Embiid won a dominant 73 votes for the MVP trophy.
Embiid beat Denver Nuggets forward and two-time MVP winner Nikola Jokic, to whom he was runner-up the last two years.
Embiid started playing basketball in his teens in Cameroon, in Africa. He went to high school in Florida, on the recommendation of NBA player and fellow Cameroonian Luc Mbah a Moute. He played one season of college basketball in Kansas before he was drafted into the NBA.
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