Joel Embiid closing in on Nikola Jokic in NBA’s MVP race



Joel Embiid closing in on Nikola Jokic in NBA's MVP race

  The NBA MVP race and debate are over. At least, that's what one would believe if they read Tim Bontempts's straw poll of established voters for the award that was posted in early February. In that survey, it was revealed that the balloters had chosen the Denver Nuggets' Nikola Jokic as the league's Most Valuable Player, and with an overwhelming majority at that. Bontempts's straw poll had 77 first-place votes going to the Joker, with only 11 for the Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo who was second place in total points, and just six first-place nods for the Philadelphia 76ers' ...

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