If anything, the 76ers star can use losing out to Jokic as motivation. Joel Embiid robbed: 76ers fans reactĮmbiid will surely have a reaction of his own, but as he and the 76ers fight for a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Miami Heat, he has bigger team goals on his mind. Previously, the winner had been selected by the players, but that changed in 1980. Now, the 76ers have had two players do it in the same two games and neither one is Embiid.
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Since the 1980 season, the MVP award has been given out by a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters who cover the NBA in the United States and Canada. That was Joel Embiid last year in Games 2 and 3 of the first-round series against Washington. His 4.2 assists per game, while a solid mark for most bigs, do not compare to that of Jokic. The Sixers big averaged over 30 points per contest, as well as 11.7 rebounds per.
He’s the first player in NBA history to record 2,000 points, 1,000 rebounds and 500 assists in a single season.Įmbiid’s numbers are impressive as well. Jokic’s numbers were even better than last year, as he averaged 27.1 points and 13.8 rebounds to go along with a staggering 7.9 assists. Instead, Embiid is left wanting more, just as Sixers fans are wondering when their big man will take home the award, if ever.
However, this year may have been Embiid’s best chance to take home what he hoped to be the first of many individual accolades. Jokic winning the award isn’t necessarily surprising, as he leads in many of the advanced statistics and is inarguably the best passing big man in the game. 76ers fans were not thrilled with the news. Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid was robbed of his first NBA MVP on Monday morning, per ESPN.
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