On April 11, Beijing time, the NBA regular season officially came to an end, and Philadelphia's inner core Embiid also won the crown of the scoring king with an outstanding performance of 30.6 points per game. The famous basketball commentator Su Qun also praised Embiid's performance throughout the season and supported him as the regular season MVP.
Su Qun believes that the three major candidates for MVP this season will be Embiid, Alphabet Brother and Jokic, of which Alphabet Brother plays the role of spoiler, and the real battle will unfold between Embiid and Jokic.
Embiid and Jokic, on the other hand, represent two different types of centers, the former attacking and defending, the latter all-round organization. Embiid has an advantage in intuitive stats, averaging 30.6 points per game, the first center to cut an average of 30+ per game since Moses Malone in 1982, and another center-forward scorer after O'Neal. In addition, Embiid is also the first international player in NBA history to be elected a scoring champion, averaging 33.8 minutes per game, and the least time-consuming scoring champion since the 24-second rule was introduced.
In contrast, Jokic is more dominant in high-level statistics, and although the Nuggets' record is only 6th in the West, considering Westbrook's precedent and the absence of Murray and Porter Jr. due to injury, Jokic can lead the Nuggets without playing playoffs and directly advance to the playoffs, which is already very remarkable.
But between the two centers, Su Qun is still more supportive of Embiid, because Embiid did not have Simmons around for most of the season, and Harden is strong, after all, it is too late.
However, no matter who embiid or Jokic can eventually be elected MVP, in today's small ball era, it has a special significance, which can counter and balance the trend of small ball to a certain extent and avoid the disappearance of the center forward.