George Karl said that Embiid likes to take some possessions off and has lazy body language. The coach told he'd take Nikola Jokic over Embiid for the NBA MVP trophy.

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With just around 10 games remaining in the NBA regular season, the debate over which player is going to become the league's MVP is heating up.

Joel Embiid

Joel  Embiid
Joel  Embiid
MIN: 34.85
PTS: 33.49 (65.94%)
REB: 10.16
As: 4.16
ST: 1.07
BL: 1.74
TO: 3.44
GM: 57

With multiple players and coaches weighing in, Hall of Fame specialist and former NBA Coach of the Year George Karl has also offered his opinion on which of the two big men - Joel Embiid or Nikola Jokic - should win the accolade.

"I don't want to bad mouth Embiid because I think he's really really good. A lot of my assistant coaches when he was in Philadelphia when he was a young player, they kept telling me that he was going to be the best guy to ever play the game. I see him moving in that direction but he takes too many possessions off. He has lazy body language," Karl said on SiriusXM NBA Radio.

"He gets angry at things that we don't understand why," the coach continued. "I just don't know if he's that NBA pro that we all loved because he's a competitive SOB. From what I know in Philadelphia, everybody says he's playing great. In games I've seen, he played really really well. He's played great in the 4th quarters, came up with a lot of comeback wins. I can only like one big guy, and I take Jokic over Embiid."

Karl is most notable for being the coach of the Denver Nuggets, with which he spent 8 seasons from 2005 until 2013. He last coached the Sacramento Kings during the 2015-16 NBA season.

Currently, Joel Embiid, Nikola Jokic, and Giannis Antetokounmpo are viewed as the three favorites to fight for the MVP trophy.

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Points this season

49%
115,5
Points made: 115,5
Accuracy: 48,7%
Place in standings: 13
Record max: 147
Record min: 85
Best scorer: Joel Embiid