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Sixers: Joel Embiid running away with early season MVP projections

Sixers, Joel Embiid (Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images)

It’s way too early to talk about MVP, but Sixers center Joel Embiid is making us

We’re less than 20 days into the 2020-21 NBA season. It’s way too early for anyone to be talking about MVP awards. But Joel Embiid is going to make us do it here at this Sixers site.

Basketball-Reference.com released their initial MVP Award Tracker, which gives Embiid a 35.5 percent chance at winning MVP this season. The next most likely candidate is Nikola Jokic, 17.