Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokić are the last two MVPs -- who both play the same position -- on two of the best teams in the league that very well could meet in this year's NBA Finals.

Embiid, the defending MVP of the league, has not appeared in a game at Ball Arena since Nov. 8, 2019. Unless the Nuggets and 76ers face off in the NBA Finals, the next chance won’t be until the ...

Joel Embiid hasn’t played in Denver since December 2019, depriving fans there of seeing the 2023 NBA MVP match up against three-time MVP Nikola Jokic for 1,905 days. Embiid, out with a left foot ...

Another matchup between the Denver Nuggets and the Philadelphia 76ers went by that didn’t involve a duel of the two MVP bigs, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokic. For ...

Nuggets escape shorthanded 76ers as Joel Embiid misses fourth consecutive game in Denver Jamal Murray’s 3-point shooting kept Denver in good position in an iffy first half.

Joel Embiid (21) of the Philadelphia 76ers, dressed in casual street attire, looks to the scoreboard after a dagger three by Michael Porter Jr. (1) of the Denver Nuggets gave Denver a 107-101 lead ...

In eight seasons, Joel Embiid has a winning record of 6-2 against Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets. This season, Embiid defeated Jokic on January 16, and he defeated Jokic last season as well ...

Nuggets coach Michael Malone deemed the end of the third quarter a “disaster,” when the Sixers seized momentum with a 12-0 run. “I’m not worried about Joel Embiid,” Malone said afterward.

Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic, right, and Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid reach for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Philadelphia.

In a surprising moment, the Denver Nuggets coach made comments about Joel Embiid ’s nationality that left many people scratching their heads. Embiid was born on March 16, 1994, in Yaoundé ...

While Embiid spent Tuesday night's contest on the bench against the Denver Nuggets, fans decided to poke fun at the star big for seemingly always being injured when set to play in the Mile High city.

Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid, right, tries to keep away from Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in Philadelphia.