On January 5, the NBA officially announced the December Player of the Month, the Denver Nuggets Mitchell in the West and the Philadelphia 76ers in the East Embiid were elected, causing heated discussions.
The data side shows that Mitchell averaged 30 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists per game in December, with a comprehensive shooting rate, a three-point shooting rate, and a free throw shooting rate of 50%, 38%, and 87%, respectively, and the team's record was 10 wins and 2 losses.
Embiid averaged 29 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game in December, shooting 50%, 39% and 85% from the field, shooting 50 percent from three-point range, and 85 percent from the free throw line, with a team record of 8 wins and 5 losses.
In the eyes of some media, in the respective divisions of Embiid and Mitchell, there are actually better players than them, in the West such as The Los Angeles Lakers' LeBron James, he personally averaged 31 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists per game last month, the comprehensive shooting rate, three-point shooting rate, free throw shooting rate is 56%, 40%, 70%, 70% in 7 consecutive games to get 30+ points, compared to Mitchell, Jazz, James, the Lakers this side of the basic only record, The Lakers' record in December was 6-8.
But one thing that must be mentioned is that the Lakers suffered a large number of players triggering safety and health agreements in December, and at most more than 8 rotating players on the team could not play, and even coach Vogel only recently returned.
In the East, some people believe that the Chicago Bulls DeRozan should be elected, in December he averaged 29 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists per game, the combined shooting rate, three-point shooting rate, free throw shooting rate was 52%, 63%, 85%, and twice contributed to the kill, the team's monthly record of 8 wins and 0 losses. Compared with Embiid's data, DeRozan is weaker than his opponent in rebounding, and it is hard to imagine that the player of the month is not him.