Joel Embiid Asks What More He Has to Do To Win MVP

Joel Embiid wants to know.

The Sixers big man put the Sixers in his backpack and dragged his team to another big win, with another MVP-level performance pushing them to a 112-108 victory over the Cavs on Sunday.

Following the game Embiid says he doesn’t know what else he has to do to win the MVP award this season after dropping 44 points in a 112-108 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday night.

“If it happens, great. If it doesn’t, I don’t know what I have to do. I’ll feel like they hate me. I feel like the standard for guys in Philly or for me is different than anyone else,” Embiid told the media on Sunday night.

“If it happens, great. If it doesn’t, I don’t know what I have to do. I’ll feel like they hate me. I’ll feel like the standard for guys in Philly or for me is different than everybody else.”

– Joel Embiid on if he isn’t picked for MVP

(via @espn) pic.twitter.com/5cTPBkRWgE

— ProCity Hoops (@ProCityHoops) April 4, 2022

Embiid has 11 games with at least 40 points and 10 rebounds this season. Only Russell Westbrook  and Moses Malone have had more in a single season since the 1976-77 merger. Both players won MVPs in those seasons.

Joel Embiid has 11 games with at least 40 points and 10 rebounds this season.

The only players with more in a season since the merger are Russell Westbrook (12 in 2016-17) and Moses Malone (12 in 1981-82).

Both won MVP that season. pic.twitter.com/OQ1KDVEc5k

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) April 4, 2022

Embiid, 28, is averaging 30.2 points, 11.6 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season.

Give this man the MVP.

Joel Embiid drops 44 points on the Cavs and it’s obvious he is the league MVP

PLAY THAT JAWNpic.twitter.com/86qtX0eUTQ

— Barstool Philly (@BarstoolPhilly) April 4, 2022

If Embiid is not your MVP I'm openly questioning your basketball knowledge.

— Pat Huggins (@phuggsports) April 4, 2022

Quite simply, the Sixers’ Joel Embiid should be the MVP | Keith Pompey https://t.co/XmiQvAiDA0 via @phillyinquirer

— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) April 4, 2022

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