Nikola Jokic and Joel Embiid are considered to be the two front-runners for the MVP award this NBA season.\u00a0 They didn’t have a chance to go head to head on Monday as Embiid was sitting out due to a right calf injury, while Jokic delivered his 29th triple-double of the season to lift the Denver Nuggets to a 116-111 win over the Philadelphia 76ers at Ball Arena.<\/p>\n
Jokic, who is the two-time reigning MVP, dished out nothing but high praise for the Sixers superstar looking to win his own MVP crown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s a great player. He\u2019s gonna be remembered as one of the most dominant players in the league. The guy\u2019s a beast, and he\u2019s so talented. He can affect the game many ways on the floor. He can post up, he can face up, he can shoot 3s. He can defend really well. He can, in some situations, guard 1 through 5. So he\u2019s a really, really good player.\u201d, Jokic said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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