“I’m endorsing Joel Embiid as this year’s Most Valuable Player.” johnhollinger doesn’t have an actual NBA awards ballot. But here’s how the rest of it would look if he did:
lifeless loss to Houston, helped support the conclusion I’d already reached. But let’s not take things too far here. This was arguably Embiid’s best game of the season and Jokić’s worst; you can’t settle the MVP race on one game among 82.It did, however, underscore a trend line through the second half of the season, one consisting of Embiid reeling in Jokić after the Nuggets’ big man looked to be well on his way to an MVP three-peat.
Perhaps, less obviously, he’s also caught up to Jokić in the availability metric that hurt his case so much the past two seasons. Jokić played 903 minutes more than Embiid in 2021-22 and 179 more in 2022-23; as of today, he only has Embiid beat by 42 minutes this season. That’s partly because Jokić has missed more time this season, but it’s also because the notoriously brittle Embiid is 43 minutes away from a career high.
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