‘I’m not mad’: Joel Embiid shrugs off losing MVP to Nikola Jokic and vows to focus on winning a championship with Sixers

MIAMI — Joel Embiid was not surprised when news popped Monday morning that, per ESPN, Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic had beaten him out for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the second consecutive season.

“He deserved it,” Embiid said of Jokic. “He had an amazing season. There’s no right or wrong [answer]. There [were] a lot of candidates. It could have gone either way, or [to] Giannis [or the Phoenix Suns’] Devin Booker, being on the best team in the league by far. So I guess, every year, it’s all about whatever you guys [the media] decide, whatever fits the narrative as far as who’s going to win.

Embiid’s first public comments occurred at the end of a horrendous night for him and his team. The Sixers are now down 3-2 and on the brink of playoff elimination after a game they said they did not match Miami’s physicality or energy level from the jump.

“What if Jalen Green was in a position to earn a super-max [contract] or, I don’t know, an All-Star appearance?” Embiid said. “And you got someone sounding like that and has a lot of power. He can sway a lot of other media members. You got someone saying [that] type of stuff, I don’t think it’s fair. I don’t think it’s OK.”

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