Denver Nuggets: 3 goals for Nikola Jokic in 2018-19
1. Win MVP award
After accomplishing the feat of averaging a triple-double in 2016-17, Russell was given the MVP award with 69 first place votes, nearly 50 more than second place finisher James Harden. Westbrook led the Thunder to a 47-35 record that season, good for the sixth seed in the playoffs.
If Jokic is able to post double-digit averages in three or more categories for the Nuggets next season, as well as lead the team back to the playoffs, he will have a solid case.
Having gone 46-36 last season, the Nuggets were only one game off of the pace that got Westbrook the MVP in 2016.
In the hotly-contested Western Conference that just welcomed LeBron James into the fold, the Nuggets figure to improve past that single-game difference with a full season from Paul Millsap, as well as steps forward by their Big 3 in Jokic, Harris and Murray.
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A triple-double and an NBA Playoff resurgence will not only give Jokic a name in the record books, but possibly a new trophy for the mantle.