@@homidayesmax1246lmao😂😂😂 literally Jokic is more consistent and more dominant player in his prime than Lebron 😂😂😂 and this is not disrespect to Lebron, Jordan is my GOAT for now and I'm also saying that Jokic in his prime plays even greater than Jordan because Jokic's greatness goes beyond numbers. Jokic literally averages same FG% like Shaq while taking waay more shots from mid-range than Shaq ever imagined, while taking millions of threes more than Shaq 😂😂😂 and while Shaq averaged 57-58% from the field in his prime, he shot 54% from free throw line. Jokic averages 83% feom the free throw line. And btw Shaq was the most dominant basketball player in his prime than if that is the case, what is Jokic right now???? Not only that offensively he is much more complete player than Shaq, BUT HE IS WAY BETTER PASSER THAN SHAQ and simply he is the best play maker for his team. Soo I'm sorry, but Jokic's prime is literally if you combine Shaq's dominance and Magic's playmaking. And that's easily greatest prime than every player who ever played this sport, even despite the fact that he is no elite defensively because neither was Magic, but still is top 5 player of all time. Neither was Curry who is still top 10 player of all time. And Jokic is way more consistent than them.
The funny thing about all this is that these are the games Jokic hates the most. The most fun he has playing basketball is when he can let others cook and he doesn’t have to dominate every possession. The problem however is that Jokic in his career has rarely had the ability to do that. The closest he came was in 2020 when Jamal went nuclear and the Nuggets had great depth at every position. Noe they are so top heavy he has no choice but to have Wilt Chamberlain stat lines to get his team a win.
He definitely was happy with the 5 point game? he had against Detroit where he was just facilitating and letting the team run over the Pistons. Man's truly unselfish.
Honestly, I can't believe Joker is on the Nuggets..! Watching them all my life I never thought the Nuggets would have one of the best players ever to play the game! And for him to want to play for the Nuggets and only for the Nuggets is truly an honor!
He’s literally goat tier imo but I doubt he’s gonna win that many rings .. and you know how ring culture is ..I personally don’t rank players based on rings a team/situation accomplishment but people will rank him Lower than someone like Kobe because of rings even though he’s stats wise leages above
@@Zemlja_je_ravna This. When he got his fourth foul in the game against Team USA and had to sit, that's when USA made their comeback. He is too valuable on offense to risk on defense. And a lot of offensive players in this era aren't as known for their defense.
Jokic is such a joy to watch. The Nuggets front office really don't deserve him, and he deserves a better front office. It's real bad if you almost lose to the Nets, I hope they play better because Jokic deserves to win.
@@ndnd7614 murray is soooooo ass it's fucking crazy. they need to package mpj to detroit and get some bench bc my god he got the worst contract in the league, a rookie supermax for a fringe 4th option who's only job is to shoot and still failed.
@@pleasedont7439 nah, Gordon knows how to cut and where to place himself on offense. He would be good with any good passer tbh. He's way better than all these players just standing in the corner the whole game and who never move off the ball.
It's actually kind of funny all the haters coming out in full affect after the Nuggets started 0-2. You can tell the Nuggets are living rent free in a lot of people's heads after they won the chip.
Yep, they just want to hate on Jokic because an "unathletic" white boy from Europe is dominating them every way, doesn't have a loud mouth attitude, and has won 3 mvps and should have been 4.
Nuggets fans have known this for years but Jokic could average 35 a game easily if he had that as a goal. When he's making his 3's--which is most of the time with the exception of last postseason--he's essentially completely unguardable. He' can't be stopped on the low post where he bullies defenders and then uses that amazing footwork and bag of tricks. He's arguably the most lethal scorer in the paint ever with his jump hooks and floaters. He shot over 70% from the 'free throw line in' v the Heat in the finals. That's insane! He kills it from mid range and for stretches shoots 40% from 3. What are defenders supposed to do?
It should be a crime what the nuggets organization is doing to Jokic by not getting him any help. No help and absolutely no bench Jokic really has been by himself for the past 2-3 seasons. We don't realize just how special Jokic is especially when he carried the nuggets to the championship.
Right! Unbelievable how cheap and foolish the owners of Denver are. I also don't get the contract fro Murray-sure great to have him, but that money, for what is an inconsistent player at best.
Thank you for a voice of reason. Just listened to Stephen A Smith say the best player ytd is Anthony Davis. Did anyone choose to compare the rosters and performance of the other players on his team versus Denver. Didn’t Jokic smoke him in playoffs for 2 years. The media lack of respect is criminal
They need a black hope desperately with Jokić and luka around for awhile. Theyll get him eventually but Victor is french so he's the wrong kind of black, just like Iannis was for them before.
Love AD but Jokic on another level particularly in offense. AD is more a defensive anchor who can score but he often can be schemed out of his offense. Jokic is unstoppable when he wants a bucket and cannot be doubled due to his passing. Literally Jokic is an offensive juggernaut
I tell you In a few years Jokic will be gone and then the MVP battles will always be between guys like Luka and SGA Watch the media glaze SGA into oblivion because they hate the white guy Luka Just like they hate Jokic cuz he is white and european
You even watchin the game?. He prioritize his team mates first and when nothin works in terms of them scoring, only then he makes an effort to score himself. He is just that unselfish.
