BOSTON -- Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid said the chances of someone like him -- who started playing basketball in his native Cameroon at the age of 15 -- winning the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award are "probably negative zero," but that it is proof that "improbable doesn't mean impossible."
Embiid was named the winner of the league's top individual honor Tuesday night, claiming 73 of 100 first-place votes to finish ahead of Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, who had beaten Embiid for the award in each of the past two seasons.