It's award season in the NBA and those looking for a Luka Dončić MVP campaign are no doubt disappointed.
On Sunday, the NBA announced the three finalists for league MVP for the 2025-26 season. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will have a chance to go back-to-back, as the Oklahoma City Thunder guard got the nod alongside Nikola Jokić and Victor Wembanyama. Unfortunately, with only three spots for MVP finalists, players like Dončić and Jaylen Brown were left off of the board in a hotly-contested race.
As a result, Los Angeles Lakers fans were quite frustrated that Dončić won't be celebrated for his accolades this season, which include leading the NBA in scoring for the season. After the news dropped that Dončić was off the NBA MVP finalists list, Lakers fans took to social media convinced of the star's snub from the award.
Where’s Luka https://t.co/mjrswAcMgW pic.twitter.com/DSvGGO476w
Jaylen Brown and Luka disrespect https://t.co/jwTtZkwKSX
Luka is never winning an MVP for as long as Shai jokic n wemby are in the league 💔 pic.twitter.com/QCyDzI1UOA https://t.co/iAtPK3UK56
I think SGA will win again, but Doncic should have at least been among the finalists 🤷♂️ https://t.co/p3TqAH8ng5 pic.twitter.com/XVjKebt2Pj
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Lakers fans were convinced Luka Dončić was snubbed as a MVP finalist