Kinda get what you mean. Basically Jokic is not necessarily unselfish, he just always makes the best choice in each action. And when you get double-teamed each time in the post, that often is the pass. When Brooklyn puts Finney-Smith on him, the right decision is to bully him into the basket. When defenders go under screens, the right choice is the hand-off into a three for the guard. It's just seeing what happens in the game and acting accrdingly. The special thing about Jokic is that he can do anything, so whichever is the right play, he can do it. Post-up, mid-range, threes, high P'n"Rs, low picks, passing, bringing the ball up, playing really clutch defense with the game on the line.
Jokic is not only the best basketball player in the world. In addition, he is also an artist. Watching him play, you get the feeling that you are listening to a wonderful musical symphony.
@Vivaildi if he's a top 3 seed with a 30+ triple double on high fg% and dominates the advanced stats again there kind of isn't a reason not to give him his 4th lol
@@Vivaildi Jokic definitely still has a chance if he can finish a Top 3 seed again and average like a 25+ point triple double, otherwise he not getting a 4th.
MPJ has been on this league for 6 seasons Jamal has been on this league for 9 seasons How this dude are unable to put together a whole week of good games?. Nuggets paying over 30M for MPJ to put 13ppg...play no defense...create no play... No passing skills...no IQ for positional defense... One dimensional players aren't good to be starting. If you can do more than 1 things good you shouldn't be earning like a superstar
I am a BIG Nuggets fan and Jokic never gets the appreciation he deserves. He’s so good that when he gets triple doubles, and nobody even realizes, but when somebody else gets triple doubles everyone thinks it’s the best thing ever (it’s awesome to but Jokic averages them)
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I love how simple Jokics offensive game is. One move I love in particular is how he backs up the defender until the defender is behind or under the basket so Jokic can make a high percentage shot. And even if Jokic misses the defender will most likely not get the rebound bec his reach is being blocked by the basket or the ball will bounce off the glass toward Jokic and away from the defender.
I dont know...watching bench play while Jokic is sitting down is such a painful thing....its almost like those guys never played together before that moment , every1 looks lost and confused ...almost scared to play . I really hope something major does change cuz Jokic will get tired and we all wanna see them back in the finals again !
@@BeRealbuster i did watch , the whole bench when they played alone was lost ...every1 just played solo , and lets be real it was awful ...and then they tried to pass the ball and then you started to hope they will go back to playing solo
@@lukalalosevic200 I partially blame the coach Malone to never teach them to be independent with solid plays without jokic, there are 0 play from the book and just hero ball from westbrook and 1v1 murray brick shot. I hope Jokic gets pissed off and request a trade, he does not deserve this
@@lucifuge927 I dont agree with a trade part , but yeah ... cant really understand how it is possible for them to not know to play without him on the floor and its hard to believe that he aint teaching them to play without him. Cant really understand it , beside they are dumb and cant do it , awful thing to say but i dont see other option xD
@@lucifuge927sadly joker isnt the type of person to req a trade, and nuggets definitely won't let go of their sole saving grace by choice. He's stuck with this terrible org
he can still shoot just as good, but we can clearly observe that he just won't at some times simply because he wants to let his teammates cook and shine too but the thing is, they're playing underwhelming right now which is just sad cause we can clearly notice how he's being forced to being the huge scorer every game as of now.
Murray's regression is the problem. Because he has so visibly regressed, it has bottlenecked Aaron Gordon and MPJ to do what they do best. It hurts but it may be time to see if we can move off him.
That's it. When Murray was on firing on all cylinders, they won the chip. Their success was contingent on Murray being the Robin to Joker's Batman. What happened to his game is damning for the Nuggets. If they let him walk, they wouldn't get cap space. If they tried to trade him, he isn't playing well so they wouldn't get needed value back. They just need to pray that he can find the fountain of youth or something. Also, I think they need to try and fool some desperate team into trading two good role players for MPJ. MPJ is young, tall, and supposedly a good shooter, so it's easier for a team to talk themselves into him. I think trading him to Atlanta for Bogdanovic, who played with Joker on the Serbian Olympic team, and one other good role player, would be a winning trade.
100% agree. MPJ gets scapegoated because of his mild manner, but actually MPJ is a great player with deceptive length who can create tons of mismatches on offense, shoots the lights out from both midrange and 3pt from anywhere on the floor (literally his hot zones for FG% are larger than almost any other NBA player), and can challenge good shooters with his McHale-like wingspan -- WHEN he's not sharing the floor with a chump like Murray who can't stop dribbling the air out of the ball and clogs up the midrange with his bad spacing and ends up playing matador defense against everyone except the Lakers.
He regressed SO HARD last postseason that it's just tarnishing Joks legacy, it's that bad. He already killed 2 of Joks prime years by being injured, he then was downright terrible last playoffs, while averaging the most fga on Denver. Killed their entire hopes of going b2b, could have just been average and they were going back to the Finals against Boston - a team they haven't lost to since 2022. Brutal.
I know people are complaining about how the Nuggets are letting down Joker, but I like this video's appreciation of what Jokic is doing. He, and we, cannot control his team circumstances, but we can still appreciate what he is giving us out there on the court. Joker isn't the GM, it's their job to build the team. All Joker can do is ball out. He has a chip, he has the MVPs, his legacy is strong. I want the Front Office to build a better team around him (although Murray regressing so much is the real problem). But it's also fine if Joker has to play on some bad teams. At least he has proven himself already.
