ESPN recently gathered a panel of experts to project the winners of several awards for the coming season. As part of their voting process, the analysts predicted that Sixers All-Star Joel Embiid will finish fourth in the race for the 2019-20 NBA MVP award.

Last season's MVP winner was Bucks All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo, and he's once again favored to win the award. Warriors point guard Stephen Curry and Lakers forward LeBron James round out the top-3:

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1. Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks: 90 points (30.3% first-place votes)

2. Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors: 63 points (27.3% first-place votes)

3. LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers: 34 points (12.1% first-place votes)

4. Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers: 33 points (15.2% first-place votes)

5. Anthony Davis | Los Angeles Lakers: 25 points (9.1% first-place votes)

6. Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets: 19 points (3% first-place votes)

7. Kawhi Leonard | LA Clippers: 16 points (3% first-place votes)

Embiid, now 25 years of age, is coming off of a fine campaign with Philadelphia, though he did miss some time due to a sore left knee. The Cameroonian center made 64 regular season appearances (all starts), racking up averages of 27.5 points on 48.4 percent shooting from the field (30.0 percent from beyond the arc), 13.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.9 blocks in 33.7 minutes per outing.

The Sixers finished the 2018-19 regular season with a 51-31 overall record, which earned the team a No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference Playoffs. Unfortunately, though, Philadelphia was defeated by the No. 2-seeded Toronto Raptors in the second round, 4-3.