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Blake Griffin, Taylor Rooks take shots at Shams Charania for spoiling NBA MVP announcement: ‘You nerd’

Nypost · · 309 words · By Jenna Lemoncelli
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The “NBA on Prime” crew had a few words for Shams Charania after ESPN’s NBA insider spoiled Amazon’s NBA MVP reveal.

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What happened

The “NBA on Prime” crew had a few words for Shams Charania after ESPN’s NBA insider spoiled Amazon’s NBA MVP reveal.

Why it matters

Charania broke the news Sunday morning that Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award for the second straight year — before Amazon’s scheduled announcement of the award later that night, with an appearance from the winner.

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Taylor Rooks, who is the host of “NBA on Prime,” brought up Charania’s report during Sunday’s pregame show with NBA analysts Steve Nash, Blake Griffin and Dirk Nowitzki.

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Claim 1: “The reigning Finals MVP, Gilgeous-Alexander, beat out other MVP finalists Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP over finalists Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama. Note: The claim mentions he is the 'reigning Finals MVP', but the provided evidence focuses on the regular season MVP win; however, the win over Jokic and Wembanyama is explicitly corroborated.
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web search NEUTRAL — MORE: Every Canadian to win NBA MVP. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander stats vs. Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama, Luka Doncic. While Gilgeous-Alexander came out on top of MVP voting, this season's race was pack…
https://www.sportingnews.com/ca/nba/oklahoma-city-thunder/ne…
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web search NEUTRAL — Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won a second consecutive regular-season MVP award, the NBA announced Sunday. The 27-year-old beat fellow finalists Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets and Vict…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7284972/2026/05/17/sga-mvp-…
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web search NEUTRAL — NBA Most Valuable Player. Winner: Announcement date unknown. Finalists: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder), Nikola Jokić (Denver Nuggets), Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs).
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/2025-26-nba-awards-full-lis…
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Claim 2: “Charania broke the news in an X post at 9:50 a.m. ET, and ESPN published a news story shortly after.”
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Multiple sources (nj.com and Prime studio show report) specifically state that Shams Charania posted the news on X at 9:50 a.m. ET on Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 NBA season was the 79th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 22, 2024, and ended on April 13, 2025. The NBA held an in-season tournament…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season is the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NBA…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Luka Dončić–Anthony Davis trade was a National Basketball Association (NBA) trade made on the night of February 1–2, 2025, which saw Luka Dončić traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luka_Dončić–Anthony_Davis_trad…
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Claim 3: “Gilgeous-Alexander’s wife Hailey, and son, Ares, along with family and friends, including his dad, Vaughn, and cousin, Nickeil Alexander-Walker, were all present during his MVP news conference Sunday.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding the specific family members present at the news conference.
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Claim 4: “Nash, who won the MVP award in two consecutive seasons (2004-05 and 2005-06)”
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Wikipedia and multiple sports news sources confirm Steve Nash won the NBA MVP awards in the 2004-05 and 2005-06 seasons.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2007 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2006–07 season and conclusion of the season's playoffs. In this best-of-seven playoff series, the Western…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) award given since the 1955–56 season to the best performing player of the regular season. Since the 2022–23 seaso…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Most_Valuable_Player
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian former professional basketball player and coach. He played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was an eight-time A…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Nash
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Claim 5: “Charania broke the news Sunday morning that Oklahoma City Thunder’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award for the second straight year”
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Multiple independent sources (nj.com, Prime analysts report, and other web results) confirm that Shams Charania broke the news on Sunday morning that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP for the second straight year.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2024–25 NBA season was the 79th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 22, 2024, and ended on April 13, 2025. The NBA held an in-season tournament…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024–25_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season is the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NBA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NBA All-Star Game was a round-robin tournament played on February 15, 2026, the 75th edition. It was hosted by the Los Angeles Clippers at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California. It was the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NBA_All-Star_Game
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Claim 6: “After winning the NBA MVP award, Gilgeous-Alexander gifted his teammates Audemars Piguet watches and Burberry trench coats.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results regarding gifts of Audemars Piguet watches or Burberry trench coats.
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Claim 7: “Taylor Rooks, who is the host of “NBA on Prime,” brought up Charania’s report during Sunday’s pregame show with NBA analysts Steve Nash, Blake Griffin and Dirk Nowitzki.”
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While evidence confirms the existence of the 'Prime' show and the analysts (Blake Griffin, etc.), there is no independent corroboration in the provided evidence that Taylor Rooks specifically hosted this segment or discussed the report with these three specific individuals on that Sunday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 NBA season is the 80th season of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The regular season began on October 21, 2025 and ended on April 12, 2026. The third edition of the in-season NBA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_NBA_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Blake Austin Griffin (born March 16, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. Griffin primarily played with the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_Griffin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Chicago, Illinois, United States. For a similar list organized alphabetically by last name, see the category page People from …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Chicago
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Claim 8: “Gilgeous-Alexander said that Nash, a fellow Canadian and NBA Hall of Famer, “was the first person” to tell him he was going to the NBA.”
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While the evidence confirms SGA's MVP win and his relationship with Nash, there is no specific evidence in the provided text confirming the quote that Nash was the 'first person' to tell him he was going to the NBA.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gilgeous-Alexander played one season of college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was selected 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the first round of the 2018 NBA draft before being traded…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai_Gilgeous-Alexander
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web search NEUTRAL — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the @Kia NBA MVP for the second-consecutive season and becomes the 14th back-to-back winner in NBA history! pic.x.com/vku1CtcZNj.Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had a year of firsts…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Key Points. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won the NBA MVP award for the second consecutive year on May 17, 2026, becoming the 14th player to achieve back-to-back MVPs.
https://evrimagaci.org/gpt/shai-gilgeousalexander-repeats-as…
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Claim 9: “Nowitzki, who won the award during the 2006-07 season”
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Wikipedia and InsideHoops confirm Dirk Nowitzki won the NBA MVP award during the 2006-07 season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2011 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 2010–11 season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. A rematch of the 2006 Finals, the series was…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2011 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 2010–11 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks defeating th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dirk Werner Nowitzki (German: [ˈdɪʁk noˈvɪtski] ; born June 19, 1978) is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Ass…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk_Nowitzki
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Claim 10: “He also made an appearance on “SportsCenter” to discuss the news.”
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ESPN and other web results confirm that Shams Charania appeared on 'SportsCenter' to discuss the news of Gilgeous-Alexander's MVP win.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shams Charania joins "SportsCenter" to break the news that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has won his second consecutive MVP award.Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks. Appears regularly on ESPN Da…
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48795765/sources-thunder…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shams Charania reported the news of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's MVP award 10 hours before Amazon Prime Video was supposed to announce it.Charania, ESPN’s lead NBA reporter, sent out a tweet at 9:50 a.m.…
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7287318/2026/05/17/shams-ch…
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web search NEUTRAL — ESPN’s senior NBA insider Shams Charania announced on Sunday afternoon that Shai-Gilgeous Alexander had won the league’s highest individual honor for the second consecutive season.
https://awfulannouncing.com/nba/thunder-royce-young-defend-s…
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Claim 11: “Gilgeous-Alexander also won the league’s Clutch Player of the Year award this season.”
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