NBA’s Most Valuable Player for the 2001-02 season-Tim Duncan
Duncan totaled
954 points and received 57 first-place votes to outdistance the New Jersey Nets’
Jason Kidd who collected 897 points and 45 first-place votes. The 57-point difference was the fifth-closest vote since the NBA went to media voting for the 1980-81 season. The Los Angeles Lakers’ Shaquille O’Neal finished third with 696 points and 15 first-place votes while the Orlando Magic’s
Tracy McGrady stood fourth with 390 points and seven first-place votes.