Nuggets' Nikola Jokic 'is the best player' in the NBA - Dan Patrick | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports
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Nuggets' Nikola Jokic 'is the best player' in the NBA - Dan Patrick | Dan Patrick Show | NBC Sports
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Finally Jokic is getting respect he deserves!
Jokic isn't just most valuable, but also the most impactful, consistent & efficient player!
VALUABLE
Leads nba in both VORP & ON/OFF.
Nuggs are a 15 win team w/o him playing and a 66 win team with Jokic playing.
Contributes 51 additional wins this season when playing. No other player came close.
IMPACTFUL
Leads NBA in Win Shares; Box +/-; and Player Impact Estimate.
Averages ~ 50 points generated per game & has various ways of impacting the game.
Involves his teammates & makes them better & more productive players.
EFFICIENT
Jokic leads nba in both PER & Box +/-
This is the 4th consecutive year where this is the case
CONSISTENT
No other super star has been as consistent as Jokic.
He is not only consistent in terms of availability, but also in terms of performance.
@@tropickman mi srbi opasno dik rajdujemo jokica Al neka treba zasluzio je
@@BrkaKuronjabrate zaslužio je. Niko nije ni sanjao da će postići ovo što je postigao, čak ni mi koji ga pratimo od početka, i tu mislim na NBA, jer dok je bio u Megi niko živi ga nije znao.
He’s BY FAR the best player in the NBA.
He hit it on the money. None of the other players are more valuable than Jokic. Heck the nuggets are viewed as this unbeatable force…Why? Jokic. No other player has it like that. MVP once again folks.
Unbelievable force with 1 all star. Think about that
@@Time4SumAksion021what all star?
@dariusdragomir9414 he means just Jokic. No other all-stars. Didn't have to run to another superstar to get it done. The Nuggets just dominated their way to a title and are favored for another....with ONE all-star on the team. That's almost unheard of in league history...except with Jokic.
its understandable to view celtics as a unstoppable force with brown, tatum and the unicorn.
But denver feels different. 20pt laker advantage and it felt like the playing field just is now even but denver aint losing.
April is when jokic haters come out hard
How do they say: When you have haters in your life you doing something pretty good
@@TheJ0ker15_ I like "haters are the fuel for my awesomeness."
May is when they go away
Nuggets hate and Lakers Love in April
@@FoodZilla34 Ugh. I'm so disgusted I have to watch a Lakers/Nuggets series again. A whole series of horrible refereeing for LeFlop and endless blathering about how great the Lakers are and how lucky the Nuggets are when they sweep em again.
Jokić the one and only REAL MVP
Jokic IS the goalpost. It's been that way for several years now.
No other player makes everyone on his team better like Joker does. No one controls the game like Joker. No one is smart as Joker.
Atleast none in the NBA. There IQ has always been underrated. If u can jump u must be good.
LeBron's IQ is easily just as high.
Take a look at the On/Off metrics, which indicate how the team performs when the player in question is playing vs when he is not playing. Jokic is once again head & shoulders above everyone else in NBA. He is literally in a league of his own when it comes to so many stats & metrics. No one else comes even close.
Without Jokic, Nuggets are a 15 win team; while with Jokic playing, they are a 66 win team.
When Nikola plays, the Nuggets are set to record 51 additional wins this season..
W/o Jokic, they are a 15 win team. With Jokic, they are a 66 win team.
Luka & SGA contribute around 30 additional wins for their teams.
Giannis is in 2nd place, with roughly 39 more wins for the Bucks.
@@Hibbs4Prezt really LeBron is superior physically which gives him more time to execute and better potential of moves, but still Jokic makes less mistakes and find smarter moves
@@Hibbs4Prezwell… last year he was the WORST 3pt shooter in the entire playoffs but was taking like 8 a game. Tells everyone it’s AD’s team yet controls the ball & takes the most shots night in & night out… I can keep going but EXPLAIN….
If you can’t see spectacular plays every game with Nikola you don’t understand basketball enough to see the intangibles he’s incomparable at. He plays more shoots more efficiently and raises his teammates game more than anyone I’ve watched. Clearly he’s fun to watch if you enjoy basketball greatness
That's what he said. A casual that follow hype (big dunks and athletism) will never like watching Jokic. I consider myself a casual as well, but I've always preferred unselfish players that play with high IQ in all sports that I watch during my 42 year old life. So when I started following the NBA(After I noticed I could watch it again in the Netherlands) at the start of previous season I eventually ended up cheering for Denver because of the way they play and Jokic. Eventually it turned out I made a nice pick as they won the title.
