Who's The Hardest To Guard: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Joel Embiid and Nikola Jokić?
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- Montrezl Harrell Breaks Down The Hardest Bigs To Guard In The NBA with Gilbert Arenas.
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To stop Giannis: force him to shoot
To stop Embiid: force him to pass
To stop Jokic: hope he has an off night
His off night when he has like 9 points he still had 13 rebounds and 12 assists😂
In simplest terms, yes, you're right with this statement.
If it's that easy to stop giannis, then why does he have 2 mvps and averages almost 30 pts a game and a finals mvp
@@andrejenkins8167 he declined since then
Let’s be real doe
Giannis can’t be stopped can LEBRON be stopped
They game the same
Bet to the rim and ur not stopping them from getting to the rim in today nba period. I agree with the entire take
But Giannis grab that ball and sprint down court u better double or foul
U not stopping Giannis
He makes a great point: with joker you have to worry about everything at all times. All kinds of shots/drives/passes/screens from all different places on the floor.
right giannis is straight forward 2 dimensional joker can do so much
Am a die hard Bucks fan! But you absolutely correct!
This what GP said about Stockton people thought he was joking.
@@HonorOneAbove You beat me to it
He might not be an eloquent guy, but he makes more sense than all NBA analysts combined.
Understatement of the year that’s he’s not eloquent…you feel me?
@@n_a8917ask enough times and people got to feel ya, i guess, idk
lol@@milosdjokic3162
@@n_a8917 something else is issue here, rather than my winner understatement myboi...
In hood vernacular he is very eloquent lol
Why is this guy talk with more sense,clarity and point then all the clowns in media that are yelling,using big words but all you hear is nonsense....
Ex players versus narrative pushers. The players gone win every time
Harrell is saying everything we need to know about Embiid
Joel "free throw merchant" Embiid
Smart,he knows what he talking about ,knows the game...but why he put all his mom jewelry on is a different question
@@bojanmilenkovic2043😭😭
@@bojanmilenkovic2043nigga y u worried about this man jewelry is it affecting ur life
so he can take yours out to dinner@@bojanmilenkovic2043
This is a pleasant surprise. I didn't know Harrell was this savy at breaking down the game and players. He verbally places you on the court. Great job my boy!!
I have never watched an interview with him and I was really impressed. He explained each player perfectly.
Well.. he is an nba player
@@kingkyrie5140 it's not automatic they every NBA player can actually explain the game.
Surprised.😢
I wouldn't necessarily call that mumbling rant as verbal savvy. Yes the substance is there but the delivery is a mess that i have to turn on the subtitles. 😑
We feel you, my boy.
Got it, big dog
Ain't gonna lie
Gil hated the Jokic praise 😂😂😂
That cause Gil never reach Jokic level in his career.
for sure lol he hates white people so much bro it's insane
@@sebbensebbenandsebben691 i believe it's for other reasons.
@@Woody13woodpecker Racism or Xenophobia? It's becoming lowkey common.
@@jjqq4116 its probably both
Being a denver fan from Denver is awesome right now. We’re so lucky to have Jokic in our history we’ve never had a player like him and the timing is perfect with Jamal Murray and Mpj drafted in the same years.
Neither the league had a player like him, Joker aint no joke you feel me boy
lmao jokic been in the league. yall act like he just started. choking every year in the playoffs then win a ring feel different dont it 🤣🤣🤣
@@joeymiddleton5821 who acts like he just started your on meth get out of here
@@joeymiddleton582126 and 30 points in back to back playoffs without any help is choking I guess
@@joeymiddleton5821 I'd like to know your definition of choking, cause that man never ever choked, playoffs of otherwise.
Trez knows Jokic is the best ma bwaah
You can tell that Trez is really saying that Joker is a Big Problem to deal with, he was brief talking about Giannis and Embiid but he went in when he got to talking about Joker.
He wasn't brief speaking on Embiid
@@tloc243he basically was saying Embiid a foul merchant lol.
as much as i love giannis as i am greek, jokic is one level higher regarding efficiency and IQ. best player to ever play the nba regarding these two factors.
He is the best offensive player in the history of the NBA. He is the first player that literally has no flaws in his game (talking about the offense).
I am talking about the professional basketball. About the league where all the players are full time pros. Basketball is their only job. I am talking about the level playing field. I am not talking about the league where most of the guys had to have regular jobs cause they couldn't earn a living just by playing basketball, but some of them were playing basketball as a full time job, didn't have to go an paint walls, repair cars, work as an accoutants, work at a warehouse, cook, do construction etc. They could spend their summers working on their game, getting prepared, getting in better shape....I am also talking about all the best players in the world being in one League, going against each other. I am not talking about 65% of the players playing in one league, and 35% playing in the other. I am also talking about the players we can watch and see how they've played. I am not into XYZ was better, he averaged 300 points, 250 rebounds, and 200 assist. He also averaged 100 blocks, and has scored 450 points in one game. Somehow the tape from the game got lost. Don't think he didn't do it. He really did, trust me bro. Btw, it doesn't matter he was 3 inches taller than the 2nd tallest guy.
