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After debating the issue over social media for a full week, ESPN finally managed to get JJ Redick and Kendrick Perkins on First Take at the same time to discuss the NBA MVP.
Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić is currently a favorite to win the NBA MVP, which would be the third straight season he wins the award. Last week on First Take, Perkins alleged NBA MVP voters held a racial bias against the league’s Black players.
Perkins attempted to support his claim by citing the fact that since 1990, there have only been three NBA MVP award winners who finished outside the top-10 in scoring. Those three players are Jokić, Dirk Nowitzki, and Steve Nash, who are white.
Tuesday morning, ESPN finally got Redick and Perkins on First Take together to argue the topic face to face. And there were some fireworks.