If the Nuggets ever decide to get him a real all star and some more help, he for sure can we more championships and more MVPs, Denver’s second unit is one of the worst in the NBA right now
well jamal murray was like that last season and the previous seasons after that, its sad to see how his performance downgraded but we're just 4 games in, and anything can still happen so I hope they'll improve cause it's starting to feel painful watching jokic overwork every game.
As a Nuggets fan I'm concerned about the rest of the team this year, especially Murray and MPJ. But the price of admission is worth it just to watch Big Honey do that voodoo that he do oh so well.
You have nothing to worry about. Let's say that the MPJ has an annual salary of $30M. He has $2.5M a month. He has $83,000 per day, he earns $3,472 per hour. So, when MPJ watches a 2-hour movie, he earns almost $7,000. As Braun said, "we give Jokic the ball and we know he will finish the job for us". Jokic earns everyone a salary, isn't it wonderful that such people still exist?!
Nothing more than in his era. If Kareem played in this era, he could onpy dream of those MVPs when you jave Jokic 😂😂😂Jokic is literally better in every scoring aspect than Kareem. He is light years better 3 point shooter, he is miles better mid-range shooter, he is faar better free throw shooter and on top of that, the best aspect of his game is his passing. Passinf isn't even conparable to Kareem's. Kareem was only better defender than Jokic, but that's it, gab between both of them offensively is huge. Kareem would have probably 1 or 2 MVPs at most in this era. Jokic is waay waay more skilled.
Imagine if his life passion is basketball. Nothing wrong with horses or the fact that he has a hobby outside of the game. But just imagine if he is obsessed with the game like the other greats.
This is such a funny thing people keep saying. Jokic is just a nonchalant serb, he doesn't act boisterous or poetic about work like Kobe. But if you know serbs, he is a psychotic competitor. You can't be at this level without being obnoxiously obsessed with your craft and competitive.
I watched the jazz start off last season 10-3. They looked really damn good with great ball movement and efficient scoring. And then they finished the season 12th in conference because they aren't really that good and 13 games is a really small sample size. It's the same type thing for the nuggets, except they are 2-2 through 4 games and aren't actually as bad as they've shown.
@@GTNover And you always hear people like Kenny and Barkley saying give it 25 games to really tell when a team is good or bad. Nuggets were 15-10 in their championship season the first 25 games.
I've always wanted him to start going on the offensive instead of passing whenever his team is having a bad shooting night. Anyways, just give my guy a few role players off the bench please 😭
This is like akashi from kuroko no basket..when his team disappointed him, he just said y'all trash I'll score myself..from point guard facilitating to point guard scoring
I dont think ppl talk enough about the horrendous job Nuggets GM didi. He wasnt the one who built this team. And as soon as he got there he started to destroy it.
Totally agree with everythinf. But i think they need another creator who can shoot. Lavine seems to be the perfect fit if they can trade MPJ and a couple of bench players for him.
55% from three wow If he can keep this up, which is probably impossible this is crazy. He’s at least the MVP, especially with his rebounding and assists his true shooting percentage is insane.
Nah, there is no chance. Curry is by far the greatest 3 point shooter of all time and even he wasn't even close to have those type of efficiency. Soo Jokic won't keep this up, he won't average 55% from deep when this season is over. He will average 40+ 3 point %😂😂😂 which also crazy considerin g the fact that he is center.
Man, thank you for existing in a sea of blind and willfully ignorant people that let their personal biases and hatred make them belittle and neglect the greatest player we've seen in a long time, whose talent transcends generational and has long been proven all time great.
It's actually not a sea of ignorant people. Jokic has won 3 of the last 4 MVP's and is universally recognized as one of the greatest players ever by virtually everyone. You just have a couple of racist idiots like marcellmarshall that live in their own alternative universe.
Just like Lebron, people think because he is an ALL TIME great passer and isnt as aggressive as a scorer sometimes that it mean he isn’t the best scorer of his era, but he is, if you look at volume (Fga), Efficiency (Ts%), versatility (3 level scorer) and clutch shots made in his career especially inbig games, and also longevity then he is easily the best scorer of the 2005-2020 era, with KD being a close 2nd …
Never forget when Stephen A. said Jokic was an "alright" scorer, but not elite. That having his back to the basket and being able to back players down in the post was "not his game". J.J immediately tore S.A apart for that braindead take.
Jokic is the most efficient offensive player in the game right now and its not even close. Whether it be his post game, mid range, threes or his passing he will always make a high percentage shot happen.
joker is a true baller. it's the nuggets who have decided not to put the pieces around him for another run. Westbrook? Are you kidding me? The offseason for the Nuggets was AMATEURISH and embarrassing.
Denver is missing Bowen and Pope so much, their rooster is so thin now, even an injury ridden Murray needs to play loads of minutes(which is bad for him considering his injury issues.) Jokic is unstoppable
The only team I've seen slow him down is the 2020 Lakers, who a healthy prime AD playing elite help defense, a veteran Dwight Howard who is an elite post defender, and a locked in Javale McGee to throw in a little extra help for good measure. This team was purpose built for slowing down Jokic, and even then he still had a solid series.