I try to stay objective though and just enjoy basketball, but I allready noticed that when Denver loses or wins it affects my mood :D
Thank you for NOT disrespecting Nikola Jokic! He’s the MVP!!!
It should have been 4 in a row,simple as that.
League MVP, League MVP, Finals MVP, League MVP. Technically he did have a 4 year streak of MVPs...
Can we let that go? It's okay that embiid got one
@@ryanmahon1 it really isn't when Philly fans had to make threats and made it racial against Jokic. They made it ugly last year for a participation trophy, maybe if they whine for Emplead he can get to the ECF someday.(I hate the racial argument BS, but it happened and it does need to be remembered as it happened so the league learns a lesson.)
@@Pickn4Gold The way it went was not ok unfortunately, but we should stop the never ending moaning and pointing fingers in regard to the MVP debate. It's sooo bloody toxic.
p.s. Last year Jokic should've won MVP in my opinion, but Embiid was my favourite for MVP this year until his injury. He was truly unstoppable.
Jokic has led the league in AT LEAST 7 advanced stats 4 consecutive seasons so far. That rhymes MJ's and LeBron's peaks. LeBron did it 5 total seasons (consecutively too) and MJ 9 total (7 consecutively). Jokic is in a stratosphere with very few all-time peers.
I find it very interesting,thanks for that.
I respect anyone who uses advanced metrics, well in sir, i respect your analysis!
Some of the underlying facts are INSANE about those stats. For example, Offensive Box Puls/Minus, 3 of those 4 years are top 10 seasons in NBA history. Total Box Plus/Minus, those 4 years are 4 of the top 6(!) seasons of all-time. It's crazy the impact he has on the court.
Luka absolutely 'took it' this year. He was incredible. If you're going to criticize him this year, you haven't been watching the games. Unfortunately for him, Jokic was better.
The people that say Jokic doesnt deserve this years mvp dont watch nuggets basketball. His stats dont show the whole story/impact of what he does with his team. Only advanced stats will tell you the whole story, theres a reason why hes 1st by a long shot on advanced stats.
The only people who don't celebrate Joker's game are those who are unskilled and hate him for his skin color.
Or those who don’t watch Nuggets games.
No - Jokic is the guy you say: "did you see him last night‼"
Aesthetics? Dude makes passes across the entire court...entire court...and hits people perfectly in their chest. If stuff like that isn't pleasing to you 'aesthetically'...maybe you need a new sport to watch? For the record, this will be Jokic's fourth MVP in a row.
Mr. Patrick saying Jokić is not "did you see that guy last night?" kind of player, shows he doesn't really watch Nuggets games. Jokić is absolutley spectacular to watch
100%
He's talking about the spectacular athletic plays - poster dunks, that kind of thing. He's not saying it in the way you took it. And I agree, he and the Nugs are fun to watch.
@@garyco766he oohs and aah's crowd every night by literally doing things that we've never seen before. Dan is just following the narrative that Jokic's game is boring which is so wrong. Jokić's game is exciting and Patrick not recognising that shows he doesn't really know that he's talking about
@@garyco766Does the astheric really comes into consideration for an MVP?? I mean come on, you have 3rd rate players flying over the sky for dunks or blocks, should those be considered for MVP? That narrative is just ridiculous.
@@rickyricardo2006 No, but it obviously does for some of these voters.
Jokic aslo played 9 more games than Luka that's over 11% of the season.
last year Denver was the #1 seed and Jokic was clearly the best player and he didn’t win MVP. So you can’t use that argument for Shai
Joker is the first player in NBA history with this statline; 2000 points 900 rebounds and 700 assists. That's fucking insane.
Oscar Robertson had 2432 points, 985 rebounds and 899 assists
@@onetwo8847good for him 😂
@@onetwo8847 forgot about that but i still will take joker over oscar any day.
Jokic# is # 1 All Time in Player Efficiency Ratings. Ahead of Oscar.
@@artvallejos1460 yeah... No one asked about this... lol
Jokic is what a team basketball player should be, and without him where are the Nuggets? My guess would be Las Vegas. There haven't been guys like that who excel as an individual as well, he's been the best and seems like that will continue.
