In the midst of a month where he’s averaging a ho-hum 37 points per game, Sixers superstar center Joel Embiid was awarded today with the mild praise of being ranked sixth in NBA.com’s most recent MVP ladder, sponsored by the fine folks at Kia.
Embiid is destroying worlds this season, the Sixers just went on an eight-game winning streak, and the team is surging in the standings. His rebounding has been bad though, he needs to be better at that. But why is he only sixth? (Up from a tie for seventh prior to this, mind you.