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Yaounde, Cameroon – After Philadelphia 76ers centre Joel Embiid finally achieved his dream of becoming the NBA’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) earlier this month, he said he wanted to inspire people across his native Cameroon and the wider continent.
“I have always felt like I was a role model, especially to my Cameroonian and African people,” he told reporters. “Just looking at my story they can look at it and be like ‘wow, he did it.’”
The 29-year-old was awarded the 2023 MVP title on May 3 ahead of Denver Nuggets’ Nikola Jokić – the 2021 and 2022 winner – and Giannis…
