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In Draymond Green's opinion, the 2022-23 NBA MVP award is between two Eastern Conference superstars. On the latest episode of "The Draymond Green Show," the Warriors forward discussed who he believes the award will come down to.
"Joel Embiid and Giannis Antetokounmpo is who I believe the MVP race has come down to," Green said. "[Nikola Jokić], incredible year, as of late he's slipped and those guys have continued to ascend. As of late the Denver Nuggets have slipped and those two teams have ascended. Both players are absolutely amazing. Giannis the other day had a perfect triple-double which was great."
Jokić has won back-to-back MVP awards and likely will be among the finalists again this season. The Nuggets big man is averaging 24.7 points, 11.9 rebounds, and 9.9 assists per game this season while shooting a career-high 63.4 percent from the field.
The Nuggets (48-24), however, have not maintained their first-half success. Since the all-star break, Denver is 7-6 and has a three-and-a-half game lead over the Memphis Grizzlies for the Western Conference's No. 1 seed after maintaining its stranglehold of the top seed for most of the season.
As Denver continues to falter down the stretch, Draymond believes the success of the surging Milwaukee Bucks (51-20) and Philadelphia 76ers (48-23) helps support Embiid and Antetokounmpo's candidacy.
"Joel continues to do what Joel is doing," Green added. "They took a tough loss last night at home vs. the Bulls, but Joel has been doing it. I think it's important how they close out the season. We know how the Bucks will close out the season, the Bucks aren't losing many games."
"Right now in the MVP race, I think it's Joel. I think it's Joel's award to lose. I think the way he loses that award is his team starts losing. Joel's going to put up Joel numbers, Joel going to do what Joel has been doing. It's Joel's award to lose. It's interesting how much things are changing, you look at the standings, this MVP stuff is changing. Joel should get his first MVP this year. I don't expect Philly to hit some crazy losing streak. And be that they won't do that, it should be Joel's to lose."
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In 58 games this season, Embiid is averaging a career-high 33.6 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.1 assists on a career-high 54.6 percent shooting from the field. Antetokounmpo is averaging a career-high 31.3 points, 11.9 rebounds and 5.6 assists on 54.6 percent shooting from the field.
Whether it's Embiid, Antetokounmpo, or even Jokić, the voters really can't go wrong with any of the three stars.
But in Draymond's opinion, it's clear who is most deserving ... for now.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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