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Shai Gilgous-Alexander of Oklahoma City Thunder became the seventh consecutive international player in winning the NBA MVP award 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 canceling culture is the reason why there has been an American MVP recently.
“People are not going to like it, but I really don’t care. How much of this do you think this is to cancel culture in the political aspects of where we were, compared to where we are going?” Williams said during the “first shot” of ESPN.
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ESPN College Gameday presenter Jay Williams, smiles during his transmission before the game between North Carolina Tar Heels and the Duke Blue Devils in the Indoor Stadium Cameron on February 1, 2025, in Durham, North Carolina. (Lance King/Getty Images)
“I hear that many coaches talk about those who no longer feel that they can train young children. Because anything they say could be used against them or twist if they are surprised in the wrong way.”
Williams implored coaches that train young players with force and give them responsibility.
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The Gameday team of ESPN College (LR) receives Davis, Andeya Carter, Jay Williams and Seth Greenberg transmitted before the game between the cyclone of the state of Iowa and the frogs with TCU horns in Hilton Coliseum on February 8, 2025 in Ames, Iowa. (IMAGN)
“The sensitivity level has gone out of control,” Williams said about today’s basketball players.
“Oh, he told me something bad, I can’t play for him! ‘ When a coach yells at you, and I know that there are certain things that coaches cannot say, but please, keep training those young children.
The Gameday team of ESPN College, Jay Williams, speaks during the Gameday show of ESPN’s College before the game between the cyclone of the state of Iowa and the frogs of TCU horns in Hilton Coliseum on February 8, 2025, in Ames, Iowa. (IMAGN)
The three main finalists for the MVP were all international. Gilgeous-Alexander de Canada won, while Nikola Jokic ended in second place, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the “Greek monster” hired successfully, finished third.
Jayson Tatum by Boston Celtics was the highest American ending, in fourth place.
