Joel Embiid, phony MVP, awful chief and even worse teammate

It is not simply a problem for Joel Embiid, as a result of Philadelphia isn’t precisely the town of victories. The Phillies are the MLB (skilled baseball league) group with probably the most losses in historical past, the Eagles (NFL) have gained a title since 1960, the Flyers (NHL) have been final champions in 1975 and these Sixers, with a storied previous (one of many 11 founders, 3 titles) have not set foot in a Convention Finals sin

ce 2001, the Allen Iverson period.
However because the playoffs unfolded towards the

, the load of the defeat falls on the MVP, who, in contrast to

, didn’t make a wholesome studying of the defeat. The middle, removed from taking accountability, pointed the finger instantly at his teammates with out taking the lead of the responsible battalion. He isn’t a pacesetter to go to warfare.

An MVP in quarantine

Embiid

turned the primary MVP to not have performed within the Convention Finals, a really ugly undeniable fact that on the one hand quarantines his award and on the opposite confirms that there are two NBAs: the common season and the playoffs. Each are a part of the identical photo voltaic system, however they’re two completely different planets. The Martians are those who play finest when the video games are price greater than popcorn and circus. Consider

Tatum

as the most recent instance.

The middle who will play for France in Paris 2024 ought to have shut up after devaluing his trophy with a playoffs wherein he has decreased his offensive efficiency by 9.4 factors (scoring common of 33.1 within the common season and 23.7 within the playoffs). Serbia’s

Jokic

(

Nuggets

), who was additionally vying for his third consecutive MVP award (and possibly that is why he did not get it), has raised his playoff numbers in factors (from 24.5 to 30.7) and rebounds (11.8 to 12.8) and has matched his assists (9.8 to 9.7). That is an MVP.

Lack of management

Embiid

failed to tug his group to victory once they had taken the lead within the playoffs and had two possibilities to complete off the

Celtics

(sixth at residence and seventh in Boston) and he hasn’t improved his particular person performances both, however no less than he may have been exemplary like

Anteto

. No. He was dispatched with this quote after the elimination. “Me and

James

(

Harden

) cannot win alone. That is why basketball is performed 5-on-5. We want everybody to search out methods to be higher.” His notion is as misguided (final night time with out

Maxey

and

Tobias

Harris there isn’t a recreation because the second quarter) as it’s demeaning to those that consider basketball because the group sport of reference. He neither is aware of find out how to win (0 Convention Finals in his profession with the

Sixers

, three losses in three seventh video games) nor is aware of find out how to lose. A cardboard MVP. Now that is a failure.