Despite the Nuggets being terrible for years, they weren't that bad in attendance. Denver is a sports town when the Broncos held the consecutive sellout record in the NFL until recently when Bowlens blew up Pat's franchise. The Avalanche held the consecutive sellout streak in the NHL for almost 20 years. The Rockies despite being a doormat still is usually in top 15 for tickets sold each year. Rapids were one of the most popular MLS franchises, and got their own stadium for it. Both lacrosse(indoor/outdoor)teams had attendance records in their leagues.
Also the Nuggets and Avalanche have been owned by the same person for a long time, and wouldn't be likely to split up.
@@Pickn4Gold I think you took that a bit too literal/to heart. I don't think anyone is going anywhere just pointing out how much this guy does for his team.
@@unclesnake3766 "and without him were are the Nuggets? My guess would be Las Vegas."
I took you for what you wrote, and quoted you. Sorry you didn't remember saying they would leave Denver without Jokic which prompted me to point out that's a bad monetary decision to leave a pretty consistent sports town like Denver. Cheers
@@Pickn4Gold Oh ok so it was literal, cheers back at ya
@@unclesnake3766 proud Denver native, I'm happy to admit we have problems but I will defend my hometown when I can. For the record I have nothing against the Vegas teams Golden Knights, Raiders, or A's they'd even by my 2nd teams in most cases. Vegas will get an NBA team here soon too, after Seattle gets the Sonics back.
Jokic really suffered because of all the MVP arguing last season as well. The man just wants to ball out in peace.
Jokic hate is simple; racism. Just ask yourself if Jokic was black? How much would people like Perkins and Stephen a Smith change their tone
Why stoop to the level of race, you're not helping anything by being like Perk or SAS.
Meh, i dont agree, some people think that way but its not the mayority, for example look at tim Duncan
Yup.
@@Pickn4Goldyes 2 wrongs dnt make a right. But if it was the other way around?! Just saying
@@Champsreef303 if what was the other way around?
Jokic is like watching zidane or pirlo play soccer hes poetry in motion
Nobody is scared of OKC.
Nobody is scared of Minnesota. Nobody is scared of Dallas and Philly.
Everybody is scared to face Denver all because of that one unstoppable force called the Joker! So yes, Jokic is the MVP.
Yes.
You can tell these guys don't watch jokic. The dude does something every night that makes you go, wow i gotta see this guy again
Any gm would trade their best player for jokic. It's that simple. He's that good.
no question about it. he's a level above great. all timer
Jokic is simply the best!
Perkins and Smith didn't vote for jokic. The advance stats say something better than what any other player could ever do. Should be jokic
not just vote for JOKIC..they voted for SGA who wasnt near LUKA...i get it if NBA wants to vote for JOKIC...but LUKA has done something never done and his stats were amazing..so there can only be 2 choices..
JOKIC by his dominance the entire year or LUKA...
But now they are changing the narratives every week.
SGA was already making this stats last season when they missed the play-offs and SGA finished 5th in the MVP...what change? he got worse stats, the difference was CHET and WILLIAMS a great team, SGA hasnt done anything special...scoring 30 points isnt impressive in a ERA with games ending with 130 points.
LUKA averages 4 more points..so thats basically comparing someone who averaged 26 points to SGA...
AND the fact that they keep forgetting LUKA finished 2nd in assists 7th in steals and that only had 6 less wins...they talk like 1st seed is the most important thing...MAVS 5th with the same wins as 2nd seed in the EAST.
AND DIDNT JOKIC got the 1st seed last season...And they gave it to Mr 43 wins EMBIID (yes 43 wins) his team won the rest.
With regards to degree of difficulty….. the best of the best make it look easy. Every sport or game, every era.
Jokic vs Embiid playoff comparison is like comparing a Ferrari to a model T
As a Nuggets fan slow down. He’s a great player. He’s just not durable and chokes.
@@stormageddon248so the comparison is valid
Nuggets fans don't need to be toxic. Protect your own and don't bash the opponents. People you pass on your way up are the same ones you'll see on your way down...
lolol, I was wondering how Storm disagreed with you while agreeing.@@butthead6765
@@zconiglietti I like that quote in general, good one
Thank you, Dan, we have eyes.
THANK YOU!!!
Dan Patrick is one of those sports guys who just tell it like it is. He teaches us stuff. He doesn’t say things to get reactions. Always respect his opinions
Of course he de best
😲 Joker makes at least 1 or 2 jaw dropping plays a night. So I could never figure out how anyone can say his game is boring. Smh those folks jist don't know Bball very well that's all
Thank you Dan!
A 3/4 court alley oop to Gordon isn't exciting, have y'all ever seen that before?
