{"id":6699,"date":"2023-01-12T01:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T01:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/pistons-nerlens-noel-questions-mvp-voters-defends-joel-embiid\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T01:01:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T01:01:00","slug":"pistons-nerlens-noel-questions-mvp-voters-defends-joel-embiid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atswins.ai\/blog\/pistons-nerlens-noel-questions-mvp-voters-defends-joel-embiid\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistons&#8217; Nerlens Noel questions MVP voters, defends Joel Embiid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid finished second to Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic in the MVP race for the second year in a row. Detroit Pistons center and former Sixers pick Nerlens Noel questions the people behind the decision to vote for Embiid as runner-up after seeing what the big man has grown over the years .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve seen year after year that he&#8217;s taking great steps because his talent was clearly always there, but he&#8217;s just become a leader, isn&#8217;t he?&#8221; Discussing Joel Embiid before Tuesday night&#8217;s matchup, he said, &#8220;Beyond the leader. [He\u2019s] Someone who gives all of himself and his body to the team, and you&#8217;ve seen it.I don&#8217;t understand why he&#8217;s not high in the MVP voting. does not indicate that there is not You can see it whenever he&#8217;s there. he devotes himself to it.  &#8220;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\"\/>\n<p>Embiid participated in the MVP race for the first time during the 2020-2021 NBA season.  Appearing in 51 games, Embiid averaged 29 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists, knocking down his 51% of his shots and his 38% of his 3-shots.<\/p>\n<p>Embiid was a finalist for this award, but lost to Denver&#8217;s Nikola Jokic. At the time, many people cited the year-round availability as the reason why Embiid didn&#8217;t bring the hardware home. The next year, Embiid made it a goal to get even healthier.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\"\/>\n<p>As a result, Embiid appeared in a career-high 68 games. His center for the Sixers eventually became his NBA leading scorer, averaging 31 points, 12 rebounds per game and 4 assists per game. He achieved a scoring average while hitting 50% of his shots from the field and knocking down 37% of his three-shots.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p>Again, Embiid had a year of MVP caliber and earned the right to be called a finalist. Unfortunately, being a finalist didn&#8217;t make me a winner. It was her second time Embiid lost to Nikola Jokic.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-1\"\/>\n<p>Can you charm the third time? only time will tell. A slower-than-usual start to the season left Embiid out of his MVP ranking early on. At this point, he&#8217;s slowly but surely coming back into conversation. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<p>Through 29 games, Embiid averaged a career-high 34 points per game. He also has 10 rebounds while recording 5 assists per game. His 3-pointers His shooting percentage may have dropped to his 34%, but Embiid has achieved his 54% of his shots from the field this season. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-c\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-3\"\/>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-b not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-2\"\/>\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear what the MVP race will look like when the season hits the home stretch, but Noel hopes Embiid will get better ratings from voters this time around.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-c not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-4\"\/>\n<p><em>Justin Grasso covers the Philadelphia 76ers on All76ers on the Sports Illustrated channel. 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