Jokic will back down their big guy & softly put it in. In my 37 years of watching basketball, I've never seen anything like him. I really wish he had the mentality of MJ or Kobe, he would be killing everyone in the court
2:10 if you've watched any nuggets games this is a familiar sight: jamal dribbling the air out of the ball just to chuck up a contested circus shot while the best playmaker in the league is relegated to cheerleader duty. trade murray. trade him now. i don't even care what they get for him at this point
i think for the last 3-4 years he is better than 95-99% of all the nba players ever were in their careers... if he wins some more chips he could be easily top 10 of all time
The fact that the Nuggets are simply stuck with having their 4 main guys on massive contracts with not enough space to sign any valuable contributer due to the second apron rule that will eventually be the killer. I know it's too early into the season but eventually the Nuggets will soon regret their offseason moves which could led to a domino effect and Joker will soon request a trade.
If jokic was on the lakers people would be talking about him like he’s the best player of all time
If Jokic were on the lakers, his success would be entirely attributed to LeBron.
Or if he was on the Celtics.
Jokic will be a goat when it's said and done. He needs two more rings, 1 more mvp
@@franzsperginand113 hahahaha true
They already do, whattya on bout
Thank you for appreciating Jokic
Jokic looks stronger and more athletic this year. Which is scary. And he looks like he’s improved his 3pt shooting too. Which is more scary.
is he very scary on halloween?
And yet nobody is scared because he’s a one man show. He could score 50 and they’ll still lose by double digits.
If this guy was 20% worse he would still be the best player in the NBA
lol. If he was 20% worse, he might not be in the top 10.
Furthermore, if he was black and American, he’d be the biggest NBA superstar lauded with GOAT conversations.
Calm down. Giannis would be the best player in the league if he knew how to set a screen
This is either atrocious glaze or you don’t have a good grasp of math
@@justingabathe has one championship no he would not 😂
Every time Jokic chooses to become a scorer in a game, my husband and I always say jokingly in the Thanos voice as Jokic :" fine, I'll do it myself!"
Your not allowed to that unc, the only the only person that deserves the Thanos tittle is my glorious GOAT LeBron Raymone James 🥰
@@homidayesmax1246 your unc has a husband? strange
@@homidayesmax1246 James is massively overrated.
@@homidayesmax1246lmao😂😂😂 literally Jokic is more consistent and more dominant player in his prime than Lebron 😂😂😂 and this is not disrespect to Lebron, Jordan is my GOAT for now and I'm also saying that Jokic in his prime plays even greater than Jordan because Jokic's greatness goes beyond numbers. Jokic literally averages same FG% like Shaq while taking waay more shots from mid-range than Shaq ever imagined, while taking millions of threes more than Shaq 😂😂😂 and while Shaq averaged 57-58% from the field in his prime, he shot 54% from free throw line. Jokic averages 83% feom the free throw line. And btw Shaq was the most dominant basketball player in his prime than if that is the case, what is Jokic right now???? Not only that offensively he is much more complete player than Shaq, BUT HE IS WAY BETTER PASSER THAN SHAQ and simply he is the best play maker for his team. Soo I'm sorry, but Jokic's prime is literally if you combine Shaq's dominance and Magic's playmaking. And that's easily greatest prime than every player who ever played this sport, even despite the fact that he is no elite defensively because neither was Magic, but still is top 5 player of all time. Neither was Curry who is still top 10 player of all time. And Jokic is way more consistent than them.
@@hristijandimitrovski8664yeah you basically just said jokic is larry bird.. and bird, he called jordan a God in 89
Thanos stole the line "Fine, I'll do it myself" from him
Read that as Thanasis at first lol
Finally someone kind enough to respect Jokic!
Jokic deserves all the praise
The funny thing about all this is that these are the games Jokic hates the most. The most fun he has playing basketball is when he can let others cook and he doesn’t have to dominate every possession. The problem however is that Jokic in his career has rarely had the ability to do that. The closest he came was in 2020 when Jamal went nuclear and the Nuggets had great depth at every position. Noe they are so top heavy he has no choice but to have Wilt Chamberlain stat lines to get his team a win.
He definitely was happy with the 5 point game? he had against Detroit where he was just facilitating and letting the team run over the Pistons. Man's truly unselfish.
@@physics223 Well as far as I know he also had 5 blocks in that game. So yep
Honestly, I can't believe Joker is on the Nuggets..! Watching them all my life I never thought the Nuggets would have one of the best players ever to play the game! And for him to want to play for the Nuggets and only for the Nuggets is truly an honor!
He’s literally goat tier imo but I doubt he’s gonna win that many rings .. and you know how ring culture is ..I personally don’t rank players based on rings a team/situation accomplishment but people will rank him Lower than someone like Kobe because of rings even though he’s stats wise leages above
Kobe ALWAYS played with future HOFers. This is the first year Jokic has a teammate you can definitely say that about.
everyone missing out on joker stamina he is not getting tired quick he is one man army
Bro that was literally one of his 2 weaknesses, now it's only hard defense left, if Jokic develops even just 1 defensive niche, holy shit 😂
@@pleasedont7439 he could play hard defense if we're being fr, but he just wont for god knows what reason 😂
He is too valuable to foul out in a game. His clutch defense is in the 4th.
