Joel Embiid, center Philadelphia 76ers, was chosen this Tuesday as Most Valuable Player (MVP) season 2023 NBAafter he received the most votes, ahead of the Serbian Nikola JokicDenver Nuggets and the winner of this award for the last two years, and the Greek Giannis AntetokounmpoMilwaukee Bucks.
The 2022-23 Kia NBA MVP is… Joel Embiid!#NBA Awards | #cyamMVP | @Kia pic.twitter.com/Ztj5HCzfuL
—NBA (@NBA) May 2, 2023
insert led the NBA points scored per game With average 33.1, to which he added 10.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists With 55% field goal accuracy.
2022-23 Kia NBA MVP 🙌
Congratulations, @JoelAmbiid!#NBA Awards | #cyamMVP | @Kia
pic.twitter.com/BVWrfvtWGN—NBA (@NBA) May 2, 2023
Center led several 76ers who qualified third in the Eastern Conference (54-28) and what they dispute Eastern Conference Semifinals against Boston Celtics.
2017-18 MVP 🤝 2022-2023 MVP pic.twitter.com/AlGNkwT29I
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 2, 2023
Embiid brought back the 76ers MVP for the first time since 2001 when he won it. Allen Iverson. He is the fifth player in the franchise to do so since wilt chamberlain (1966, 1967 and 1968), Julius Erving (1981) Moses Malone (1983) and his own Iverson.
OUR BEST PLAYER. pic.twitter.com/KZoQl5PYu9
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) May 2, 2023
29 year old Cameroonian. was the second in the last two years when Jokic took the prize. Previously, athetokounbo he won it in 2019 and 2020.
I don’t know where to start, it took a lot of work, I’ve been through a lot, and I’m not just talking about basketball, but about life, because of my history, where I’m from, what I’ve been through. get here. It’s incredible.
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I thank my colleagues, without them I could not have done it. They work hard and they gave me the opportunity to succeed. I am grateful to my colleagues.
insert will receive an award that bears the name Michael Jordanfive-time MVP and six-time NBA champion with Bulls of Chicago in the 90s.
“Let’s party for five minutes and then get back to work, We have a series to win. Yesterday’s victory was important,” he said. embiid, who connected from the 76ers hotel in Boston, where his team plays in the series against Celtics.
He also gave thanks to his uncle for encouraging him to play basketball when I was 16 and it seemed very difficult to reach that level to get into the NBA.
I want people to remember that anything is possible. I started playing at 16 and it’s hard. It took a lot of work and a lot of luck. Everything is possible, you have to believe.
(According to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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