Has Nikola Jokic had the best four-year spell in NBA history?

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic was awarded his third NBA MVP award in four years on the 9th of May, a feat only completed by six other NBA players in history. 

According to AP News, Jokic averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds, and 9.0 assists per game, leading the Denver Nuggets to the second seed in the NBA Western Conference. 

The Serbian dominated the first-place voting in the ballot, securing 79 of the 99 first-place votes from broadcasters and reporters. 

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An argument could be made that Jokic has had the best four-year stretch in NBA history, securing one NBA Championship, three NBA MVPs, one Finals MVP, three All-NBA First-Team, and One All-NBA Second-Team, according to The Denver Post.

With that, here are the best four-year stretches in NBA history that could potentially be better or can compete with Nikola Jokic.

Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan has had multiple four-year stretches of dominance during his NBA career. Still, between 1989 and 1990, he was the best offensive and defensive player, winning all four scoring titles and being named four-time All-Defensive First Team.

Jordan was a two-time MVP, three-time NBA champion, and three-time Finals MVP. According to Basketball References, he averaged 31.9 points in the regular season and impressively averaged 34.3 points in the playoffs. 

In the late 1980s, Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson was coming into his prime, leading the league in assists, becoming a three-time NBA MVP, two-time champion, and a Finals MVP award. 

Johnson's four-year dominance in the NBA came from his unique passing style and how he orchestrated an offense. In that time, his scoring ability peaked (22.1 PPG), and he was nearly automatic from the free throw line (87.6%).

Magic Johnson's arch-rival during that, Larry Bird, shared his dominance around the same time as Magic, creating one of the greatest battles in sports history. Bird became the third player in that stretch to win three MVP awards, a feat that hasn't happened since.

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The Denver Post reports Bird won two NBA Championships, two Finals MVPs, four All-NBA First Team selections, and averaged 26.6 points, 9.9 rebounds, and 6.9 assists per game. He was a part of the Boston team that went 67 and 15 in 1985-86.

Before joining the Miami Heat in 2010, LeBron James was seen as an unbelievable player but not a winner. His four-year stretch between 2009 and 2013 was the time he became 'King James' in the NBA.

Despite a shock loss in the NBA Finals to the Dallas Mavericks in 2011, James secured back-to-back championships in 2012 and 2013 and accumulated two Finals MVPs. He was First-Team All-Defensive and All-NBA First Team all four years.

The bulk of Kareem Abdul Jabbar's winning came later in his career with the Lakers, but in Milwaukee, Abdul-Jabbar was a fresh-faced center who destroyed teams, averaging 30.9 points, 15.8 rebounds, and 4.4 assists, Basketball References reports.

The NBA didn't start recording blocks until 1973. Still, his points totals and accolades are enough to bring him into this group. He was a two-time scoring champion, an NBA Champion, a Finals MVP, a four-time All-NBA First Team, and a two-time First-Team All-Defensive.

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Scoring 100 points in a game is something that will never probably happen again in the NBA, but it's what Wilt Chamberlain did, and it shows his dominance during the early 1960s. It was the late 60s when Chamberlain had his best spell, winning three straight NBA MVPs.

I mean, he wasn't averaging over 40 points as he did in the early 60s, but his stats were still incredible, averaging 25.6 points and 23.4 rebounds. Chamberlain also won his first of two NBA Championships, one scoring title, and four-time rebounding champion.

The first man to be head and shoulders above the rest in the NBA was Boston Celtic legend Bill Russell, who between 1959 and 1963, was untouchable, winning four NBA Championships and three successive NBA MVPs. 

Like the other older players, Russell's blocking stats were never recorded. He still averaged 17.7 points and 23.8 rebounds per game, and no team ever got near them, winning eight straight titles from 1959 until 1966. It was pure dominance.

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