Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid wins NBA MVP honour

MVP: Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers. Pic: Mitchell Leff/Getty Images

Joel Embiid began the long process toward NBA MVP as a towering soccer prospect in Africa who never picked up a basketball until he was a teenager.

Once he changed sports for good, Embiid became a generational — albeit often-injured — talent. And, the affable center quickly became the face of the Philadelphia 76ers’ rebuilding effort more commonly known as The Process.