Backstory for this video: A couple months ago, I had thought to redo my Dwight and Jokic video because as I looked back at the footage months after i uploaded the video, i realized i missed a couple of plays of Dwight guarding Jokic. But as I was going through the footage, I realized how physical the boxouts were between Dwight and Jokic and decided to put those clips into the video too, instead of just making a new video with a few more defensive possessions for Dwight. Added some other clips too. This probably won't reach 300k views like the previous video, but hopefully a good amount of people see this new video lol. Wanted to make the video better and put into complete perspective how much Dwight and Jokic were going at it. Thank you!
Dwight Howard and bougie cousin is the weakness of jokic but too bad cousins good injured it's gonna be a hell good match up between those two if he didn't get injured
dwight did good, but im actually impressed jokic did decently as well. dwight is defensive hall of famer, and this was right before jokic took his conditioning seriously. there's a documentary somewhere saying after the bubble, jokic ran a lot more and ate more healthy. either way, i enjoyed this battle. not many (not even gobert) challenged jokic on the board as much as dwight did in this video.
I think that i can speak on the behalf of most viewers when i saw that those off the ball battles are so much more exciting and brings them to a whole other level . I would love to see the same on the perimeter with the ball denial , the screen navigation even if it leads to the ball handler passing the ball instead of taking a shot because you have to learn patterns in order to really bother those offensive juggernauts .
I don't think I have seen a defender cause this much trouble for Jokic and force him to play like this. Makes me wonder if that Howard could do the same to Jokic these last couple seasons..
probably could, dwight hasn’t had any injuries or anything, been staying active in the chinese leagues, and he still has his defensive mind + stature, prob lost muscle as most nba players do after they retire (no need to be walking around w 60+ lbs of muscle lmao)
I knew the Lakers were gonna lose when they let go of Javale, Dwight, and Caruso. Those 3 were the only ones playing defense at times when AD wasn't on the floor.
One thing that people forget that is included in this video is that battles for boxouts and rebound are really exhausting for centers. That's why having Dwight guarding Jokic slows Nuggets in that series because of the mental and physical drainedness that Jokic has, also impacting the offense of the Nuggets.
both legends, Jokic proved he could do it in any era and Dwight actually was getting a bit of unfair treatment from the refs... Jokic still would cook him at times coz he's the greatest but Dwight legit would and did lock him up multiple possessions and Jokic at times got bailed by friendly whistles. Would love to see then in their primes, Jokic would have the better game but I feel like 1on1 he would really struggle to score on Dwight, who is absurdly underrated defensively, forgetting the stats he's the best 1on1 defender I've seen at the Center position against other centers
AD is better as a roamer them having Dwight at the 5 although caused some issues with spacing was great for defensive purposes (Not to mention AD shot ridiculous in the bubble so spacing wasn’t even really a problem)
2024-2025 Lakers not signing WASHED up Dwight Howard not stopping Nikola Jokic who's way better player then 4-5 seasons ago proof you don't know basketball and a casual Dwight Howard WASHED you clearly didn't watch his last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs 2021-2022 It's a reason why Dwight Howard out of NBA and none of 30 NBA teams signed him over 2 season plus
The last time Jokic faced Dwight he had 38/18/6 and this was against both AD and Dwight on the floor (2022). Prime Jokic >>>>>>>>>> pre mvp Jokic. Jokic in his prime cannot be stopped. The worse he could play is like he did against Gobert/Kat/Naz/ McDaniels and he still put up 30/10/5 including a 35/20 in game 7.
Lal traded away all their elite perimeter defenders. The idea that Dwight or Kat can stop jokic is crazy. Minnesota had the dpoy surrounded by 3 all d type guys + Kat to defend the post and still cooked.
2024-2025 Lakers not signing WASHED up Dwight Howard who's not stopping Nikola Jokic who's way better player then 4-5 seasons ago proof you don't know basketball and a casual Dwight Howard WASHED you clearly didn't watch his last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs 2021-2022 It's a reason why Dwight Howard out of NBA and none of 30 NBA teams signed him over 2 season plus 2024-2025 Lakers not a championship level team get over it kid
so if joker would play in the leauge around the 200s he would just look like an advanced version of arvydas sabonis? He clearly has issues with dwight. what he would do aginst shaq and moutombo who are bigger? probably revert to shooting from outside as he doesnt have the strength to back this guys up on the post
2024-2025 Lakers not signing WASHED up Dwight Howard whos not stopping Nikola Jokic who's way better player then 4-5 seasons ago proof you don't know basketball and a casual Dwight Howard WASHED you clearly didn't watch his last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs 2021-2022 It's a reason why Dwight Howard out of NBA and none of 30 NBA teams signed him over 2 season plus
We need to start drug testing GMs because what did Pelinka snort before he got the bright idea to get rid of damn near the whole team after a championship?
I miss this team already howard caruso kcp kuzma mccge rondo and denny green was great defender s hows rob pelinka did ruined this team already after winnj g chip hes ruined separate this team never paid mcge howard and denny green
No lie the Lakers used to have 3 really good 3 and d players like KCP, Danny Green and Alex Caruso. Trading them for Russel WestBrick really was a lop sided trade :/. This team used to have dawgs on defense and great fire power from range.