Jokic's hands are magical
Joker is a living nightmare to guard
Montrez “My Boy” Harrel
You feel me. :D
Montrezl "Ya feel me mah boi" Harrell
I ain't gon lie, I dig Trez more now than ever. My Boy didn't say a lie
@@gr-gx4zy yafee mi maboi*
Half man Half My Boy...you feel me?
Jokic is unguardable
Back to back champ's 🏆🏆 3rd MVP.. this year let's go Nuggets. 💥💥🥊
your mom was unguardable too yet your father still found the way in
Didn’t look like it when he played Embiid
@isnotworthit your mom was also
@@isnotworthitbrother this was a compliment lol
He broke down the difference overseas and here perfectly….. overseas they learn to play team first.. set picks, screens, cuts, etc
In America..AAU and High school is all about getting on a mixtape and dunking and shooting….ISO games
The first time they gave a structured team game is college, but they’re only there for less than 6 months mostly
Jokic showed who in playoffs. Doing so again early in the season.
That’s that southern talk lol, but he speaking facts 💯 He gave you real inside information of why Joel is not that Guy and you can see it when he play. That was spot on!
you feel me?
He got all the skills but the foul hunting is sucka shit
@@n_a8917 Joker aint no joke, you feel me...
Not even close to what he said y’all love hating on embiid cause he great at drawing fouls
@@jalynjones9136 Who are y'all to you? So thats his biggest asset/skill drawing fouls? I just looked it up he has 65% from FT and you saying thats his greatest skill wow and my boy Jok shoots 82% so almost 20% more not to mention %'s in FG and 3-point where he is top of the league and passing/assist top of the league, so actually Jokic was downplayed here
That's the beauty of how Jokic plays. There is NOTHING you can do if he's having a great shooting game, if he isn't he's still lethal near the basket and his passing is on point regardless. We're witnessing one of the most offensively talented players to ever play the game at his peak and it's amazing to watch as a fan of the game. It's sad that some people hate on him and are missing some of the most impressive offense to ever be played.
So, he’s basically saying that today NBA game is much easier to play in and this narrative that the guys are so much more athletic is a myth. Skills still pays the bills. Joker is skilled!
It’s always been the myth. People will use the fact there are 5 40 inch vertical guys instead of 3 like there was 15 years ago and say the league is more athletic even if the average measurements is the same.
nah, it's not just a narrative, players in nba r still much more athletic it's just that for years people in the states started putting much more emphasize on athleticism and forgot about basic skill sets. in europe players r not gods, they have to go through all sort of shit to get to the first team while in nba when u r one of the first picks in the draft, u get the keys of the team since day one so they stop learning and improving.
2 things can be true at the same time bro, relax
And yet it’s still only 5 - 10 great overseas players in the NBA right now. Most don’t play well but the ones that do are elite
It’s not easier lmfao the bench Players are way more talented . And the guys who aren’t athletic are extremely skilled like generationally skilled , never seen players like Luka and Jokic
Joker is unorthodox so when you guard him, be sure you understand that you won't see him do what you think hes gonna do. Hes spontaneous.
Underrated point ,among others,Jokić makes whole team plays ,make them focused in the game in rythm..as they say he set up table and lets us all eat...many times nuggets got 4-5 players in double digits ..and still Jokić got high numbers..it is unique in nba ..ofc that then is easy when all team players feel important and atuned..amazing
SLAVA Montrezl !!! Love from Serbia!
I feel you my boy 😂
ain't gonna lie to you
Gilbert’s face when Montrez told him face to face how good Joker really is 😅
I’m afraid that Montrez asks me if I feel him and I don’t feel him.
Just put your hand on his shoulder and say 'I do'
Jokic is one of the most unguardable players to ever play
And Embiid isn't?
@@MyVideosOnYT1embiid is trash in the playoffs
@@MyVideosOnYT1Embiid got locked up by a 65 year old Al Horford bro gtfo wit that shit😂😂
Embiid is only good in the season.
@@MyVideosOnYT1go look at stats and see how much joel Embiid shits the bed in the playoffs.
Damn, he's actually on point on everything.
But yet the casuals called Jokic boring and slow lol or whatever dumb thing that came to mind 🤦🏽♂️
Cause nobody saw it coming. Who would’ve thought this nuggets team is up to something back in 2014 when he got drafted!
@@Nabil21667 he was called that last year as well...by dumb ass commentators , dude has been a powerhouse last 3-4 years just banobos dont watch games
@@Nabil21667a lot of fans felt the nuggets were favorites last year. At least the ones who were actually watching the game but the media and casual fans just didn’t wanna hear it
@@Nabil21667 in 2014, sure, but us nuggets fans tried to tell everyone we had something special brewing by 2017, and especially after we signed Millsap
It's the boring Larry Bird effect
“He ain’t jumping over a sheet of notebook paper” 😂😂
Gil like “but who’s better at 1 on 1???”
