Nelson Mandella

‘Sport has the power to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela, 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards

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‘Sport has the power to change the world’ – Nelson Mandela, 2000 Laureus World Sports Awards

Named NBA regular season MVP and Finals MVP after one of the greatest individual seasons in NBA history for Oklahoma City Thunder. As Scoring Champion, Gilgeous-Alexander fired his team to their first NBA championship, with an average of 32.7 points per game in the regular season. Became the fourth player in NBA history to win the NBA MVP, Finals MVP and Scoring Champion titles in the same season: a feat matched only by Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
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