2023-04-30 05:34:19
This is the last NBA trophy not yet to have joined its owner in 2023. The MVP trophy, the former Maurice Podoloff Trophy, newly renamed Michael Jordan Trophy. Sober. Who from Joel Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo or Nikola Jokic will leave with the pompom? To find out… see you on Tuesday around 1 a.m.!
Three men for a trophy, three men for a consecration even if two of the three have already known (twice!) this honor. Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 2019 and 2020 MVP, Nikola Jokic won in 2021 and 2022, and Joel Embiid has often been in the closest perimeter when choosing. The good this season for the pivot of the Sixers? That’s what the bookmakers say, that’s what the stats also say, but beware, the voters are human and the affect exists. Here, small point affect stats to make you think of it too:
- Nikola Jokic : 24.5 points at 63.2% in shooting including 38.3% from the parking lot and 82.2% in throws, 11.8 rebounds, 9.8 assists, 1.3 steals and 0.7 against in 33.7 minutes and 67 games. Likes pâté, horse racing, pear liqueur and tank tops on the beach.
- Joel Embiid : 33.1 points at 54.8% in shooting including 33% from the parking lot and 85.7% in throws, 10.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1 steal and 1.7 against in 34.6 minutes and 66 games. Likes to cause mistakes, lose in Playoffs, walk on the Champs Elysées and go to the prefecture every month.
- Giannis Antetokounmpo : 31.1 points at 55.3% shooting including 27.5% parking and 67.5% throwing, 11.8 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.8 steal and 0.8 against in 32.1 minutes and 63 matches. Loves athletics and the year 2021, is very family. Don’t like free throws in the Playoffs, don’t like the Heat.
Three absolutely daunting lines of stats, the first with an average triple-double or almost and who finished with the best record in the West, the second best scorer in the League and as intractable in defense as he is unstoppable in attack, the last a little of all this at the same time and the best NBA record with the Bucks although chopped up in the Playoffs by the Heat.
The votes have been closed for weeks so the recent performances of each other are not intended to weigh in the balance. And you, what does your scale say? In any case, Tuesday will sound the death knell for the battery of end-of-season rewards and we will be able to slide 200% into the rest of these Playoffs!
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