Well, I suppose we should have known this was coming after Embiid was named the front runner to win the NBA MVP yesterday in the final ESPN Straw Poll of the season. 

NBA.com released their updated rankings for who would win the NBA MVP Award this morning with just six games left on the schedule and Joel Embiid has lost the top spot, as Nikola Jokic somehow managed to reclaim it. 

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Honestly, nothing surprises me anymore. Even with the ESPN NBA MVP Straw Poll yesterday showing that Joel Embiid was currently in first place with just six games remaining in the regular season. 

The catch? He was in first place because of the amount of second place votes he received. Nikola Jokic had more first place votes with 42, compared to Embiid’s 40. 

Joel Embiid vs Nikola Jokic – Straw Poll Results

And now the NBA wants to come out with their dumb updated KIA MVP Ladder Rankings and have Joel Embiid listed in second behind Jokic? 

For what reason exactly? Well, luckily for us in the updated rankings article on NBA.com, they told us why Jokic was able to reclaim the top spot over Embiid. 

Recency bias might conjure a different set of recollections in this instance, not just for NBA fans, but also the on-the-fence Kia MVP voters, who hoped to catch one final regular-season showdown between the top two candidates in an MVP race poised to go down as one of the NBA’s closest ever.

I literally hate NBA fans and anyone who’s dumb enough change or cast their vote on a meaningless 75th game of the season. 

Joel Embiid sitting out against Nikola Jokic meant and should mean absolutely nothing to those who are able to vote on the NBA MVP Award. 

Plus, all Joel Embiid cares about is championships. How many times does he have to say it?

It appears now we’re dealing with two types of voters. The first, would be the statsexuals who have ruined the NBA and the criteria on how players are evaluated to win awards. 

Example: Every fucking loser at The Ringer. 

And then, for the official NBA.com website to go on and quote Doc Rivers “defending Joel Embiid” for MVP while conveniently leaving out what Mike Malone said last week about the MVP Voting and how he and Jokic “is turned off” by the discussion is just blatant bias. 

The entire thing is so fucking ridiculous it makes me want to call up Alex Jones and InfoWars and talk about how the water in Texas is turning the frogs gay instead of watching a second more of basketball until the playoffs. 

Here’s what NBA.com had to say about Nikola Jokic in this week’s updated rankings. 

1. Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets

Last week’s ranking: No. 2

Season stats: 24.9 ppg, 11.9 rpg, 9.9 apg

Jokic’s standing at the top could prove tenuous in an MVP race that’s shaping up to be the closest since 1989-90, when Magic Johnson bested Charles Barkley in a vote separated by 22 points. Interestingly, Jokic sat out of Denver’s 107-88 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday with right calf tightness. With Jokic leading the way, the Nuggets are close to clinching the Western Conference’s No. 1 seed for the first time in franchise history. Jokic served up his 29th triple-double in Embiid’s absence on Monday, and, in 16 appearances since the All-Star break, Jokic has increased his scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage.

2. Joel Embiid, Philadelphia 76ers

Last week’s ranking: No. 1

Season stats: 33.2 ppg, 10.2 rpg, 4.2 apg

Embiid returned from Monday’s absence in a loss to the Nuggets to light up the Dallas Mavericks for 25 points and nine rebounds two nights later. That game marked the NBA scoring leader’s 56th outing with at least 25 points and five rebounds, according to research from Stathead. Embiid said he first felt his calf injury in a March 22 win at Chicago, and the club held him out in the second half of that contest before he returned for a back-to-back set at Golden State and Phoenix on Friday and Saturday before sitting out Monday at Denver. The third-place Sixers host Toronto on Friday at Wells Fargo Center (7 p.m. ET, NBA League Pass). Prioritizing health may be the way to go for a squad poised to make serious noise in the postseason.

I give up. NBA.com didn’t provide any type of reasoning besides the fact that NBA fans wanted to see Embiid and Jokic play each other one final time. 

Cool…?

Way to absolutely destroy any sense of pride and honor that was holding on for dear life in the NBA MVP voting. Just give it to Jokic at this point. No one who was paying attention thought the final Straw Poll meant much of anything, and everyone knows what the NBA wants to do. 

They Hate The Process. The NBA Deep State is Real.

If you’ve been paying attention, you should have known that already. 

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