NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid, a Cameroonian star for the Sixers, was named.

The NBA’s Most Valuable Player award went to Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday. He easily won a ballot ahead of Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, who has won the award twice.

Embiid, who finished runner-up behind Jokic the past two seasons, earned the accolade after a dazzling regular season campaign that saw him average 33.1 points, 10.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 66 games.

Embiid beat out fellow MVP finalists Jokic and Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo in a preferential ballot. As of Tuesday, Embiid had 73 first-place votes, Jokic had 15, and Antetokounmpo had 12.

delighted Embiid told the TNT network on Tuesday after his award.

“A lot of hard work, I’ve been through a lot. And I’m not just talking about basketball, I’m talking about life, my story, how I got here and what it took for me to be here.

“It feels good. I don’t know what to say. Amazing.”