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Daryl Morey Continues Campaigning for Joel Embiid's MVP Run

76ers President of Basketball Ops Daryl Morey uses a ticket giveaway on Twitter to shine a light on Joel Embiid's MVP case.
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Daryl Morey Continues Campaigning for Joel Embiid's MVP Run
Daryl Morey Continues Campaigning for Joel Embiid's MVP Run

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Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey has never been one to shy away from publicly supporting his team’s most notable players on Twitter. Since joining the Sixers, Morey has done plenty of promotion for the team’s six-time All-Star Joel Embiid.

And with Embiid involved in the MVP race for the third-straight season, Morey wants to see the big man become the second player to win NBA MVP under Morey’s management. 

On Wednesday afternoon, Morey took another crack at promoting Embiid’s on-court dominance for the 76ers this season by taking an opportunity to mix trivia and a giveaway.

“2 tickets tonight for our game against the [Dallas Mavericks] at 7:30PM to a random person who gets this trivia question correct,” Morey tweeted. “Since the ABA/NBA merger who are the player(s) to avg. 30 pts,10 rebs,and 4 assists that did not win MVP. Reply to this message to have a chance to win.”

It didn’t take Sixers fans very long to quickly figure out what Morey was doing with this question. With the answer being Embiid, many fans responded. And making good on his offer, Morey gave the tickets to two lucky fans who will have the opportunity to see the Sixers (and possibly Embiid) take on Luka Doncic, Kyrie Irving, and the Mavericks.

Going into the matchup, Embiid is currently listed as questionable due to calf tightness. While Embiid played in two of the last three games despite getting listed as questionable, the big man’s most recent absence came in the Sixers’ previous outing against the Denver Nuggets. 

Therefore, it’s unclear if Embiid will have the chance to improve his MVP campaign when the Sixers face the Mavs for the second and final time this season on Wednesday night.

Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers for All76ers, a Sports Illustrated channel. You can follow him for live updates on Twitter: @JGrasso_.

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Justin Grasso was a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s Philadelphia 76ers On SI Network. Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writers Association. Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoMedia Threads: @JGrassoMedia

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