Who will take home award honors this NBA season? The Crossover staff make their predictions as the 2022-23 season begins.
MVP
Howard Beck: Joel Embiid. If there were an award for “Most Worthy MVP Who Hasn’t Won Yet” (MWMVPWHWY), it would go to Embiid in a landslide. This isn’t to say he’s been “robbed” (he hasn’t, so stop it); he’s just been a victim of unfortunate timing and unfortunate circumstances: injuries, too few games played, a co-star going M.I.A. … and, oh yeah, the misfortune of having his two best seasons overlap with Nikola Jokić having two historic seasons (to say nothing of all the votes being siphoned off by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stephen Curry).