Backstory for this video: A couple months ago, I had thought to redo my Dwight and Jokic video because as I looked back at the footage months after i uploaded the video, i realized i missed a couple of plays of Dwight guarding Jokic. But as I was going through the footage, I realized how physical the boxouts were between Dwight and Jokic and decided to put those clips into the video too, instead of just making a new video with a few more defensive possessions for Dwight. Added some other clips too. This probably won't reach 300k views like the previous video, but hopefully a good amount of people see this new video lol. Wanted to make the video better and put into complete perspective how much Dwight and Jokic were going at it. Thank you!
I ain’t gon lie Jokic has gotten way better the past 4 years but the Lakers can Use Dwight and Put AD at the 4 they might have a chance.
Dwight aint gonna do anything in 2024 against a much improved joker bro. give it up. We not in 2020 anymore.
Dwight Howard and bougie cousin is the weakness of jokic but too bad cousins good injured it's gonna be a hell good match up between those two if he didn't get injured
No need, we got Koloko….…. Christian Koloko smh 😂
Hopefully he does SOMETHING! 😅
@@brenttenorio9265bruh jokic struggled against 6'9 Naz Reid
I think the Biggest key is running AD at the 4 because he’s historically been better roaming and being the low man than being the primary 5
dwight did good, but im actually impressed jokic did decently as well. dwight is defensive hall of famer, and this was right before jokic took his conditioning seriously. there's a documentary somewhere saying after the bubble, jokic ran a lot more and ate more healthy. either way, i enjoyed this battle. not many (not even gobert) challenged jokic on the board as much as dwight did in this video.
Dwight was well past his prime here so I don’t want to hear ur lame excuses!! Gobert is overrated!
When you get physical wit Jokic he crumbles I see it vs Embiid every time he plays him. Embiid absolutely embarrasses him every year
Bro this is 2020, like 7 years after Dwight's prime. He could barely move compared to his prime. And was skinnier too.
Jokic in his best shape isn't even half the shape of Dwight's worse shape.
I think that i can speak on the behalf of most viewers when i saw that those off the ball battles are so much more exciting and brings them to a whole other level . I would love to see the same on the perimeter with the ball denial , the screen navigation even if it leads to the ball handler passing the ball instead of taking a shot because you have to learn patterns in order to really bother those offensive juggernauts .
Really miss the defence of Lakers in 2020.
I don't think I have seen a defender cause this much trouble for Jokic and force him to play like this. Makes me wonder if that Howard could do the same to Jokic these last couple seasons..
probably could, dwight hasn’t had any injuries or anything, been staying active in the chinese leagues, and he still has his defensive mind + stature, prob lost muscle as most nba players do after they retire (no need to be walking around w 60+ lbs of muscle lmao)
We saw KAT and Naz Reid give him trouble. Dwight even at this age could probably give him a good run.
@@rileylagerstrom9843hell no watching this makes me realize how much better jokic is now than he was then
The last time Howard shared the court with Jokic, Jokic had 38 points & 18 Rebounds, and that was 2 years ago.
I knew the Lakers were gonna lose when they let go of Javale, Dwight, and Caruso. Those 3 were the only ones playing defense at times when AD wasn't on the floor.
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You don't know basketball Dwight Howard last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs he was WASHED
@@TruthSerum99-zq9fl dumbass muthafucka. That wasn't Dwight's fault.
One thing that people forget that is included in this video is that battles for boxouts and rebound are really exhausting for centers. That's why having Dwight guarding Jokic slows Nuggets in that series because of the mental and physical drainedness that Jokic has, also impacting the offense of the Nuggets.
2024 and i still get flashbacks of DG missing 3s
I miss this squad
Would've loved to see prime Howard go against prime Jokic. Offensive juggernaut vs defensive powerhouse. What a battle THAT would be.
And prime Dwight as a defensive powerhouse would still put up 25 points.
Ngl prime Howard clamping Jokic
@@BellyBuddhano he isnt jokic just got into his prime last 3 years
Would've been like Shaq n sabonis
after this series jokic avenged this by beating the lakers in the playoffs so many times and winning the chip while the lakers haven't been the same
Haven’t been the same? Go check the standings! Lakers are the 4th seed this season
DW39 did a good job as a role player.
Really makes me want to see both of these guys matchup at their peaks.
2023 - Current Jokic
DPOY Orlando Magic Dwight
both legends, Jokic proved he could do it in any era and Dwight actually was getting a bit of unfair treatment from the refs... Jokic still would cook him at times coz he's the greatest but Dwight legit would and did lock him up multiple possessions and Jokic at times got bailed by friendly whistles. Would love to see then in their primes, Jokic would have the better game but I feel like 1on1 he would really struggle to score on Dwight, who is absurdly underrated defensively, forgetting the stats he's the best 1on1 defender I've seen at the Center position against other centers
This was the first time Jokic ever dealt with this kind of physical defense, I can assure that now he would be much better at handling it.