Its interesting when you look at college hoops and the audenice size between mens and womens NCAA tournaments and then realize that the womens game is more pure basketball as a team sport, the mens is more ISO dominant. Now the NBA you see a boost in viewership this year, because the leagues best player is playing more of a team style of basketball that many non basketball fans enjoy more. ISO is entertaining but only while that star is balling, team basketball is always entertaining and will help the league grow as the "diva syndrome" is cured.
(For the record Shai will get his in time, but idk if he gets 3 like Jokic. Or 4 in a row like Jokic deserved last year into this year.)
Sve se vidi da po statistici da je Nikola Jokic za MVP
"Nuggets' Nikola Jokic 'is the best player' in the NBA"
Also, tornados are windy.
i haven't watched much ball in the past 20 years, but Jokic got me back into it. He's so fun to watch even though he rarely dunks. there's no poster shots with him. Just amazing passes and always keeps the defense flatfooted as to what he's going to do. Slowest unguardable player ever. lol
He dunks.
No player is more valuable then Jokic. But Luka is on his tail he's the only one that could compare.
This was such a great analysis! JOKIC MVP
Jokic just surpassed MJ with the highest PER in NBA history. Its not close.
By far… he’s not the flashy guy, he’s just the best.
thought it was jerry springer for a second there. i clicked so fast LOL
But yeah It's pretty OBVIOUS that the mainstream always lobbies against Jokic for some odd reason 🤔
Hey Dan the NBA would do itself a lot of favors if it created a couple of other awards such as an Offensive Player of the Year Award, as well as Offensive and Defensive Rookie of the Year Awards…and then they should consider including the playoffs into the calculation for the MVP and award it after the 2nd round so it automatically pushes out guys who the media discredits because they don’t make deep playoff runs…we’re already making that calculation anyway might as well make it official
Dan being surprised about this is comical. USA Today ran a story talking about the significance a non-white athlete being the face of the league for women’s hoops. You also had Kendrick Perkins, Gilbert Arenas making it a point to dismiss white players as a whole. White guys and gals need to be supporting cast players, not the main attraction - signed, The Media.
Stay out of the race stuff. If they want to cool, but don't feed that fire.
He's going to win the MVP by a fair margin.
Joker is the clear MVP!!!!
'when you watch an entire game you get a better perspective of that player' and THAT is why Joker is the best. You watch him night in and night out just keep showing up and dominating.
Joker is the best by far.
Yes. By Far.
In future 10 years it will be Joker and other guys that he good he is.
Fact!
Luka and jokic are the best players in nba right now
Jok is a dawg
I don't get it, joker is what made me start watching basketball again. I love that game, it's a team sport.
He has been the goat, he no longer just is.
👍 💯 👍 Agree
Just hand it to him. He should be getting his 4th.
Great sir well said💪
Most people don’t give a crap about MVP. It would be different back in the day when you had a Larry Bird/Magic or MJ/Charles Barkley. Just dominant stand out players and scorers. But today so many guys are having an impact either by shooting the ball like Steph or by post/slasher like Giannis, Embiid or Joker. There’s so much scoring today that one or two rulers of the league just aren’t here anymore. It’s less dramatic and more just about total stats and impact on winning. And that right now is Joker.
Mr patrick knows whats up
Jokic already top 10 center of all time and hes only half way through his career
Brooo u don't watch him. Top 10nis disrespectful brooo come on now 🎉😂
@@ljutko7 where wud you put him ?
@@ljutko7
Jokic' is # 1 All Time in the Player Efficiency Ratings.
Ahead of all your favorite players.
@artvallejos1460 i look at the gm not efficiency ratings
Bill russell had 11 rings
Shaq was incredibly dominant 4 rings
Wilt has every record u can imagine 2 rings
Kareem 6 rings and unstoppable shot
Even olajuwon and most beautiful post moves ever and played defence 2 rings
Efficiency ratings mean nothing to me let jokic do more before he moves up the list
@@footballbabybaby
All those players you named have played with multiple all stars on their Championship teams .Jokic' has 0 Allstars on his Championship team and still is # 1 Per.
Jokic had already made WCF,& had much better playoff stats than Embied-BEFORE his historic,title run last yr.Hes winning in a landslide this yr,& Luka SHOULD be 2nd. Luka,& Shai will wins MVPs -but OKC won that 1 seed on a tiebreaker-determined by our last matchup in OKC-where Jokic didn't play,SGA did...& OKC pulled it out in the final minute.
