Reports came out early Monday morning that the Denver Nugget’s Nikola Jokic won his second straight MVP award. He becomes only the 13th player in the league to win back-to-back awards.
Some NBA fans weren’t too pleased with the result with many believing Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid was far more deserving of the award. Here are some of the best reactions from Twitter.
Jokic Embiid
— sookie (@sookie40491698) May 9, 2022
48 wins 51 wins
27.1 ppg 30.6 ppg
13.8 rpg 11.7 rpg
7.9 apg 4.2 apg
1.5 spg 1.1 spg
0.9 bpg 1.5 bpg
1st per 3rd per
4th tsp 18th tsp
6th efg Not top 25 tsp
Both 3rd dptg
Eye Test = Joel Embiid for MVP!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) May 9, 2022
Analytics = Jokic for MVP!!!
I’m glad I rolled with the EYE TEST on my vote.
Carry the hell on…
Has to be so embarrassing to wake up today knowing you voted for Jokic to win MVP over Embiid
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) May 9, 2022
Everyone is gonna look back and feel the same about Jokic and Embiid.
— Sixers Nation (@PHLSixersNation) May 9, 2022
Robbed pic.twitter.com/x3tTENNcgF
Congrats Jokic! @JoelEmbiid is my @NBA MVP! Come argue with us @sixers fans but tread very lightly!! 😡😡😡
— dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) May 9, 2022
The MVP thing is boring at this point since the Sixers actually have playoffs games. Embiid was never going to win once analytical writers claimed Jokic was good on defense right before he was subbed on defense in the playoffs.
— Tyrone Johnson (@TyJohnsonNews) May 9, 2022
Genuine question, what does Embiid have to do next year to win MVP?
— 𝘾 𝙝 𝙧 𝙞 𝙨 👽 (@SirEMBIID) May 9, 2022
Because last year it was injuries, and he played the most games of his career this year…
To every single MVP voter who had Nikola Jokic over Joel Embiid:pic.twitter.com/hHivSRqZh2
— Barstool Philly (@BarstoolPhilly) May 9, 2022
Jokic is great.
— IG: RodneyRikai (@RodneyRikai) May 9, 2022
But back to back MVPs great?? More MVPs than Shaq & Kobe? Do people consider him a Top 5 center of all time? 2 MVPs says you’re in the running for greatest big man ever.
Nikola jokic case: HE PUT UP VORP HE HAD NO HELP HES A SIX SEED WOWWW
— Philly Sports Sufferer (@mccrystal_alex) May 9, 2022
1. Embiid’s best players were Seth curry and Tyrese maxey for 3/5 of the season
2. Embiid’s team won more game
3. THIS MF EMBIID WAS THE FIRST CENTER TO WIN THE SCORING TITLE SINCE SHAQ!
Embiid is MY MVP pic.twitter.com/Ek61QzKcwb
Let’s see the ballot so we can properly recognize which NBA media members completely destroyed their credibility by not voting for Joel Embiid and proving they don’t know a lick about basketball. https://t.co/QUFjZ0A1wo
— Brandon Lee Gowton (@BrandonGowton) May 9, 2022
Embiid didn’t win MVP last year because of his injury & games missed
— Josh Reynolds (@JoshReynolds24) May 9, 2022
Embiid didn’t win MVP this year because his VORP & RAPTOR weren’t high enough for the nerds who had votes
The NBA doing everything in their power to not reward the Sixers “process era” & it’s an absolute joke https://t.co/zEqSnzWmn8
If @wojespn sources are right, then you can also expect an investigation from me since @JoelEmbiid was robbed. https://t.co/o9gDgjmY4I
— Josh Shapiro (@JoshShapiroPA) May 9, 2022
Embiid was consensus MVP until February and then all because of a trade and two (2) national tv losses, they swung it to someone else when nothing really changed over those final 20 games. Loser shit from weirdo writers with agendas
— Your Hardcore Dad (@dansbadtweets) May 9, 2022
They waited as long as they could to announce it, hoping Embiid would get swept and this wouldn't be a black eye for the league https://t.co/gmjQjDydlR
— Chris OIIey (@chrisoIIey) May 9, 2022
Every actual professional basketball player I’ve seen has had Embiid for MVP https://t.co/hskkGQ0Wzs
— Mike (@sixersjumper) May 9, 2022
Embiid has arguably been the best player in the NBA for two straight years. Simmons was clearly the best defensive player two straight years. Zero awards. Odd stuff!
— Ben Detrick (@bdetrick) May 9, 2022
Jimmy Butler seeing Joel Embiid didn’t win MVP pic.twitter.com/4VYYT6HPUa
— ry (@NinjaBands) May 9, 2022
Jokic: I literally do not care about basketball or anything that comes with it. I threw my MVP trophy in the Adriatic Sea.
— Adam Hermann (@adamwhermann) May 9, 2022
Embiid: I will play with one eye and zero thumbs if I need to.
League deciding which player it wants to champion: What do the computers say?
Nobody is more furious over this Jokic bullshit than Jimmy Butler… he already knows Embiid is giving his boys 50 tomorrow night
— kenny (@kiiLkenny) May 9, 2022
Jokic is accepting his trophy over Zoom after winning 1 of his last 9 postseason games, while Embiid is out here playing through a concussion, broken face and torn hand ligament and Giannis up 2-1 on the favorite out east without Middleton. You tell me who the real winner is here
— ً (@_itsnotmatt) May 9, 2022
NBA has made a egregious mistake giving Jokic the MVP over Embiid. Embiid has kept the 76ers from imploding all season by himself. If that isn’t Most Valuable Player I do not know what is ..
— Mello Styles (@MelloStylesTV) May 9, 2022
shame on everyone that voted jokic over embiid for mvp
— drew (@Dcorrigan50) May 9, 2022
A back to back mvp that doesn’t play defense and got cooked by Embiid. Sad pic.twitter.com/8ypYPK4SXl
— John (Jawn) Wick 4 (@picyrodriguez) May 9, 2022
It’s so funny that when you ask NBA players who the MVP is they say Joel Embiid!!
— Philly Talk Podcast (@Philly_Mike25) May 9, 2022
Seems like they would know more about basketball then media members that never played the sport 🤷🏻♂️