@@Zemlja_je_ravna This. When he got his fourth foul in the game against Team USA and had to sit, that's when USA made their comeback. He is too valuable on offense to risk on defense. And a lot of offensive players in this era aren't as known for their defense.
@@pleasedont7439 I mean Jokic played like 65 minutes in a playoff game before against Portland couple of years ago so yeah
Just hands down the best player in the world.
Jokic is such a joy to watch. The Nuggets front office really don't deserve him, and he deserves a better front office.
It's real bad if you almost lose to the Nets, I hope they play better because Jokic deserves to win.
His bench is awful and his so called “supporting cast” is bad. Only Gordon is worth his contract the rest are so bad
@@ndnd7614 murray is soooooo ass it's fucking crazy. they need to package mpj to detroit and get some bench bc my god he got the worst contract in the league, a rookie supermax for a fringe 4th option who's only job is to shoot and still failed.
@@ndnd7614 and Gordon is only good because of Jokic, otherwise dude is just a defender. 😂 Dude's really the MVP.
@@pleasedont7439 nah, Gordon knows how to cut and where to place himself on offense. He would be good with any good passer tbh.
He's way better than all these players just standing in the corner the whole game and who never move off the ball.
@@ndnd7614 nah give christian braun his flowers bro
It's actually kind of funny all the haters coming out in full affect after the Nuggets started 0-2. You can tell the Nuggets are living rent free in a lot of people's heads after they won the chip.
Yep, they just want to hate on Jokic because an "unathletic" white boy from Europe is dominating them every way, doesn't have a loud mouth attitude, and has won 3 mvps and should have been 4.
90% lakers fans
Nuggets are bellow average without Jokic, lottery team. Murray and MPJ are by far the worst max contract players in the league.
Nuggets fans have known this for years but Jokic could average 35 a game easily if he had that as a goal. When he's making his 3's--which is most of the time with the exception of last postseason--he's essentially completely unguardable. He' can't be stopped on the low post where he bullies defenders and then uses that amazing footwork and bag of tricks. He's arguably the most lethal scorer in the paint ever with his jump hooks and floaters. He shot over 70% from the 'free throw line in' v the Heat in the finals. That's insane! He kills it from mid range and for stretches shoots 40% from 3. What are defenders supposed to do?
It should be a crime what the nuggets organization is doing to Jokic by not getting him any help. No help and absolutely no bench Jokic really has been by himself for the past 2-3 seasons. We don't realize just how special Jokic is especially when he carried the nuggets to the championship.
Right! Unbelievable how cheap and foolish the owners of Denver are. I also don't get the contract fro Murray-sure great to have him, but that money, for what is an inconsistent player at best.
This type of content is the exact reason that ESPN hasn’t fallen completely out of my rotation! Thank you my friend!
*has ?
jokic is dangerous when he tries, when he wants to score, he scores but he can also do everything else
I wouldn’t be surprised if he wins another mvp this season .
yes deugacije. He is even better than usual. Imagine he is still progressing
Thank you for a voice of reason. Just listened to Stephen A Smith say the best player ytd is Anthony Davis. Did anyone choose to compare the rosters and performance of the other players on his team versus Denver. Didn’t Jokic smoke him in playoffs for 2 years. The media lack of respect is criminal
They need a black hope desperately with Jokić and luka around for awhile. Theyll get him eventually but Victor is french so he's the wrong kind of black, just like Iannis was for them before.
Love AD but Jokic on another level particularly in offense. AD is more a defensive anchor who can score but he often can be schemed out of his offense. Jokic is unstoppable when he wants a bucket and cannot be doubled due to his passing. Literally Jokic is an offensive juggernaut
I tell you
In a few years Jokic will be gone and then the MVP battles will always be between guys like Luka and SGA
Watch the media glaze SGA into oblivion because they hate the white guy Luka
Just like they hate Jokic cuz he is white and european
@@vladamore likely to do with the bias towards large market teams lol. Weird take bringing race into it 😂
Laker delusion always sells. I get it, the media members have mouths to feed.
I wouldn't call him unselfish (although he is). I would call him smart. He understands the game better that the athletic shot jackers.
he literally is unselfish bro, what are you on about 😭
You even watchin the game?. He prioritize his team mates first and when nothin works in terms of them scoring, only then he makes an effort to score himself. He is just that unselfish.
Kinda get what you mean. Basically Jokic is not necessarily unselfish, he just always makes the best choice in each action. And when you get double-teamed each time in the post, that often is the pass. When Brooklyn puts Finney-Smith on him, the right decision is to bully him into the basket. When defenders go under screens, the right choice is the hand-off into a three for the guard. It's just seeing what happens in the game and acting accrdingly. The special thing about Jokic is that he can do anything, so whichever is the right play, he can do it. Post-up, mid-range, threes, high P'n"Rs, low picks, passing, bringing the ball up, playing really clutch defense with the game on the line.
Jokic is not only the best basketball player in the world. In addition, he is also an artist.
Watching him play, you get the feeling that you are listening to a wonderful musical symphony.
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will be rigged.... feel even he's the best they'll give it to someone else...
@@Vivaildi fr, at least Embiid won't be getting another pity MVP
@@bdrpogo1834 That's not good enough. We need the best player in the league to win the award.
