Suddenly, the honor of the scoring king who had been thinking about it before this would not be taken by James, but in the end it was still taken off by Embiid, and with the letter brother truce in the final game, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid officially became the 2021-22 scoring champion. Born in Cameroon, Africa, he is the first international player in history to be crowned a scoring champion.
Embiid's body has always been labeled "Glass Man", and the number of appearances and performances in each season has been criticized, as the most promising player after Iverson to save the 76ers, he is the hero of the city, the 76ers have won two scoring champions in the history of the 76ers, namely Allen Iverson (4 times) and Wilt Chamberlain (2 times).
Embiid became the first center to be crowned a scoring champion since Shaker O'Neal in the 1999–2000 season. This season, Embiid has averaged 30.6 points per game; Alphabet Brother is the closest player to the Emperor, averaging 29.9 points per game. Although James averaged 30.3 points per game, the Emperor played only 56 games and did not reach the limit of 58 games.
Embiid played 31 games in the 16-17 season, Embiid played 63 games in the 17-18 season, 64 games in the 18-19 season, 51 games in the 19-20 season, and 51 games in the 20-21 season, which was a career-high 68 games this season, averaging 33.8 minutes per game, 30.6 points, 11.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists, which is extremely efficient.
Embiid, whether it was the era of center-forward king or the current small-ball era, can be well in line with the trend of the times, can be inside and outside, can shoot suddenly, as this year's regular season MVP hot candidate, Embiid became the first center after the 1981-82 season Moses Malone averaged more than 30 points per game in a single season, that season Malone won the regular season MVP.
Embiid's performance is incredible, the first round of the playoffs will face the previous East Conference Finals opponent Toronto Raptors, this season with Harden's joining, the overall strength of the 76ers to a higher level, there is a saying, this season 76ers can go far is not easy to predict, the first round against the Raptors is sure to win, but the next is not easy to say.
Now the overall east is too chaotic, the Heat, Celtics, Bucks are sitting in the only gear, the 76ers want to kill the siege is not simple, and there is a Nets behind the tiger, when the real situation is the Nets and 76ers, the tip of the needle is good for McMang, the Lakers are out of the game early, although unexpected, but the West as a whole is not weak, whether it is the Suns or dark horse Grizzlies or warriors are not easy to deal with.
Embiid has recorded at least 40 points and 10 rebounds in 12 games this season, and since the league's 1976-77 merger, only Westbrook and Moses Malone have contributed more of this stat in a single season, and both won the MVP award that year, and it is difficult to say whether they can win the first MVP of their careers this season.