Joel Embiid has written his name in gold letters in the NBA. The Cameroonian became the second African to win the title of MVP after the Nigerian Hakeem Olajuwon in 1994. Return on the coronation of the pivot of the Sixers who finally touched the grail.
Before last season, the last pivot to be the top scorer in the regular season was Shaquille O’Neal in 2000. Joel Embiid achieved this feat in 2021-2022 with an average of 30.6 points per game. The first African to achieve such a feat in the NBA, theplayer became at the same time the first pivot to exceed the 30 points per game since Moses Malone, in 1981/82. Only five pivots have managed to reach the 30-point average: Wilt Chamberlain (7 times), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (x3), Bob McAdoo (x3) Walt Bellamy (x1) and then Moses Malone (x1).
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