@Vivaildi if he's a top 3 seed with a 30+ triple double on high fg% and dominates the advanced stats again there kind of isn't a reason not to give him his 4th lol
@@Vivaildi Jokic definitely still has a chance if he can finish a Top 3 seed again and average like a 25+ point triple double, otherwise he not getting a 4th.
*The best in the league as we speak* 🔥
Joker is the best player in the world by a wide margin.
He has achieved mythical status in nba bro
MPJ has been on this league for 6 seasons
Jamal has been on this league for 9 seasons
How this dude are unable to put together a whole week of good games?.
Nuggets paying over 30M for MPJ to put 13ppg...play no defense...create no play... No passing skills...no IQ for positional defense... One dimensional players aren't good to be starting.
If you can do more than 1 things good you shouldn't be earning like a superstar
This is true. The Nuggets have many awful contracts, and that's why their championship window is closed.
If they have Bruce Brown and KCP over him team would be better..
@NoahLinden it’s never going to be fully closed as long as Jokic is on the team, but it’s def only a crack open rn
yeah but jok is not type of superstar to force team changes on board
Trade him for johnson who can shoot also 3s and plays defense. Mpj plays literally 0 0 defense
Jokic is the funnest player to watch playing basketball right now. He plays at a higher level.
I’m glad fans have been appreciating great talents performances even if their supporting cast is struggling.
He's got 2 triple doubles and 2 40pt games in his first 4 games of the season so far
I am a BIG Nuggets fan and Jokic never gets the appreciation he deserves. He’s so good that when he gets triple doubles, and nobody even realizes, but when somebody else gets triple doubles everyone thinks it’s the best thing ever (it’s awesome to but Jokic averages them)
Looking at Murray dribbling the life out of that ball vs the Nets physically hurts my eyes.
You gotta feel bad for Poetl man! Jokic was treating him like a child in a playground smh
Jokic is like that joke, "Your doctors hate this guy" but the doctors are everybody in the NBA media
People, if you want to become a more successful basketball player, consider visiting a farm and ask the owner if he will let you clean the horses stable, give them water and feed them. Do it at least once in a month. Free advice! (-:
Humble yourself and you will be best assister in the game.
@@Zemlja_je_ravna Yes, "humble yourself" is one of the oldest saying of mankind. Nothing new under the dome. (-:
I love how simple Jokics offensive game is. One move I love in particular is how he backs up the defender until the defender is behind or under the basket so Jokic can make a high percentage shot. And even if Jokic misses the defender will most likely not get the rebound bec his reach is being blocked by the basket or the ball will bounce off the glass toward Jokic and away from the defender.
Thank you for truly understanding what Jokic has been doing so you educate others. He’s incredible to watch!
That 3:55 field goal attempt stat is insane. That's why I watch your vids!
Best offensive player ever.
I dont know...watching bench play while Jokic is sitting down is such a painful thing....its almost like those guys never played together before that moment , every1 looks lost and confused ...almost scared to play . I really hope something major does change cuz Jokic will get tired and we all wanna see them back in the finals again !
You didn't watch last night, saric is the one who looks lost
@@BeRealbuster i did watch , the whole bench when they played alone was lost ...every1 just played solo , and lets be real it was awful ...and then they tried to pass the ball and then you started to hope they will go back to playing solo
@@lukalalosevic200 I partially blame the coach Malone to never teach them to be independent with solid plays without jokic, there are 0 play from the book and just hero ball from westbrook and 1v1 murray brick shot. I hope Jokic gets pissed off and request a trade, he does not deserve this
@@lucifuge927 I dont agree with a trade part , but yeah ... cant really understand how it is possible for them to not know to play without him on the floor and its hard to believe that he aint teaching them to play without him. Cant really understand it , beside they are dumb and cant do it , awful thing to say but i dont see other option xD
@@lucifuge927sadly joker isnt the type of person to req a trade, and nuggets definitely won't let go of their sole saving grace by choice. He's stuck with this terrible org
If his 3pts shot is really back, he will obliterate the other players. As pointed out he’d then become perfectly unstoppable
he can still shoot just as good, but we can clearly observe that he just won't at some times simply because he wants to let his teammates cook and shine too but the thing is, they're playing underwhelming right now which is just sad cause we can clearly notice how he's being forced to being the huge scorer every game as of now.
bro best player in history ngl
You just lied
He's the anti-Lebron: Clutch, fearless, a leader, a true winner, clearly the best in the league, likeable, smart, has hair...
🔫 pew pew
Has hair is a bit overkill lol
HAS HAIR HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA i'm loosing my hair btw but this is an awesome joke.
There is your daily dose
Yep. Cut from the Bird/MJ cloth.
Murray's regression is the problem. Because he has so visibly regressed, it has bottlenecked Aaron Gordon and MPJ to do what they do best. It hurts but it may be time to see if we can move off him.
That's it. When Murray was on firing on all cylinders, they won the chip. Their success was contingent on Murray being the Robin to Joker's Batman. What happened to his game is damning for the Nuggets. If they let him walk, they wouldn't get cap space. If they tried to trade him, he isn't playing well so they wouldn't get needed value back. They just need to pray that he can find the fountain of youth or something.
