Joel Embiid’s effort in the Sixers’ collection of recent games certainly did not go unnoticed by fans. And, if it somehow did go unnoticed from the rest of the league, it no longer has. The MVP frontrunner has earned Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors. It is the fifth time in his career that he’s earned this. Embiid joins Charles Barkley and Allen Iverson as the only 76ers o win the award at least five times, per the Sixers’ PR team.
During the week of January 18 through January 24, Joel Embiid went on an absolute tear.