2023-05-03 09:56:17
He finally got it. After finishing in 2nd place in the vote for the past two years, Joel Embiid adds his name to the list of MVP (“most valuable player”, in other words the “most valuable player”), the most prestigious individual awards in the American championship. . This was announced by the body this Tuesday at the end of the evening.
The pivot of the 76ers (Sixers) of Philadelphia signs a victory without appeal with 73 first places out of 100, against 15 in Nikola Jokic (2nd). The Cameroonian succeeds the Serbian Nuggets star, consecrated in 2021 and 2022. He becomes the 5th Sixers player to win this trophy after Wilt Chamberlain (1966, 1967, 1968), Julius Erving (1981), Moses Malone (1983) and Allen Iverson (2001).
The Greek Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks) climbs on the 3rd step of the podium. The trio rewarded on Tuesday have won the last five MVP trophies, which means that no American player has been crowned the best player in the world since 2018. For the first time in his career, LeBron James (Los Angeles Lakers) did not receive a vote.
On Twitter, Embiid had fun with a tweet he had imagined in 2014 where he finished MVP in front of the stars of the time.
Of French nationality since last year, the Cameroonian by birth is still in the running in the championship, his team leading 1-0 in the semi-finals of the conference against the Boston Celtics. However, he should not take part in the next Worlds (August 25 to September 10) due to marriage during the summer.
Finally, note that Embiid has become the second African in history to be elected, nearly 30 years after the Nigerian Hakeem Olajuwon, the legendary pivot of the Houston Rockets.
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