Maybe just tell the truth: it's because Nikola doesn't have the right skin tone. "They" have to knock him down because of their hate for his skin tone. 😢 I'm a European person and when I grew up all my favorite players had darker skin than me but that's not why I liked them; i liked them because they were incredible basketball players.
I wrote it before and I'll write it again. They need 2 awards. Best player of the NBA and MVP of the NBA. Both are not the same and people argue like it is.
.Most valuable players has to mean most valuable for improving winning chances. It's not like the presentation score in ice skating.
It's an eye test, not an ear test!
If Joker was black, there would be a statue erected in the ESPN parking lot.
Well, I see this comment a lot and I don't think it's malicious or bad at all where DP says Joker is boring or whatever . What DP is saying that if you are a basketball purist or actual basketball fan you love Joker but if you're like a regular dude watching Joker how hard can a bounce pass really be even I could do that sort of thing. Unlike say a Steph Curry or a Lebron James that sometimes feel unhuman or superheroish that makes even casual viewers say oh they're great. Joker's greatness is subtle therefore unappreciated but just by merely watching cause you need to know and understand.
my vote goes to luka doncic, and i am nikola jokic fan
Nope.
Simple but Luka's d riders and SGA d riders are SALTY about Jokić being BEST IN THE WORLD player for 4 straight years now ... Love it can't lie, if just Jokić isn't alive somehow 😬🤯💪🤣
Jokic is a Serb, that's way he is not acknowledged, like his fellow Novak Djokovic.
Winner of efficiency stats such as PER/WS/VORP/BPM for 4 consecutive seasons,
The Denver Nuggets have 3rd worst bench in the league;
Jamal Murray missed 20 games;
Still, the most win in the Western Conference(=okc)
Jokic, who has the most overwhelming on-off margin in the league,
Luka fans never mention this. They are only talking about PTS/AST/REB~ he is alone~~
A day late and a dollar short. They already took away his 3rd MVP in a row to join the likes of Bird, Magic and Malone. Here is the hint, they are all American born.
who's career is better kd or Jokic ??? I will take Jokic every day and twice on Sunday !!!
Thank you for talking about this! Certain shows did the same thing last year! Perkins and Steven A punks. Gilbert Arenas is one of them this year! I hate them. NIKOLA JOKIC IS MVP!
Kendrick Perkins said the main reason the Joker won MVP was because he was white and white NBA writers voted for him because of his race.
Facts, and then denied implying that at all when jj redick called him out on it
I don’t think Jokic cares. He had the last laugh in 2023 he’ll most likely get it again
This is a joke. Should always be the best player, even if they have won it before.
Jokic is the MVP😂😂
The “knock” against Joker is that he dominates and he happens to be a goofy white guy. This is reverse racism at its finest.
They should just have the top 5 mvp play a 1v1 tournament to win it.
I think Joker wouldn’t even show up 😅😂
If you want amazing dunks there are plenty of Max McClung videos on TH-cam for you to enjoy.
He's going to be called a raycist
Y'all had 82 opportunities to make the case against Jokic.
Breaking news: water is wet
Who are these names to vote a player as MVP, how’s about exposing there names, faces and history of there votings. If there’s any hint of favoritism amongst these MVP voters, then they definitely need to be reprimanded and removed. This is putting such a blemish on the NBA because instead of enjoying the sport, we’re all lolly gagging, pointing fingers, getting disgusted over this. May the better team win this years NBA championship and last we saw, the Denver Nuggets won it all last season and unless you’ve been under a rock, They’ve been playing as the favorites to repeat.
They are all published and known after the vote is released.
Jokic is the MVP but Dan doesn't watch Nugget games because Jokic does things that make you say "did you see Joker last night" every game.
Can't say Jokic hadn't done anything in the playoffs when Denver had already made the WCF. Then Murray missed 2 playoffs with the ACL, Barton was out one, MPJ was out in '22. Let's see Giannis win in the playoffs with no Middleton & Holiday. What will SGA do if Williams & Chet go out?
the stuff this guy says is like years behind schedule.
🤣💯💯💯🤷
It took another European white guy to be in the running for them to give Joker the respect he’s been deserved. Sad
Dan Patrick - ball knower
Joker MVP nuggets best starting 5. Bring on Lakers
Poslednje dve utakmice Jokic nije igrao ni sa 30 procenata svojih mogucnosti.Zar niko ko prati Jokica to nije prometio?
Anthony Edwards will be lucky to get a few 5th place votes.