T he Denver Nuggets might have outlasted the Los Angeles Clippers in an intense seven-game series to move on to the next round of the postseason, but their path to keep advancing

At some point furing the NBA postseason, the league will announce who took home the MVP award and the Michael Jordan Trophy. The three finalists are Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and Nikola Jokic, although Antetokounmpo is all but a gurantee to finish in third place.

It wasn't that long ago he was introduced as the new Oklahoma City Thunder head coach with confusion and skepticism. Five years later, he's gone from an unknown to a household name. The Coach of the Year winner is now the sixth-longest tenured NBA head coach after Gregg Popovich recently announced his retirement from the San Antonio Spurs job.