Nobody tests the rules like Nikola Jokic. It should come as no surprise that he admired Mark Daigneault’s ploy to do the same last week in OKC.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic were the headliners as the two MVP candidates clashed one final time. But who would've thought that Dillon Jones would steal the show? Especially for not even checking into the game until the last two minutes.

In order to slow down the Nuggets, OKC coach Mark Daigneault had rookie Dillon Jones stand at the scorer's table as if he was going to go into the game, but instead of checking in

The MVP race was never going to be decided by two games in March, but if fans and voters hoped to come out of the Denver vs. Oklahoma City back-to-back with some clarity on whether Nikola Jokic or Shai Gilgeous-Alexander wins the award,

Here's where NBA blasphemy can start: the greatest centers of all time are Russell, Abdul-Jabbar, Chamberlain, Shaquille O'Neal, and Hakeem Olajuwon. Fans can put them in any order, but that's a pretty definitive list. However, with three MVPs, Jokic could already be ahead of both Shaq and Hakeem despite not being as physically dominant.

Nikola Jokic’s mere acknowledgment of a momentous season was an eye-opening development in the MVP race between him and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.