A star guard from the New York Knicks recently shared his thoughts on Nikola Jokić being in the MVP race despite the Denver Nuggets' struggles.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is a minus-odds favorite to win NBA MVP despite Nikola Jokić's outstanding numbers so far this season.

With a slick pass during the second quarter of Tuesday’s 118-99 win against the Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nuggets star center Nikola Jokić made NBA history. The three-time Kia MVP became the fastest player to reach 15,000 points, 7,500 rebounds and 5,000 assists, accomplishing the feat in just 709 games.

The NBA MVP race has heated up over the past week. Where does the Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander rank on the latest MVP Ladder?

After the Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Washington Wizards in a 136-95 blowout win, All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander weighed in on his place in the Most Valuable Player conversation. During his postgame media availability, Gilgeous-Alexander addressed being an MVP candidate.

In this weeks edition, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander finally flipped the results, jumping to the no. 1 spot for the first time in his career. The Thunder star is ahead of Nikola Jokic ... do to overtake Jokić than that.

Meanwhile, Jalen Williams remains seventh among West frontcourt players. He's at 459,161 votes. He's sandwiched between Alperen Sengun (764,521 votes) and Andrew Wiggins (410,011 votes). The full voting results can be viewed below:

Nikola Jokić, averaging 31.2 points, 13.2 rebounds, 9.8 assists, and shooting 55.4%, delivered back-to-back 40-point games against Victor Wembanyama, who is an MVP contender and Defensive Player of the Year favorite.

The precise moment when the Kia Race to the MVP got real was last Sunday when Shai Gilgeous-Alexander swatted away a layup attempt by Jayson Tatum, another Kia MVP contender, in the tense fourth-quarter moments of Oklahoma City vs. Boston.

Jokić is putting up MVP-caliber numbers yet again this season, averaging 30.6 points, 13.2 rebounds, and a career-high 9.9 assists, playing in 34 of the Nuggets' 40 games so far this season. He has his team squarely in the middle of the playoff picture in the West, sitting in the 4th seed with a 24-16 record.