DENVER (KDVR) — Ahead of the 2025-26 NBA season, plenty of media members and basketball analysts have made their preseason guesses for league awards that will be decided after 82 games are played.

Some fan bases are excited to learn that one of their players is in the conversation for the first time, while others may just assume that their star player is going to be among the top names, because, well, they always are.

The Denver Nuggets fanbase is the latter half.

Superstar center Nikola Jokić is tipped to be the NBA's MVP, according to analysts at ESPN, who voted in preseason polls.

The top candidates include:

Jokić finds himself pitted against two former and one reigning MVP: Durant, Antetokounmpo, a two-time winner and current holder, Gilgeous-Alexander.

Edwards has been a rising

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