Blake Griffin, Taylor Rooks take shots at Shams Charania for spoiling NBA MVP announcement: ‘You nerd’
Blake Griffin and Taylor Rooks criticized Shams Charania for revealing the NBA MVP award winner before the official announcement. Charania reported that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder won the MVP award for the second consecutive year. The NBA on Prime crew humorously suggested that Charania should take a break on Sundays instead of spoiling announcements.
- ▪Shams Charania spoiled the NBA MVP announcement by revealing Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the winner before the scheduled reveal.
- ▪Taylor Rooks and Blake Griffin made light of the situation during the NBA on Prime pregame show.
- ▪Gilgeous-Alexander won the MVP award for the second straight year, beating out finalists Nikola Jokic and Victor Wembanyama.
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| Publication time | Mon, 18 May 2026 09:16:40 -0400 |
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NBA Blake Griffin, Taylor Rooks take shots at Shams Charania for spoiling NBA MVP announcement: ‘You nerd’ By Jenna Lemoncelli Published May 18, 2026, 9:16 a.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google The “NBA on Prime” crew had a few words for Shams Charania after ESPN’s NBA insider spoiled Amazon’s NBA MVP reveal. 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. 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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