season.