The competition between the 2021-22 regular season MVPs may ultimately come down to three players, namely Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
The league has now entered the final stages of the regular season, which also means that the competition between these players in the regular season MVP has entered a white-hot situation. The league has released the latest ranking of the current regular season MVP:
1. Nikolai Jokic
2. Joel Embiid
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo
Other contenders: Ja Morant, Luka Doncic, Demar DeRozan, Stephen Curry, Jason Tatum
Even though the outside world is still more concerned about the topic of regular season MVP competition, Joel Embiid is not so cold about it, and in an interview, Embiid said that he is completely focused on the game against the Nuggets, rather than competing with Jokic's regular season MVP:
"Not at all, it's just a regular season game," Embiid said in an interview, "It's the Nuggets' game against the 76ers, it's not about me or anybody else, we're all going to do our best to win." ”
Even though Joel Embiid doesn't seem to pay much attention to the regular season MVP competition, the topic has caused a heated discussion in the media.
Among them, the famous Jenheskip Baylors is more optimistic about Joel Embiid:
"Joel Embiid is stronger and more terrifying than Nikolai Jokic," Skipp Belles said.
But famed analyst Shannon Sharp gave a completely different view, preferring Jokic to win the regular season MVP:
'We all know who the better players are, Jokic can do more on the pitch, we've never seen a big player need to do so many things, Jokic did it without Jamal Murray jr. Michael Porter.
Statistically, Jokic currently averages about 26 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists per game, while Joel Embiid averages about 30 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and Jokic's 57% shooting percentage is indeed better than Embiid's 48% shooting percentage.
Of course, there are still more than 10 games left in the regular season, and this will also be the final showdown between the two regular season MVP competition.