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76ers star Joel Embiid will ‘feel like they hate me’ if he doesn’t win MVP

Joel Embiid, clearly, feels like he’s earned the league MVP award this season.

The Philadelphia 76ers star, after dropping 44 points and 17 rebounds in their 112-108 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night, isn’t sure what else he could be doing.

“If it happens, great,” Embiid said of the award, via ESPN. “If it doesn’t, I don’t know what I have to do. I’ll feel like they hate me.

“I feel like the standard for guys in Philly or for me is different than everyone else.