Also, I think they need to try and fool some desperate team into trading two good role players for MPJ. MPJ is young, tall, and supposedly a good shooter, so it's easier for a team to talk themselves into him. I think trading him to Atlanta for Bogdanovic, who played with Joker on the Serbian Olympic team, and one other good role player, would be a winning trade.
100% agree. MPJ gets scapegoated because of his mild manner, but actually MPJ is a great player with deceptive length who can create tons of mismatches on offense, shoots the lights out from both midrange and 3pt from anywhere on the floor (literally his hot zones for FG% are larger than almost any other NBA player), and can challenge good shooters with his McHale-like wingspan -- WHEN he's not sharing the floor with a chump like Murray who can't stop dribbling the air out of the ball and clogs up the midrange with his bad spacing and ends up playing matador defense against everyone except the Lakers.
He regressed SO HARD last postseason that it's just tarnishing Joks legacy, it's that bad. He already killed 2 of Joks prime years by being injured, he then was downright terrible last playoffs, while averaging the most fga on Denver. Killed their entire hopes of going b2b, could have just been average and they were going back to the Finals against Boston - a team they haven't lost to since 2022. Brutal.
Murray's performance in the Olympics was terrible.
i so hope Jokić and Dončić get to play together in a team in the next few years, but I know it's very very unlikely :(
nah, no NBA team nor NBA themselves would let that happen bro 😂
I know people are complaining about how the Nuggets are letting down Joker, but I like this video's appreciation of what Jokic is doing. He, and we, cannot control his team circumstances, but we can still appreciate what he is giving us out there on the court. Joker isn't the GM, it's their job to build the team. All Joker can do is ball out. He has a chip, he has the MVPs, his legacy is strong.
I want the Front Office to build a better team around him (although Murray regressing so much is the real problem). But it's also fine if Joker has to play on some bad teams. At least he has proven himself already.
If the Nuggets ever decide to get him a real all star and some more help, he for sure can we more championships and more MVPs, Denver’s second unit is one of the worst in the NBA right now
well jamal murray was like that last season and the previous seasons after that, its sad to see how his performance downgraded but we're just 4 games in, and anything can still happen so I hope they'll improve cause it's starting to feel painful watching jokic overwork every game.
Jokic when he’s able to shoot 38+% from three is so far and away the best player in the NBA
As a Nuggets fan I'm concerned about the rest of the team this year, especially Murray and MPJ. But the price of admission is worth it just to watch Big Honey do that voodoo that he do oh so well.
You have nothing to worry about. Let's say that the MPJ has an annual salary of $30M. He has $2.5M a month. He has $83,000 per day, he earns $3,472 per hour. So, when MPJ watches a 2-hour movie, he earns almost $7,000. As Braun said, "we give Jokic the ball and we know he will finish the job for us". Jokic earns everyone a salary, isn't it wonderful that such people still exist?!
the greatest offensive player ever and its not even close
I’m a suns fan and I can’t speak highly enough of joker. He’s the best offensive player of all time. Fight me
I agree with you. The combination of efficiency, scoring and passing is in a level never seen before. Also, Jokic is clutch for real.
id fight you bro, but i'm lacking arguments
Hook shots are things of beauty, arguably more unguardable than even fades. Imagine how insane Kareem's sky hooks would translate in today games.
Nothing more than in his era. If Kareem played in this era, he could onpy dream of those MVPs when you jave Jokic 😂😂😂Jokic is literally better in every scoring aspect than Kareem. He is light years better 3 point shooter, he is miles better mid-range shooter, he is faar better free throw shooter and on top of that, the best aspect of his game is his passing. Passinf isn't even conparable to Kareem's. Kareem was only better defender than Jokic, but that's it, gab between both of them offensively is huge. Kareem would have probably 1 or 2 MVPs at most in this era. Jokic is waay waay more skilled.
I love to imagine Joker and Doncic teaming up while in prime...man that would be a site to see :D
Imagine if his life passion is basketball. Nothing wrong with horses or the fact that he has a hobby outside of the game. But just imagine if he is obsessed with the game like the other greats.
I think it may make him worse, I think not putting too much pressure on himself is part of what allows him to be so great
This is such a funny thing people keep saying. Jokic is just a nonchalant serb, he doesn't act boisterous or poetic about work like Kobe. But if you know serbs, he is a psychotic competitor. You can't be at this level without being obnoxiously obsessed with your craft and competitive.
@@nemsimicI agree I hate how people always take Jokic lack of emotion as lack of commitment anyone can see he's a true competitor
What a comment...
What a truly ridiculous take.
Nothing different about him he just keeps getting better,
My biggest wish is to Jokić move to San Antonio Spurs.
This is one of the smartest if not the smartest running team in the league
Thanks for the upload. Have a good day as well.
Thank you!
I just realized, if yugoslavia is still around jokic and luka will be playing for the same team.
Luka is half serb with a litle luck he coulve played for serbia
bro don't forget about vucevic, zubac, nurkic, and bojan bogdanovic too, this yugoslav team could potentially destroy anyone 😂
@@nashl.4372 Serbian sniper( Bogdan Bogdanović ) also
great analysis man, background music also great
Thank you very much
great video man!!
Great video as usual!
I saw it live. I was at the Clippers game and watching him carry the team on his back was amazing, too bad we lost.
Nuggets are struggling right now.
