Joel Embiid | Sixers (Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images)
Sixers center Joel Embiid has continued his incredible, dominant 2020-21 MVP campaign in spectacular fashion. A 50-point, 17-rebound, and five-assist game against the Bulls was followed by 25 points and 17 rebounds against the very pesky Toronto Raptors. All that stacked on to a season during which Embiid has dropped 30 points or more 13 times.
While we can sit back and appreciate what Embiid has been able to do this season, many within NBA media are holding true to the long established narratives that brought them notoriety and yes, big TV deals.