Is the race for the MVP “toxic” this season? Many of them complain about the arguments of pro-Jokic, pro-Embiid or even pro-Antetokounmpo, who tend to criticize the other candidates more, rather to praise the qualities of their favorite. This is notably what Doc Rivers recently explained.
“Giannis, Jayson Tatum, the Joker (Jokic), they’re all amazing. We don’t need to pull one down to raise the other. They are all completely different players. explained the coach of the Sixers … who still did not forget to praise the merits of his own player. “Joel is in my opinion the best of them. But I don’t think anyone needs me to campaign for them. I don’t know what’s been going on lately. But it seems that every time someone wants to celebrate one of these players, they do so by criticizing one of the others. There is no need for that. They are all great. There is nothing wrong with saying that. »
It’s a bit of a comparison game. In any case, while he seemed on track to do the hat-trick, Nikola Jokic seems to have lost the “momentum” lately.
Joel Embiid is now the favorite of Las Vegas bookmakers, and he also seems to have rocked a lot of people in the NBA universe. In JJ Redick’s podcast, Tim Legler thus detailed the moment when he explained that he understood that the Sixers pivot was the MVP of the season in his eyes.
Interrogates, Mike Conley also confessed that he was leaning towards the Cameroonian in the race for the Michael Jordan trophy.
“Oh wow, I love Jokic but the two times I played Joel this year I think he almost scored 60 points the first time (59 indeed) we played him in Philadelphia ( with Utah) and he did almost the same thing to us in Minnesota. I believe he didn’t even have to play the fourth quarter and he had almost 40 points (39 indeed). This season, I haven’t seen anyone be as dominant as him, with my own eyes. He’s been doing this for a long time now. I think Joel is really lucky to have it. »
Same observation for Zach LaVine.
“I think he should have already won one”explains the back of the Bulls, who obviously wants a little change. “Jokic was also amazing. He did the back-to-back, so we wouldn’t take anything away from him. Obviously, Giannis is amazing. But I think Embiid is the best this year. He is so strong. »
| Joel Embiid | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Crew | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | PHL | 31 | 25 | 46.6 | 36.7 | 78.3 | 2.0 | 5.9 | 7.8 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 0.9 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 20.2 |
| 2017-18 | PHL | 63 | 30 | 48.3 | 30.8 | 76.9 | 2.3 | 8.7 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 22.9 |
| 2018-19 | PHL | 64 | 34 | 48.4 | 30.0 | 80.4 | 2.5 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 27.5 |
| 2019-20 | PHL | 51 | 30 | 47.7 | 33.1 | 80.7 | 2.8 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 23.0 |
| 2020-21 | PHL | 51 | 31 | 51.3 | 37.7 | 85.9 | 2.2 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 3.1 | 1.4 | 28.5 |
| 2021-22 | PHL | 68 | 34 | 49.9 | 37.1 | 81.4 | 2.2 | 9.6 | 11.7 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 30.6 |
| 2022-23 | PHL | 58 | 35 | 54.6 | 35.1 | 85.5 | 1.8 | 8.5 | 10.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 33.6 |
| Total | 386 | 32 | 49.9 | 33.9 | 81.8 | 2.3 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | 27.2 | |
