Playing back-to-back seven-game series, Denver had Oklahoma hand them a semi-final exit. After proceeding to the WCF, the Thunder showed complete dominance in Game 1. Addressing OKC's win, Mike Malone mentioned how Shai showed he was the true MVP, stirring up social media.

Yahoo Sports senior NBA analyst Kevin O’Connor is joined by contributing writer Tom Haberstroh to discuss Denver’s decision to give its interim head coach the permanent job and what it truly says about who’s running the show for the Nuggets.

Malone was clear on Thursday (amid plenty of social media hoopla) that he would have voted for Jokic if he was given a ballot. "I did vote for [Jokic] again this year if I had a v