Kenny, Jamal, and Isiah React to Nuggets' Game 3 Win vs. Heat | 2023 NBA Finals
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2023
- NBA TV's GameTime crew Kenny Smith, Jamal Crawford, and Isiah Thomas react to the Nuggets defeating the Heat in Game 3 of the NBA Finals.
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This has been one of the least toxic NBA Finals in a while. I love it. So relieving to just talk pure BASKETBALL.
We're witnessing basketball greatness.
No BS drama, no pulverizing people countless times with a brand or sponsorship, no ego. Just one of the rarest basketball players we will ever get to see. Enjoy it, it doesn't happen often.
right.
No Flopping and No team hopping
JOKER,JOKER
Agreed!!
@@napoleong9418 Well the no flopping is bit debatable but that's the NBA
I love how the game evolves after every championship. Jokic has changed the game. Future H O F
@user-jk2bj3tw5t amateur take
How has Joker changed the game?
@@jvwilliams no no he's right
@@DaryMatera
I would really like to know this as well. He hasn't even been near the top of the game to have that kind of influence yet.
@@J-Hue I disagree that Joker's not currently at the top of the game. I just don't see him changing it in any way. There's been big powerful goons in the paint since the league was invented. Shaq was more of a force. It ain't like Joker is juggling two balls. He's playing basic Big Dude power basketball, with a nice soft shooting touch. Wilt Chamberlain did that even better nearly a century ago.
Glad to see Kenny covering the finals
Which sucks because he is the jokic hater on tnt
@@eleventhhouseofzenithI will admit I was a bit of a Jokic hater prior to this season. Seeing him get 2 back to back MVPs 1 over Emiid last year as a guy who looks out of shape and un athletic, it pissed me off a little as a basketball fan(I would admit to you back then I was a hater as well lol). But after seeing the way he dominated Anthony Davis last round. Jokic and Giannis are clearly the 2 best players in the league right now and currently its Jokic. His efficiency and IQ together is insane, only Larry Bird, Lebron James, Chris Paul, Magic Johnson have this type of play style in their game where they basically get whatever they want to happen happens.
@@kanyecrazy7440 People were hating on guys pointing out advanced metrics, clearly showing Jokic as the best player, and Butler was the #2 in WS/48. Everyone kept pushing Embiid and Giannis. Giannis had a lower DWS than Jokic, and his OWS was less than HALF of Jokic’s. I’m glad this post season performance really backed up those metrics for both Jokic and Butler.
Jokic was #1 WS/48, #1 TS%, #1 VORP, #1 PER, #1 BPM, and avg triple double per 100 possessions in the regular season, leading the league. There’s a reason he’s still playing in June when he finally has a healthy co-star while Embiid is on his couch at home.
@SGANET Excellent points. But don't underestimate the value of Jamal Murray, as well. If Embiid had Murray and Jokic had Harden... I'm not so sure who would or wouldn't still be playing in June.
For sure.
Kenny made a point, I've said time after time. Jokic will be a trend setter for future big men. Perhaps the return of the big men will return.
Return of big men? They're already here.
What I meant is the skill set. A lot centers who were in college played pretty much in the paint. But, once in pros, they really can't use their talents. Mostly pick and roll or put backs. But, with a decent shot and footwork around the basket. Could be the start.
@@vincentgreene6645 Talent at that height is too far in between imo but I think what Kenny is trying to say is that if Jokic keeps winning then the rest of the nba gonna need to put a "big" in their roster to just try and contain Jokic, thus the return of big men but big men with lesser skills.
@@bilogskii2216 You are all living in ignorant bliss of the pending arrival of the Wemmby Mon.
Ah yes the return of the return
Jamal C fits in well as an analyst. Kudos!
Jokic is bringing that big man game back. Yeah he can shoot, but he bang under the board, and sets his team up.
