Jaylen Brown didn't expect to win 2024 Finals MVP: 'I didn't care about that'

There’s a three-time MVP winner and a pair of back-to-back winners on this MVP Ladder Watchlist. There are also scoring leaders, All-NBA first-teamers, and All-Stars. Everyone brings a convincing body of work, which means the competition for MVP, once again, should be dramatic, maybe right up until the final month.

Every season, the NBA MVP race becomes one of the biggest talking points, and last season was the eighth time that a player won back-to-back MVPs since the 1999

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Jaylen Brown’s shocking departure from the Boston Celtics changes the NBA landscape. After helping Boston win the 2024 NBA championship and earning Finals MVP, Brown is headed to Philadelphia in a blockbuster trade involving Paul George and multiple draft picks.