The nba he has a new member in his court MVP: Joel Embiid He is the ninth active player among the awardees after being crowned by the specialist press for his brilliant work in the 2022-2023 Regular Phase.
Embiid received 73 of 100 first-place votes for MVPwhile 15 of them were collected by Nikola Jokic and 12 votes by Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Joel Embiid is the first player to win the Kia NBA MVP Award with the 76ers since Allen Iverson in the 2000-01 season.
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The 29-year-old Cameroonian, at the height of his career, was average 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.0 steals per game, with an efficiency of 54.8% on field goals, 33% on 3-pointers and 85.7% on free throws. Volume and efficiency gave Embiid some Philadelphia 76ers who won 54 games in 82 and had a 43-23 record in 66 games played by Embiid.
Embiid was NBA leading scorer in the era and the player who scored the most shotsexcept to be top ten in rebounds and blocks and top 50 in assists. He is not a player whose contribution is based only on offense, but he is disruptive on defense because of his work protecting the rim. A full pivot imposed by and for Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpothe last two prize winners.
In his offensive production you have to go deeper: in the last 30 years, only Kobe Bryant, James Harden and Allen Iverson had averaged 30 points. per match. Some of the most talented guards the league has seen in recent memory.
Embiid is a player in a completely different way, a devastating giant capable of games like this 52-point, 13-rebound performance against the Boston Celtics at the end of the regular season. This season there were three occasions in which he surpassed 50 points and even reached a new personal best with the 59 he scored against the Utah Jazz In November.
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Embiid’s is the fifth case a Philadelphia 76ers player who wins the MVP award. They used to get it withering chamberlain (1966, 1967 and 1968), Julius Erving (1981), Moses Malone (1983) and Allen Iverson (2001).
Iverson was the only non-champion with Philadelphia, though at least he made it to the Finals that season. Can Embiid emulate him in this campaign? The Sixers are well on their way 1-0 lead over the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinalsBut what they are most waiting for now is for the Cameroonian to complete his recovery from his right knee injury to boost his chances.
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All NBA MVP winners
| Year | Winner |
| 2023 | Joel Embiid |
| 2022 | Nikola Jokic |
| 2021 | Nikola Jokic |
| 2020 | John Antetokounmpo |
| 2019 | John Antetokounmpo |
| 2018 | James Harden |
| 2017 | Russell Westbrook |
| 2016 | Stephen Curry |
| 2015 | Stephen Curry |
| 2014 | Kevin Durant |
| 2013 | Lebron James |
| 2012 | Lebron James |
| 2011 | Derrick Rose |
| 2010 | Lebron James |
| 2009 | Lebron James |
| 2008 | Kobe Bryant |
| 2007 | Dirk Nowitzki |
| 2006 | Steve Nash |
| 2005 | Steve Nash |
| 2004 | kevin garnett |
| 2003 | Tim Duncan |
| 2002 | Tim Duncan |
| 2001 | Allen Iverson |
| 2000 | Shaquille O’Neal |
| 1999 | Karl Malone |
| 1998 | Michael Jordan |
| 1997 | Karl Malone |
| nineteen ninety six | Michael Jordan |
| one thousand nine hundred and ninety five | David Robinson |
| 1994 | Hakeem Olajuwon |
| 1993 | Charles Barclay |
| 1992 | Michael Jordan |
| 1991 | Michael Jordan |
| 1990 | magic Johnson |
| 1989 | magic Johnson |
| 1988 | Michael Jordan |
| 1987 | magic Johnson |
| 1986 | Larry Bird |
| 1985 | Larry Bird |
| 1984 | Larry Bird |
| 1983 | Moses Malone |
| 1982 | Moses Malone |
| 1981 | Julius Erving |
| 1980 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1979 | Moses Malone |
| 1978 | Bill Walton |
| 1977 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1976 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1975 | Bob McAdoo |
| 1974 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1973 | David Cowens |
| 1972 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1971 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| 1970 | Willis Reed |
| 1969 | Wes Unseld |
| 1968 | withering chamberlain |
| 1967 | withering chamberlain |
| 1966 | withering chamberlain |
| 1965 | Bill Russell |
| 1964 | Oscar Robertson |
| 1963 | Bill Russell |
| 1962 | Bill Russell |
| 1961 | Bill Russell |
| 1960 | withering chamberlain |
| 1959 | bob pettit |
| 1958 | Bill Russell |
| 1957 | Bob Cousy |
| 1956 | bob pettit |
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