He hasn’t seen it since what makes you think he would handle it better
@ because he’s a much better player now. He has improved in so many different ways, Dwight Howard defense would be child’s play for him.
jokic still outscored howard and did really good in games.its lb and ad that beat nuggets then
You can't just look at points, how many buckets did Dwight prevent on defense? That was his true role on this team.
Howard so strong
AD is better as a roamer them having Dwight at the 5 although caused some issues with spacing was great for defensive purposes (Not to mention AD shot ridiculous in the bubble so spacing wasn’t even really a problem)
AD is more comfortable being in 4 than being center...,he's not struggling for offensive and defensive rebound..also boxouting
Howard did well considering refs favoring the super star. If anything it was his physicality that wore Jokic down.
That dunk by Carushow 😳
can you do a compilation of vince williams' defensive gameplay
Damn jokic really hitting Dwight and the guards with them cheap shots in this video it’s crazy. You’d think he was mentored by Chris Paul lol
I’m still saying Laker Front Office, Call Dwight Howard! Atleast give him a Look lol
Dummies I swear no way n hell if I'm a GM and letting Dwight Howard walk away...he's Def not what he used to be but still a big body and productive!
Team like Gs,Mia, and my Lakers can use him 😂
AD, Dwight Howard, andLeBron james? jesus christ, how much manpower do yall need to defeat Jokic? 😂😂
@@whippedhurdle5217 Davis can’t guard jokic need somebody like Howard in front of him at times
2024-2025 Lakers not signing WASHED up Dwight Howard not stopping Nikola Jokic who's way better player then 4-5 seasons ago proof you don't know basketball and a casual
Dwight Howard WASHED you clearly didn't watch his last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs 2021-2022
It's a reason why Dwight Howard out of NBA and none of 30 NBA teams signed him over 2 season plus
The last time Jokic faced Dwight he had 38/18/6 and this was against both AD and Dwight on the floor (2022).
Prime Jokic >>>>>>>>>> pre mvp Jokic.
Jokic in his prime cannot be stopped. The worse he could play is like he did against Gobert/Kat/Naz/ McDaniels and he still put up 30/10/5 including a 35/20 in game 7.
Lal traded away all their elite perimeter defenders. The idea that Dwight or Kat can stop jokic is crazy. Minnesota had the dpoy surrounded by 3 all d type guys + Kat to defend the post and still cooked.
Damn I just legit forgot about Paul millsap 😭
All I've seen is Howard fouling Jokic every play 😅.
And Denver has been Lakers daddy recently
fr refs are cheating as usual and lakers have not been the same after this series while denver keeps winning playoffs
NBA = No Boxout Association
and the lakers continue to not sign this man to deal with jokic
It's been 4 years...
So many bullshits calls against Dwight and nothing against Jokic. Crazy bias
Yes he oward very omportant to lakers but why cannot see the owner
The lakers should bring back howard in the team.
2024-2025 Lakers not signing WASHED up Dwight Howard who's not stopping Nikola Jokic who's way better player then 4-5 seasons ago proof you don't know basketball and a casual
Dwight Howard WASHED you clearly didn't watch his last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs 2021-2022
It's a reason why Dwight Howard out of NBA and none of 30 NBA teams signed him over 2 season plus
2024-2025 Lakers not a championship level team get over it kid
😂
so if joker would play in the leauge around the 200s he would just look like an advanced version of arvydas sabonis? He clearly has issues with dwight. what he would do aginst shaq and moutombo who are bigger? probably revert to shooting from outside as he doesnt have the strength to back this guys up on the post
Bruh he improved a lot in 5 years you won't remain the same in those 5 years
JOkic got a whole lotta calls just because league is trynna force out and isolate dwight, he shouls honstly still be in the league
Bring back DH
2024-2025 Lakers not signing WASHED up Dwight Howard whos not stopping Nikola Jokic who's way better player then 4-5 seasons ago proof you don't know basketball and a casual
Dwight Howard WASHED you clearly didn't watch his last stint with Lakers 33-49 missed playoffs 2021-2022
It's a reason why Dwight Howard out of NBA and none of 30 NBA teams signed him over 2 season plus
The refs are in clear favor of the Lakers.
Jokic weared him like a coat. Stuperman.
We need to start drug testing GMs because what did Pelinka snort before he got the bright idea to get rid of damn near the whole team after a championship?
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why the refs always root for lakers?
nobody in the current NBA players can put pressure on jokic like that. they all just let him be , are they afraid? or lazy? or playing soft?
Why tf lakers didn’t keep this team 🤦♂️
dont know what the lakers are waiting for
I miss this team already howard caruso kcp kuzma mccge rondo and denny green was great defender s hows rob pelinka did ruined this team already after winnj g chip hes ruined separate this team never paid mcge howard and denny green
No lie the Lakers used to have 3 really good 3 and d players like KCP, Danny Green and Alex Caruso. Trading them for Russel WestBrick really was a lop sided trade :/. This team used to have dawgs on defense and great fire power from range.
Bro Dwight is annoying 😂
Du de e they called anything I hate the nba mow
I believe magic Howard can guard
If Dwight did what jokic was doin to him, he woulda fouled out. Jokic is dirty af and nobody says anything.