[ESPN] Joel Embiid averaged 33.1 PPG in the regular season and 23.7 PPG in the playoffs. That drop-off (-9.4) is the largest by that year’s MVP in NBA history.
Joel Embiid averaged 33.1 PPG in the regular season and 23.7 PPG in the playoffs.
That drop-off (-9.4) is the largest by that year's MVP in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/beu4XrfqNg
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) May 15, 2023
by dogwoodmaple
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its pretty amazing how bad he is in the playoffs
Jokic was the real MVP. Shame narrative and media had to derail his 3-peat.
His defense sucked, too, once you got past the first quarter. 116 defensive rating in the 4th quarter vs the Celtics, and a -21 net rating in the 4th.
Jokic, for comparison, was 108 and +22.
not great
But I thought he was the greatest scoring big man. Guess not.
Meanwhile Jokic is up 6ppg
He will *never* be the best player on a championship team.
MVP? Not in my book.
But defense erneh
Oh my god NBA fans just hate at another level I’d fucking hate playing top level basketball.
He ain’t my MVP
In before the 76er fans come to his defense with excuses again.
“If only he didn’t have a Broken Face/Hand/Knee/Better Cardio Fitness/Ben Simmons is a choker/We should have picked Butler/Tobias Harris has the worst contract in the league/etc”
Choke artist doing what he does best. No idea why* people are still surprised by it
This guy will turn 30 before he has another chance of making it out of the second round.
Shaq was winning his third straight title and Finals MVP at that age.
This is unsurprising. Know what else is unsurprising? He didn’t make any of his teammates better: 34 turnovers to 25 assists.
I’m so glad Joel won MVP so he can be remembered as the worst one ever
Wilt went from regular season 50.4 PPG to postseason 35.0 PPG in 1961-62. But he finished 2nd for MVP …. (Russell won MVP, Oscar’s triple double season was 3rd).
Next season in 1962-63, Wilt went from regular season 44.8 PPG to …. never mind, they didn’t make playoffs.
Frauds
After Jokic 2 bad game stretch two months ago where you all upvoted tf out of players attacking Jokic you all crowned embiid as mvp???????
Too bad Hornets and Pistons are not in the playoffs , he would’ve showed up against them as he does in the regular season
“Embiid is injured” well Tatum has a broken wrist and that didn’t stop him today
It should also be noted the 76ers went 2-0 in playoff games in which Embiid did not play.
I’m all for piling on Embiid right now especially after his dumbass quote, but the man did still play on a bum knee.
He seriously needs to have some other move in the post other than fading away. That’s just a really poor shot when you’re that big.
He doesn’t play a winning style of basketball straight up. Can’t flop your way to a chip, ask Harden.
Not the real MVP
u/alcohol_monk
AHHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
He ducked the Denver matchup after having Shams carry his water and drop the “Q&A” that morning. The basketball gods were listening and never forget.
Fraud
He’s a big fraudster who just flops a lot and begs for calls. That’s his game on offense. Doesn’t work well in the playoffs.
And now, he’s blaming his teammates.
The biggest fraud I’ve ever fucking seen play basketball. Bigger fraud than Harden. He really tricked y’all like Pat Bev did 😭
This has raised a question in my brain… this is not an accusation, genuinely just curious how some people feel… who is the worst MVP of all time?
What’s Embiid gonna do? Complain that he deserves to be in the finals so the media can vote him in there?
the amount of shitty post up isos where no one would move in today’s game was pitiful, embiid is a certified free throw merchant
Embad
Philly fans when Embiid underperforms in the play-offs: he wass obviously injued.
Philly fans when someone rates Embiid lower, becouse of the injury history: what are you talking about, he didn’t have serious injury in years.
This is yalls MVP? 💀
Jokic was second team all NBA.
SECOND TEAM.
Embiid needs to hand his boy Kendrick Perkins a Rolex or something.