Great point by Kenny at the end. Both teams, when they're scored on, the players don't have poor body language towards their teammates. Just shows you how both teams truly belong here
For Kareem, Wilt, Russell you can argue they played against players that weren’t as gifted naturally or skilled and the NBA wasn’t where it was today. Not to take away from them at all, but to consider that and this guy Jokic a European kid is dominating the modern NBA at its peak athleticism and technical ability with all the players we have today, he’s breaking THOSE records of that era in this time period. That’s truly special
The most on-point post I have read in days...thank you for posting it!
Joker is out-statting Wilt Chamberlin. If that ain't top 20 I don't know what is.
Jokic's name and "NBA history" seem to be mentioned in the same sentence quit often.
Nice X factor in Denver's Christian Brown coming through with a great game.
the background song is ELECTRIC , nice choice☠
hearing keny said hes watching isiah and detroit growing up.. i tought whatt.. Mannn Isiah Thomas doesnt age
Kenny nailed it, Bam is more a PF dwight or maybe blake griffin couldve guarded them but Olajuwon vs Jokic wouldve been great. I'll pass on ewing. David robinson sure.
I grew up in Houston, watching Olajuwon play. He used his awesome soccer skills growing up in Africa on the basketball court. I think he could maybe hold the joker but then the joker will have 30 assists per game because he is unselfish as a player. I now live in Denver watching greatness of this Nuggets team!
@@DPRyan-vd5pp Olajuwon could pass too, he was always thinking but Jokic seems to be more clever with passes while at the same time Hakeem would score more points on Jokic. It would be a a proper battle we have to bring back retired players just to match this guy.
Kendrick Perkings getting sore arms from all the air punching these playoffs. Good thing he doesn't get a vote for finals MVP.
Kenny was a Jokic hater on tnt as well. I know him and perk are dying inside
Not only Kendrick Jackson. S Smith Thomas
the rock music was distracting. felt like it belongs in the menu of an early 2000s sports games
JOKIC 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
Jokic bringing balance to the force
Christian Braun, the real MVP of the game!
Two Nuggets had triple doubles and you're claiming some unknown role player who hustles is the MVP?
@@DaryMatera he means that the young guy had a huge impact on this game. I agreed with him cuz Braun scored in a row and he makes the lead to 20 point. 20 points lead is a important moment in basketball game. It could frustrate rival
@@NazgulC Dude, if Braun doesn't score, someone else will. So it's not like he was the only reason we had the lead.
@@NazgulC Even the roll players in the NBA are paid tens of millions. They should be able to score a dozen points or so once in a while.
he was a nice dash of hot sauce...easy does it Greek
Why does Embid keep being mentioned when they talk about centres. Jokic, Giannis.... Embid isnt in the same universe. Habitual playoff choker, flopper, takes no responsibility, throws his teammates under the bus, free throw merchant... smh
You forgot "MVP."
@@DaryMatera didn't forget, it's just not relevant to my point. I thought he earned the MVP this year, he had a crazy good season.
Doesn't change the fact that he's a massive cry baby who sulks and is a terrible teammate 🤷♂️
So as I said in my original comment... not in the same universe as Giannis or Jokic
@@kiwi13b Nor does it change the fact that you're not a Philly fan.
@@DaryMatera got absolutely nothing to do with Philly my guy. I'm from the UK, zero allegiances either way to any team
@@kiwi13b Thus, you're not a Philly fan. Or even an East Coast of America basketball fan. Or an African. Being from the UK you must be fully aware how fandom works. You guys are rather fiercely loyal to your soccer teams and stars. Riotously so at times.
the return of the big man finally real basketball returns
There should be one game that the bench should win for Nuggets. That will reduce the load of Joker and Murray and make it easier for them to secure the series
Bam & Butler are playing those same minutes
Joker and the Nuggets only have potentially two games left in the season. They can gut it out.
@@GiriRam They can close in the next 2 games.
@@GiriRam This series is Joker and Murray vs. Butler and Bam. Everybody else are just Pips.
@@DaryMatera the advantage Denver has is Braun playing out of his mind like Miami in last series [the undrafted players]
Lmao love how all nba players have respect for one another
Jamal speaks well
This is a good final series we all deserve!
