After Joel Embiid missed the 76ers’ annual road game in Denver for the fifth consecutive season on Tuesday, Nuggets center Nikola Jokic dismissed questions about his counterpart’s absences.

76ers superstar Joel Embiid and Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic are members of the same NBA Draft class who have redefined the center position in unique ways. In addition to dominating on a nightly ...

Jokic won the award in 2021, 2022, and 2024 and finished second to the 76ers Joel Embiid in 2023. He challenged for it again ...

By finishing second in this year’s MVP balloting behind only Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Nikola Jokic — the ...

He compared his skills and numbers to MVP centers Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers. Jokic is a three-time MVP (2021, 2022 and 2024). Embiid won MVP in 2023.

Some might say the big man is a dying breed in the NBA. Try telling that to Nikola Jokic or Joel Embiid, two of the ten best centers in the NBA today who have won the past four MVP awards.

Assuming good-ish health for 76ers big man Joel Embiid (which is hardly a given), why can't the ex-Nuggets sideline chief do the same in Philly? Jokić has blossomed into the Association's premier ...

Jokic is no stranger to the MVP conversation after the past four years and has seen some incredibly toxic MVP debates over that time — most notably in 2023 when Joel Embiid won. His approach has ...

This is Jokic’s fifth consecutive season being squarely in the MVP debate. He won three of the past four years and finished second to Philadelphia’s Joel Embiid in a much-debated race.

"...I'm going to be a rookie in the NBA. I'm not going to be the strongest person in the NBA, but over time hopefully get that dominance and see how well he uses his ...