Even his most painful grief has been thrown in his face. At the start of Embiid's rookie season in 2014, his 13-year-old ...

He thanked his parents. Then Embiid looked down, and his 2-year-old son, Arthur, came scampering toward him, wearing a T-shirt that read, “My dad is the MVP,” and the 7-foot center lost it.

Embiid was presented with his MVP award — alongside NBA commissioner Adam Silver, his parents and others — ahead of Game 3 between the Celtics and 76ers, which Boston won, 114-102, to take a 2 ...