Support for Joel Embiid’s MVP candidacy has poured in from around the NBA world recently. Embiid and Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic are neck-and-neck per the recent ESPN MVP straw poll.
As Liberty Ballers’ Erin Grugan recently wrote: “for most of this season, betting odds and debates around the subject seemed to skew toward Jokic winning the award for a third time. However, the tide has somewhat turned in the past few weeks following a run of utterly ridiculous games for Embiid that have led to a number of Sixers’ victories.