I watched the jazz start off last season 10-3. They looked really damn good with great ball movement and efficient scoring. And then they finished the season 12th in conference because they aren't really that good and 13 games is a really small sample size.
It's the same type thing for the nuggets, except they are 2-2 through 4 games and aren't actually as bad as they've shown.
@@GTNover And you always hear people like Kenny and Barkley saying give it 25 games to really tell when a team is good or bad. Nuggets were 15-10 in their championship season the first 25 games.
What are people gonna do if he wins the scoring title this man will be the goal
I've always wanted him to start going on the offensive instead of passing whenever his team is having a bad shooting night. Anyways, just give my guy a few role players off the bench please 😭
This is like akashi from kuroko no basket..when his team disappointed him, he just said y'all trash I'll score myself..from point guard facilitating to point guard scoring
I dont think ppl talk enough about the horrendous job Nuggets GM didi. He wasnt the one who built this team. And as soon as he got there he started to destroy it.
2:13 Skap Attack gonna have a field day with this one.
Totally agree with everythinf. But i think they need another creator who can shoot. Lavine seems to be the perfect fit if they can trade MPJ and a couple of bench players for him.
55% from three wow If he can keep this up, which is probably impossible this is crazy. He’s at least the MVP, especially with his rebounding and assists his true shooting percentage is insane.
Nah, there is no chance. Curry is by far the greatest 3 point shooter of all time and even he wasn't even close to have those type of efficiency. Soo Jokic won't keep this up, he won't average 55% from deep when this season is over. He will average 40+ 3 point %😂😂😂 which also crazy considerin g the fact that he is center.
Nikola playing like a demon rn
Man, thank you for existing in a sea of blind and willfully ignorant people that let their personal biases and hatred make them belittle and neglect the greatest player we've seen in a long time, whose talent transcends generational and has long been proven all time great.
It's actually not a sea of ignorant people. Jokic has won 3 of the last 4 MVP's and is universally recognized as one of the greatest players ever by virtually everyone. You just have a couple of racist idiots like marcellmarshall that live in their own alternative universe.
Just like Lebron, people think because he is an ALL TIME great passer and isnt as aggressive as a scorer sometimes that it mean he isn’t the best scorer of his era, but he is, if you look at volume (Fga), Efficiency (Ts%), versatility (3 level scorer) and clutch shots made in his career especially inbig games, and also longevity then he is easily the best scorer of the 2005-2020 era, with KD being a close 2nd …
this is simply his game. MVP type shit
Thanks for a great video
Never forget when Stephen A. said Jokic was an "alright" scorer, but not elite. That having his back to the basket and being able to back players down in the post was "not his game". J.J immediately tore S.A apart for that braindead take.
Damn that Murray, he better get on board with the team play mindset real soon!
Jokic is the most efficient offensive player in the game right now and its not even close. Whether it be his post game, mid range, threes or his passing he will always make a high percentage shot happen.
It's almost like he's been the best player in the league the last 5 years.
He might not end up having the accolades to be top 10 all time, but he is a top 3 basketball player i've ever watched live
Me or no one - Nikola Jokic. On nuggets scoring
joker is a true baller. it's the nuggets who have decided not to put the pieces around him for another run. Westbrook? Are you kidding me? The offseason for the Nuggets was AMATEURISH and embarrassing.
He just needs someone to be his *Kobe* to his *Shaq* they would cook right to the play offs... Bogy would fit here... 😂😂😂
When you guard Jokic, you guard two players.
Denver is missing Bowen and Pope so much, their rooster is so thin now, even an injury ridden Murray needs to play loads of minutes(which is bad for him considering his injury issues.)
Jokic is unstoppable
imagine if giannis and jokic team up after the bucks blow it up.
His PER right now would be the highest single season PER of all time
7:46 - dude I thought he put it up through the net and back down like he was playing a game of horse.
The only team I've seen slow him down is the 2020 Lakers, who a healthy prime AD playing elite help defense, a veteran Dwight Howard who is an elite post defender, and a locked in Javale McGee to throw in a little extra help for good measure. This team was purpose built for slowing down Jokic, and even then he still had a solid series.
bro is on his joker arc for ppl who said he can't score
Jokic will back down their big guy & softly put it in. In my 37 years of watching basketball, I've never seen anything like him. I really wish he had the mentality of MJ or Kobe, he would be killing everyone in the court
2:10 if you've watched any nuggets games this is a familiar sight: jamal dribbling the air out of the ball just to chuck up a contested circus shot while the best playmaker in the league is relegated to cheerleader duty.
trade murray. trade him now. i don't even care what they get for him at this point
It kind of reminds me of Klay his last years in Golden State.
So painfully accurate, and I'll never understand why they all just let it happen all the time.
Please could someone tell me the background music?
i think for the last 3-4 years he is better than 95-99% of all the nba players ever were in their careers... if he wins some more chips he could be easily top 10 of all time
Karim Abdoul Jokic ! His hook shot is elite !
I'm excited for them to give CB a max extension in the offseason
The fact that the Nuggets are simply stuck with having their 4 main guys on massive contracts with not enough space to sign any valuable contributer due to the second apron rule that will eventually be the killer.
I know it's too early into the season but eventually the Nuggets will soon regret their offseason moves which could led to a domino effect and Joker will soon request a trade.
Beast!
Best offensive player of all time.