"Cup hands"? Hmmm that reminds me of someone...
We all know who this is... and look how he has been doing, wanting to go back to Houston for the strip clubs
Let's tell the kids: Jamal Murray if not better than Jokic he's the 2nd best player to the league's MVP and should be an ALL-STAR!!
Jokic and the Nuggets play a beautiful brand of basketball. Take your 3 and D brand of Hoops and throw it out...bring back great centers, passing, and actuallly taking a 2 pt. shot if it presents itself.
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Kenny has found a group where he can shine with his bull.
Kenny makes groups shine, his assists are extremely underrated as is he.
Hakeem's waterboy doing good
Jokic does play different than Embiid..... He plays BETTER
Plays smarter too, and he can do whatever Embiid can do but better
Amazing basketball decisions
sorry but rock music just doesn't fit a highlight reel
Gen Zers suck.
that's not rock music, it's elevator muzzak.
Any Jokic haters who are pretending to be "experts" are just that, haters.
If you think this guy is not one of GOAT'S, you really don't understand basketball.
Hard to actually comprehend what we are seeing re Joker. He looks slow and lumbering - which is precisely why he was a second round draft choice passed over by every NBA team - some twice! Even if you "understand" basketball, a game that banks on quickness, sharp cuts, deceptive pump fakes, Globetrotter-like ball handling, and inhuman leaping ability, it's hard to put a finger on why Joker is so successful. Same for Luka.
@@DaryMatera Excuses.
@@DaryMatera timing, touch & soft hands. Add to that the inhuman ability to somehow know where players will be for the pass.
@@RS-ol8or Joker's passing is in a large part attributed to his height and reach. Easy to see the action from up high. Another big part is the desire to do so, an to have teammates make their shots. Wilt Chamberlain famously announced to the nattering media one year that he would go from a dominate scorer to leading the league in assists just to shut them up. He promptly did.
I don't think anybody is hating on Jokic. Everybody just ignores him just because he doesn't play flashy
4 of my fav players of all time at once... Zeke, Jamal the Crossover, Kenny the Jet, Jalen Rose
Heat fans were talking so much shit where y’all at💀💀💀💀💀
Does anyone else experience technical problems with NBA league pass? Errors for showing video,etc?
The traps the heat used on Jamal to cause those turnovers were brutal. Talk about no calls. The announcers had the nerve to compliment them while showing the replay
Word !
hope to see dwight back in the league upcoming year
Isiah give it up man, how long your going to keep that paint on your head.
Wtf is Kenny talking about having 7 footers. AD just got smoked as the biggest, longest wingspan, most athletic motherfucking 7 footer in the WCF, couldnt defend Jokic at all
Honestly, thought ad was going to get injured guarding Jokic. Not trying to be rude or anything. That's just how Jokic moved versus AD.
same with gobert and ayton. BBQ chicken for the joker. just better offense over good defense
I think he means, you have to be at least 7ft to have a chance.
@@jrco1010damn I forgot Jokic went against some of the best bigman in the league right now in this playoff run. Averaging a triple double against Towns, Gobert, Ayton, and AD. If only Embiid is in the finals 😂
Wolves destroyed their future so they could put giant dpoy Rudy next to Kat and he went through them both together. Putting two bigs don't help. Iannis plus Lopez (who some think is a dpoy) doesn't slow him... having two seven footers don't stop him.
Maybe 3 bigs would?😂
What’s astonishing is seeing some of those empty seats in the stands!😮
Yeah. Really surprising eh. Series was 1 - 1 and a finals home game.. unreal
Miami is a late arriving, early leaving crowd.
@@DaryMatera wow, that is lame! I will give them credit for their all white attire during games though.
@@gaffle7646 Miami fans have things to do, places to be. Plus NBA finals ticket prices are astronomical.
Yeah that was embarrassing. Way to support your team.
1:36
Jokic telling Gordon Go yourself..with that applause
Kenny made a great point about culture
The guy at the end tapped him and got a towel. That ticket cost him nothing in his mind
These people when nuggets win they would say that nuggets played at best but when Miami win they would say that nuggets was coming short..give credits to Miami Atleast..
