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“Joel Embiid is the MVP!”: Skip Bayless Throws Nikola Jokic’s Brilliant Campaign Right Out the Window in Recent Tweet

Tonoy Sengupta
|PublishedJan 12, 2023

"Joel Embiid is the MVP!": Skip Bayless Throws Nikola Jokic's Brilliant Campaign Right Out the Window in Recent Tweet

Mar 14, 2022; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) drives to the basket against Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid (21) during the first quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

The 76ers have been rolling off late. The franchise has won a whopping 7 of its last 10 games. And during a period where other players such as Nikola Jokic, and Jayson Tatum are enjoying the limelight, Joel Embiid has quietly been going above and beyond.

Through this man’s efforts, Philadelphia now stands proud as the 4^th seed, ahead of the Cavaliers, and just behind the Bucks.

This is great. But, is it enough to get Joel Embiid MVP this season?

Skip Bayless recently took to Twitter to give his highly controversial thoughts on the matter.

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Skip Bayless believes the Regular season MVP award has already been decided

So far, the NBA MVP ladder has been a deeply competitive one. After all, this season has been filled with multiple players going above and beyond where they’ve been before.

Among these players, there are Giannis Antetokounmpo and Nikola Jokic, a pair that has been in all the talks for MVP.

However, if it were up to Skip Bayless, apparently things would be very, very different.

Take a look at the man’s recent tweet below.

Perhaps in a vacuum, Joel Embiid for MVP doesn’t seem like that big of a stretch. After all the man has been averaging 33.6 points, 9.9 rebounds, 4.4 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 1.1 steals per game. He has also been shooting 53.4% from the field, 34.1% from deep, and 85.8% from the free throw line.

However, does the man have enough to beat out all competitors for the award?

What about Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo?

Frankly, these 2 players have very similar averages to Joel Embiid. However, that alone could derail the 76er star’s MVP campaign.

You see, the Denver Nuggets sit 2^nd in the West, and are competing for the top seed. The Bucks sit third in the East (one higher than Philadelphia) and have a chance to be the top seed too.

Franchise seeding matters when it comes to the NBA MVP race. And if Embiid can’t better his competitors there, the only thing he can hope for is a serious case of voter fatigue.

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About the author

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.