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Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid Now in MVP Race
After leading the league in scoring last season, Joel Embiid entered 2022-23 as the second odds-on-favorite for MVP (+600).
But a slow start for the Philadelphia Sixers and Embiid missing the last three games due to illness saw him slip down the odds list.
That decline is likely over.
On Saturday Embiid scored 42 points in a win over the Atlanta…