Sixers Fans React to Nikola Jokic Winning MVP Over Joel Embiid

With the regular season gone in the rearview, the NBA is slowly releasing the winners of each individual award the league has to offer. Throughout the 2021-2022

With the regular season gone in the rearview, the NBA is slowly releasing the winners of each individual award the league has to offer.

Throughout the 2021-2022 NBA season, the NBA MVP award race was once again a tight one. As the defending MVP Nikola Jokic continued playing at a high level after winning the award last season, the Denver Nuggets big man was expected to be near the finish line once again.

And similar to last season, Jokic was in direct competition with Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid. Last year, Embiid was the runner-up. Once again, the Sixers' big man was labeled a finalist alongside Jokic last month.

Lastly, Milwaukee Bucks big man Giannis Antetokounmpo was named the third finalist. While Antetokounmpo wasn't in the MVP conversation all season long like the other two, his performance during the second half of the season gave him a late push.

All three players have a legitimate case to win the award, but ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Monday that Jokic would take home MVP for the second-straight season. Per Wojnarowski, the league intends to make a formal announcement later this week.

With the news coming out that Jokic got the edge over Embiid for the second-straight season, Sixers fans took to Twitter to sound off on the results early on Monday morning.

As many believe that Embiid’s campaign was stronger than Jokic’s, they are under the impression that the Sixers’ big man was snubbed. Therefore, basketball fans are frustrated with the results. 

NBA Twitter Reacts

Everyone is gonna look back and feel the same about Jokic and Embiid.

Robbed pic.twitter.com/x3tTENNcgF

— Sixers Nation (@PHLSixersNation) May 9, 2022

Jokic: I literally do not care about basketball or anything that comes with it. I threw my MVP trophy in the Adriatic Sea.

Embiid: I will play with one eye and zero thumbs if I need to.

League deciding which player it wants to champion: What do the computers say?

— Adam Hermann (@adamwhermann) May 9, 2022

Nikola jokic case: HE PUT UP VORP HE HAD NO HELP HES A SIX SEED WOWWW

1. Embiid’s best players were Seth curry and Tyrese maxey for 3/5 of the season
2. Embiid’s team won more game
3. THIS MF EMBIID WAS THE FIRST CENTER TO WIN THE SCORING TITLE SINCE SHAQ!

Embiid is MY MVP pic.twitter.com/Ek61QzKcwb

— Philly Sports Sufferer (@mccrystal_alex) May 9, 2022

You can throw whatever Stat you want out there. At no point in this season was Jokic more dominant than Embiid.

— Jonathan Brown (@JLBfromDVM) May 9, 2022

Again, after a historic season, all Joel Embiid has to show for it is an “All NBA 2nd Team” Selection

Jokic deserved it, but Embiid is still my MVP pic.twitter.com/WF9hr74Utq

— ℂ👽 (@SirEmbiid) May 9, 2022

Advanced stats say Jokic is better.

Common sense and logic say Embiid makes his entire team better every time he plays and the Sixers would be NOWHERE near as successful without him.

But sure. https://t.co/9G5Z8kugJ8

— Brooke Destra (@BrookeNBCS) May 9, 2022

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