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Denver Nuggets Nikola Jokic wins MVP for the second year in a row. Many thought 76ers Joel Embiid had a good chance to win it.

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Will Derrick Rose Make The Hall of Fame?

Derrick Rose is known as one of the biggest what-ifs in NBA history. After winning the MVP award in 2011 just 3 seasons after entering the league as the #1 overall pick and winning Rookie of the Year, he became the youngest player to ever win MVP in NBA history. He was the most electric player in the league for 3 seasons, some even referred to him as a "human highlight reel". But, ever since his tragic injury where he tore his ACL which occured in the first round of the playoffs in 2012, he was never the same player we all knew and loved. Over the past 10 years he has bounced around from team to team, and currently plays as a role player on the New York Knicks. His career averages are:

18.2 PPG

5.4 APG

3.3 RPG

0.8 SPG

However, the question stands will he make it into the Basketball Hall of Fame and my answer is yes. Take for example NBA Hall of Famer Chris Mullin who averaged:

18.2 PPG

4.1 RPG

3.5 APG

Now these stats are almost identical to that of Derrick Rose's. Plus, Derrick Rose won an MVP award and was the youngest to ever do so which should count for something. This is just one of many examples of why I believe the Derrick Rose will become an NBA Hall of Famer upon his retirement.

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The Joker bagged his Back-to-back MVP title!

The Joker bagged his Back-to-back MVP title! #TheJoker #NikolaJokic #2022NBAMVP

Denver Nuggets’ Center, Nikola Jokic was proclaimed this season’s Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive time. Jokic averaged 27.1 points, 13.8 rebounds, and 7.9 assists per game this past regular season. Despite not getting much help from his trustworthy teammates with the likes of Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr. due to injuries, Jokic remained poised to get the Nuggets behind his…

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MVP

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Joel Embiid’s 2022-23 NBA MVP Case Is Unassailable

The 2022-23 NBA MVP race has been among the most interesting in years, and this MVP certainly ushers in and serves as acknowledgement of the international wave that the league is in right now.

All 3 of these candidates offer a good reason to believe in them individually as the NBA MVP. Nikola Jokic’s numbers, Joel Embiid leading the league in scoring and Giannis Antetokounmpo’s case as the best player on the most dominant team in the league this year, have all contributed to creating an atmosphere of fervent debate surrounding the winner of this year’s award.

Starting with my pick for the 2023 NBA MVP, Joel Embiid.

At 33 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, Joel is leading the league in scoring as a center.

Aside from how historic that is, and the fact that he’s doing it for the 2nd time in a row. The last centre to lead the league in scoring was Shaquile O’neal in the 1999/00 season. Before that was David Robinson in 1993/94 and before that Kareem Abdul Ajbbar, Bob McAdoo and then Wilt Chamberlain.

The point is, having a center that scores as much as Joel Embiid, and in the way that Embiid does in as unique as anything in basketball and yet there are some in the NBA media that seem to think different.

The more concerning narrative to me though, is how the media have chosen not to make a story of how far back Nikola Jokic has fallen in the MVP race.

The Denver Nuggets still lead the conference, but I dare you to tell me that this is a strong Western Conference. The Clippers are now dealing with a new injury to Paul George, Steph Curry and the Warriors have been off-the-pace this season, while the Lakers are scratching and fighting for a play-in spot.

So Nikola Jokic and the Nuggets are essentially the leaders of a Conference whose 2nd and 3rd best teams are made up of young players, because the Western Conference is aging. While Ja and the Grizzlies are the most interesting story in the West as far as the media are concerned, it’s an aging Conference in which most of the best players are in the 30+ age range, if not out injured, as is the case with Kevin Durant and LeBron James.

Former Denver Nuggets head coach and known hater of players that are good at scoring, George Carl, attempted a lazy critique of Joel Embiid by mentioning Embiid’s body language, but it’s just pure hogwash, and George Carl is not an honest narrator.

It became so glaring that Denver Nuggets head coach, Mike Malone, struggled to mount a convincing argument to defend Nikola Jokic’s backslide in this year’s race, and the he actually tried the “everyone’s a winner” excuse, which even if he feels that way will not stop the nitpicking and chatter over this year’s MVP

The guy that should be in consideration far more than what Jokic is, is Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Aside from his team having the 1 seed in the Eastern Conference, coupled with the most wins of any team in the league, Giannis is averaging 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists per game but Giannis not being mentioned as the MVP candidate that he is, which falls right in line with a continued refusal on the part of the national sports media to acknowledge anything that the Milwaukee Bucks have done this season, and that’s a trend that goes back to well before all-star weekend.

The American media have pretty much decided not to talk about Milwaukee. They might have them high up in thier power rankings, but that’s not the same as actually providing coverage/talking about a team or player. 

The Bucks have the longest winning streak this year with 16 wins, the no 1 seed, the first team to clinch a playoff berth and Giannis is arguably the most dominant player in the league. All reasons to talk about the Bucks and yet, the media have given them little to no coverage.

76ers head coach weighed in with his opinion on April 5th, and just because his opinion is biased doesn’t mean that he’s wrong.

At this point the race should really be over, and as far as I’m concerned Joel Embiid is the 2022/23 NBA MVP, now whether the voters see it that way is a whole other issue.

I will conclude with this.

The NBA MVP is not awarded to the best player in the NBA or the player with the best numbers in the NBA, or even the player with the most wins.

It is the Most Valuable Player award.

And based on that metric, value as I am choosing to understand it, means this player’s team simply cannot win without them playing above average.

In 2022/23, that player is Joel Embiid.

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