This is like a management class session. Hands can't be cups because that brings negative energy and coaches choice of words to correct the players action. 🙌🙌🙌 to Kenny and Jamal.
THESE ARE THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS ABOUT JOKIC. THIS MAN IS BY FAR THE MOST INCREDIBLE PLAYER IN THE NBA, YET HE OPERATES IN HUMILITY AND SELFLESSNESS. THIS MAN'S EGO IS NOT THERE TO SERVE HIM. HE LIFTS HIS TEAMMATES UP AND GIVES THEM ALL PLACE ON THIS GREAT PEDESTAL THE NBA HAS GIVEN HIM AND HE HAS RIGHTLY EARNED.. THERE IS PLENTY OF ROOM THERE BECAUSE HE WANTS NO PLACE ON IT. THAT KIND OF CHARACTER IS SO FAR BEYOND ANY OTHER PLAYER I'VE SEEN, AND I STARTED FOLLOWING IN THE JORDAN DAYS. THE OTHER THING IS HE IS 2 WINS AWAY FROM A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP A FINALS MVP. IF HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER HAD TROUBLE BACK HOME AND NEEDED HIM HE WOULD WISH HIS TEAMMATES THE BEST AND BE ON THE FIRST PLANE HOME. JOKIC IS WHAT MAKES UP A REAL MAN.
Inside voice
Still waiting on that 25 pt game from MPJ 😢
How about a 5 point game? Porter is dragging the Nuggets down. Brown played more minutes.
Y'all needs to give respect!!!! Now!!!!!!!
JOKER IS TRULY MVP AND DOES THAT 3 TIMES, SO SUCK NBA FOR GIVING MVP TROPHEY TO NOTE MVP GUY...
Kenny was dead serious
Yes, it was onyl a matter of Time where REAL Basketball would make it's way back!! The way it is supposed to be played , becuase just like the adjustments made in the FINALS , with every game, Teams make adjustments to fade the 3 out of existence. Now bring back the defense back into the game and start calling the Carry and travels and we will have the Essence of what Basketball is all about~~
Agreed. The endless jacking up of 3s is so boring to watch
He's playing the game the right way 👀 he make Anthony Davis silly on that last WCF 100 facts
If you want centers to have a roll in NBA games add 15 seconds to the shot clock. otherwise not enough time to get centers involved like the old days
Time for the racist analysts like Perkins and Mark Jackson to say they were wrong. Jokic should have had a 3 peat.
Nice to see centers and passing return to the NBA. Sick of iso and 3-ball as the only options.
Who chose the highlights music?
And now Kendrick Perkins was wrong with Jokic not winning the MVP... Kendrick Perkins such a racist Jokic hater.😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Joker essentially took off the last month of the season to prepare for the playoffs while Embiid balled out to the end. Thus the MVP.
Once i saw Jokiç getting dunked on i knew they were about to pop off
The center is already back Kenny 🙂
Never thought I would see the day in a finals game you win it only by making 5 three's. Jokic affect.
Joker and J. Murray Dinamic Duo 🔥🔥🔥🔥🏀🏀🏀🏀
I would like to see Jokic and Shaq in his prime battle in the paint.
Is the Joker young enough to be considered a potential all time great center? If he wins a championship he will be on his way.He has a very soft touch for a big dude. He is getting the support he needs too. The Heat are the team to beat, but Denver at high altitude has always been extra tough at home.
Offensive rebounds stung Miami. Need to look after those boards
This battle belongs to Eric Spolstra and Michael Ham. Both great couches of the decade.😊😊
Don't forget who Spol has in his ear. The Dude with nine Rings and 19 Finals.
i hope jokic never does that "too small" gesture
I want Denver to win it all 🎉
I can hear them speak, the music needs to be louder.
