Nikola Jokić quiets critics who questioned Joel Embiid’s MVP credentials: ‘He should’ve won it’

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Distinctly opposite performances have led critics to ask whether Joel Embiid deserved to win this season’s MVP award. Nikola Jokić, the runner-up, is not among them.

Nikola Jokić has amassed the most triple-doubles in a single postseason in league history while leading the Denver Nuggets to their first NBA Finals appearance. Meanwhile, Joel Embiid struggled when the 76ers needed him the most while suffering a third straight second-round exit.

Last month Embiid became the first Sixer to win the award since Hall of Famer Allen Iverson in 2001, and only the fifth MVP in franchise history. Embiid received 915 points and 73 first-place votes from the media to win. Jokić was a distant second with 674 points and 15 first-place votes. He won a second straight scoring title by averaging 33.1 points and was eighth in rebounds and seventh in blocks . Embiid, who played in 66 games, was also named Eastern Conference player of the month three times.Same old Sixers: Joel Embiid, James Harden sink as Celtics’ Jayson Tatum soars in Game 7 loss

 

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