So let's try to just enjoy two players being incredible. Which is cool! But it's also fairly arbitrary. You’re probably thinking, surely he can’t be that good compared to some of those players I. I have a feeling, barring something unforeseen over the final month-plus of the season, that Embiid will land his first MVP because Jokic won last year and because the league-wide narrative currently feels like it supports Embiid's candidacy. Nikola Jokic All-Star (Photo via Denver Post) Historical Advanced Stats: Now for the good stuff. The player who doesn't win the award will likely be just as good as the player who does. Look - to be honest, when you dive into the numbers it's pretty hard to separate these two players. During this regular season, Jokic appeared in 74 games and averaged 27.1 points and 13.8 rebounds - both career highs - 7.9 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.9 blocks. Jamal Murray's absence out in Denver is on par in terms of the absence of a star, but in terms of the vibes? Nah, not the same at all. Embiid is regularly putting the Sixers on his back to get wins, and they're not hollow high-scoring games either: in those eight games, the Sixers are 6-2.Įmbiid has also been operating on a less-talented team all year long, pushing them into the contender level of the Eastern Conference while the Nuggets are firmly in the B tier of the West.Įmbiid also had to deal with $33 million of the Sixers' roster simply deciding to not play for more than 50 games.
But the ability to score 40 points EIGHT TIMES at this point in the season is simply insane. I know the MVP award encompasses the entire game of basketball, and between his buckets, his dishes, and his vision Jokic's game is a cornucopia of treats. Embiid has eight (!) 40+ point games this year compared to just one from Jokic. 29 On April 8, he set a new career high with 15 rebounds in a 10298 win over the San Antonio Spurs. 28 On February 1, he recorded career highs of 27 points and 14 rebounds in a 11293 win over the Toronto Raptors. Converted to a 1-100 scale where 100 is most similar, and 1 is least similar. On January 10, 2016, he recorded a career-high nine assists in a 9592 win over the Charlotte Hornets. Jokic pulled down 19 rebounds and dished out eight assists, accumulating a plus-minus of 0 in his 32:12 on the floor. Similarity Score The difference between the percentile scores of this player and that of all other players in his position group (guards, wings, forwards, bigs). When you look at the domination level, something I think should play a role when you're talking who the absolute best player was in a season, Embiid has had way more monster scoring games than Jokic this year. Nikola Jokic scored 30 points Wednesday on 12-of-18 shooting as the Denver Nuggets fell to the Golden State Warriors 102-98. READ: 5 takeaways on James Harden's first Sixers press conference
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