😂
New gameplan for Spoel! Find a deep rotation guy who wants to put in some jailtime! To stop Jokic?!? Someone will have to stab him!! Probably would still put double-double up after thatb😂😮
You josh, rather cringeworthy, but Joker's arms tend to be all clawed up by the third quarter. He often looks like Wolverine has had at him.
Other teams can get centers to combat Jokic but round one he cooked Rudy and KAT, round two he cooked Ayton and Landale, in round three he cooked AD. It’s doesn’t matter. He cooks Giannis. He cooks JJJ. Embiid is the only center that has given him trouble.
Isiah not knowing what Kenny is asking him to do lol....6:45
Nba bigman is back. Its time for bigs tobe draft again
Mega giant with unprecedented skills just drafted.
lol yea talk all that praise.. and you tellin me he wasnt the nba mvp this year? ya'll trippin
8:12
Who told you to play that music? It’s unnecessary and distracting.
First 🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽🗽....Denver been like that ......tappin in from Madison square garden
Did not think I would see 4 talented black men speaking so highly of a white basketball player. Amazing !
Somebody need to try with Tavares from Real Madrid... or Nuggets will dominate next 5 years, if they are healthy
We need 2020 Finals Jimmy Butler
The tired one?
You still can’t give Jokić his flowers without talking about 2 guys who aren’t playing. Is it cuz he is Serbian or white? Ya’ll are not as interesting as independent content creators
Imagine the Joker with a serious diet, training and hard core conditioning? Watch out!
It's insane to me that people like you still think he's out of shape and not taking care of his body.
Nuggets played terrible in game two and the Heat played great… and the Nuggets only lost by 3! Cmon Denver, bring that trophy back here to the 5280-Mile High City!!
Everybody thought it's gonna be a run over against Denver but I see the opposite.
Embid take notes
You can tell the Nuggets are desperately trying to sell those purple macchiato tomatoes and pretty soon no one will know when, I don't blame them a bit😂😂😂😂
Denver take this series by 4/1 nuggets come up NBA champ....
You can take Inside The NBA out of the finals but you can never take the crew out!! They're bigger than whoever the rights are sold to 😂😂😂😂
BAM, don't leave your wife hanging with someone else. Handcuff Jokic
Nuggs in 5
Bam Adebayo didnt have big game in game 3 can we stop this nonsense ..his best game was 2 and that was not great game either 13 from 26 attempts and everyone was riding that Adebayo had spectacular game story ...if thats a great game than Jokic is a Alien Overlord from another dimension
No need to try to build Joker up higher by dissing Bam. If Miami was winning Bam would be all the rage.
M' i the only one who is just upset about jmal murry not getting any respect
Media looking like fools thomas n kenny pick the heat beside Crawford game two was lucky win thx to kcp bailing three point shooter n porter jr seen someone taken his minutes cuz he not giving no effort at all 6ft10 losing to Vincent to jump ball he need mid range game three not falling like that n jokic just make everyone better should be three time mvp n Murray had a great game
Miami are gonna bet their way to the nba championship
This music is incredibly annoying...
Back then 30 points was like half points of the match. No 3 point ERA and game were like 85 points average. 30 points would equal 50 points in that era.
So remember. Wilt & Kareem's 30 points is like 50-60 in today's ERA.
Learn about thte past kids.
Nah it's more like 40 not 60. Don't exaggerate the difference in today's game.
Yeah, but it was an amateur level hoops by modern standarts
@@resurrectedpa Sure lets forget all the easy free throws and easy game play when it's 3 free throws for harden if you touch somebody.
If you didn't watch, don't comment on it.
@@AlexanderMitrakov Today's NBA will be amateur level in 40 years when giants like Victors come and laugh as well.
Play Herro you soft organization!!! Boo hoo his finger hurts a 2 out of ten its the finals everyone is hurt who cares you just gifted Denver another win and got blown out in your home court! 🔥🔥 Stop playing Cody Zeller! How can Jokic and Murray have more stamina than @jimmybutler or @bam1of1 soft! 🤬🤬🤬
Let Jamal talk Kenny damn
LeBrons the master of cup hands