Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid just wrapped up another incredible season. He led the league in scoring for the second straight season at 33.1 points per game while shooting an efficient 54.8% from the floor.
For the third consecutive season, Embiid is in the running for MVP. He finished as the runner-up to Nikola Jokic in each of the previous two years, but this time around, everybody believes this is his time.
HoopsHype put together its final season award winners list and it chose Embiid as the MVP winner over Jokic:
But for the second year in a row, Embiid leads the league in scoring (this time at 33.1 points per game) while also contributing 10.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 1.7 blocks on 54.8 percent shooting.
The fact the Denver Nuggets faded a bit in the final stretch of the regular season – the Nuggets were 6-9 over their final 15 games prior to Sunday’s regular-season finale – as the Philadelphia 76ers caught up to them in overall record also played a factor in our vote, as did Embiid’s late-season 52-point, 13-rebound explosion on national television against the Boston Celtics.
While Embiid is likely to win the MVP award, and it’s deserved, the Sixers have their eyes on winning a championship in 2023. To do so, they need the big fella to be at his absolute best when the postseason begins on April 15.
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