On Saturday, before the Nuggets hosted the Los Angeles Clippers at Ball Arena, MacKinnon returned the favor by presenting Jokic with an MVP trophy of his own. MacKinnon walked out onto the court wearing Jokic’s No. 15 Nuggets jersey. He brought the NBA MVP award and placed it on a table at center court.

Nathan MacKinnon is here to present Nikola Jokic with his MVP trophy from last season. Jokic previously presented MacKinnon with his MVP award from last season at an Avalanche

Both have shown signs of picking up right where they left off: Jokic has a 41-point outing and a triple-double in his first two games, and MacKinnon has 13 points in eight games.