Russell Westbrook is coming off his first season playing for the Denver Nuggets. He finished the year with averages of 13.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 6.1 assists an

On May 21, the Oklahoma City Thunder's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander became the NBA's seventh consecutive international player to earn MVP honors.

Dirk Nowitzki is the sole Dallas Maverick to earn regular-season NBA MVP honors. John McKechnie, Rotowire.com Dirk Nowitzki won the Kia MVP for the 2006-07 regular season. The Dallas Mavericks have had a bevy of elite players take the floor for the ...

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James made NBA MVP voting history this season. No, the 21-time All-Star power forward did not win a fifth MVP award, but he did earn one fourth-place vote and 13 fifth-place votes from the league's pool of 100 global media members.

The last time an American-born player walked away with the top honor was James Harden in 2018. The run of international players winning MVP -- Gilgeous-Alexander is from Canada -- speaks to the expanding global reach of the NBA and the increased number of talent outside of the United States.

Below are the most notable NBA players born on May 28.

In the third quarter of the Timberwolves’ Game 1 loss to Oklahoma City, Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tried to drive right past his cousin, Nickeil Alexander-Walker. Shai fell down, and the official called a foul on Nickeil.