For the second year in a row, Joel Embiid came up short in pursuit of his first MVP award. The 76ers star center reportedly finished as the runner-up to Nuggets big man Nikola Jokić, who became the 13th player in the history of the NBA to win back-to-back MVP awards, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The league is expected to make a formal announcement later this week.
Although disappointed, Embiid told reporters Tuesday that he wasn’t surprised to see Wojnarowski’s report about the results. He acknowledged that a handful of players would’ve been deserving of the award and there was “no right or wrong” answer.