I feel you
Dudes got Gil locked up for 3 minutes on that Joker bit.
He was so uncomfortable 😂
Trez hit the point with defending Joker, its gotta be 100% team defense and everyone must be locked-on. It don't matter if you got DPOY on Joker 'cause he will take advantage of the weakest link. That's why he is generational player. Besides Joker, I can only think of MJ, Bird, Magic, Shaq, LeBron, and Steph (and possibly Luka) that you gotta have a team defense game plan to stop them.
The beard as well
Kobe
@@juwanjones-c1p Hell no!
Kobe!!!
In order to stop Giannis you need to have a wall, you need everyone to be on point also you forgetting Kobe
The way Montrezl talks about Jokic reminds me of Charlie Murphy talking about Prince.
„Challenge him!… Aight?!“
I've said it for years--there's not a center WHO EVER LIVED who could handle ALL the things Joker does. No center's ever HAD TO guard a 7 ft. point-center with a 3 that never misses and who'll back you down like a little girl whenever he wants. I mean, who's guarding him at the perimeter or the top of the key that can also bang with him when he wants to come inside? He's ridiculous!
Gilbert didn't want to hear Jokic's name as being the toughest to guard. He doesn't like European players, I can't imagine why.
Embiid fans only argument for that pitty MVP was a game where Doc Rivers, in the second part of the game, invented the Jokic stopping scheme the Lakers used in the playoffs and PJ tucker was the main defender on Jokic while Embiid was roaming the paint to help, meanwhile Jok stats got better during the playoffs and Embiids dropped drastically
Kendrick "the sick racist" Perkins was the biggest argument for Joel's "please give it to me or I'm going to cry" MVP
I am impressed how many times Embiid recklessly falling down and getting up during the game to get the foul. I am afraid he might be a human wreck after he stops playing
Interesting that none of these top 3 players are American. Foreign players are dominating the NBA.
The only way to slow down Jokic is to prevent him from passing
Let that sink in
And even then he's still pretty efficient
Mikal brigdes talked about it. They didn't double tim him so he can't give out assists. So he dropped 50 on them.
So he basically called Embiid a free throw merchant 😂
Ain’t nun wrong with it
He is. But he still hits the majority of his shots so it doesn’t really matter.
When he talking about jokic he hit them with the (my boy )
I get what says when he talks about Embiid. Like he does way to much sometimes wasting to much energy.
You don’t watch Embiid
@@goatstatusj5112We do, you see him how many times with his hands on his knees breathing trough his mouth?
Montrez is correct he is doing to much which tires him out
@@goatstatusj5112 He's my favorite player. I love how he plays, he needs to simplify things.
Yup and learn to take responsibilty, last playoffs he blamed his role players who did their jobs and he underdelivered. Seemed like when he got his MVP he stopped caring@@Heartbrayk.
Montrez talk like he got a mouth full of starburst
Great explanation on why Joker is impossible to guard. You just playing bingo with what hes going to do in the first place.
People in the comments are missing the point of this. So many you can’t stop this guy or that guy. The question was simply who is the most difficult to defend against. Joker is an easy choice. He’s like having the best point guard and center in one player. Then he is one of the most cerebral players like Lebron. It’s kind of like playing Peyton Manning. Not the most athletic but beat you with his mind and accuracy.
YOU FEEL ME ????? 😭😭
Yessh my boi
I feel you on every sentence
Got that no regrets energy
Great point of view!!! He played against all 3 of them...
The league truly screwed bcuz he started sky hooking this season
Harrell guarding Jokic is why we ultimately gave up a 3-1 lead in the bubble
Exactly who the the NBA can stop Jokic?
Naw the league didn’t want the clippers playing the lakers. Clippers had way to much fire power and would have been a harder series to rig
It's not like Zubac can guard Jokic either lol
Your whole team being mid at defense on the GOAT was why you weren't good enough to advance.
exactly he did and what do you do in game 7 doc? play him more mins docs fault for playing him i can’t blame montrez wont his fault a dumb coach sent him out there to a wolf
Sometimes its the toughest cats who have the most humility.
Where’s the humiliation exactly?
@@franklinsmith62 humility ≠ humiliation 🤦🏽♂️
Someone feel this man for christ sake
"YOU FEEL ME?"
“As far as JOKER?! I ain’t gon lie TO ya 😳”
BASICALLY THERES NO HOPE WHEN GAURDING THE JOKER 🤷🏾♂️💯‼️
Tell joker to do that on embiid
@@dominiquebrown2890 tell embiid to get out the 2nd round
@@alucard3374tell Embiid to show up to Denver 💀
@ayjeemusic4528 all I know Is I saw them play head to head and 1 guy got cooked
@@dominiquebrown2890I guess you need some morale victory huh?
Jokic dropping triple doubles on the daily
He said Jokic instantaneously lmao.
Man Pat Bev put on some size since the trade my boy, ya feel me?
You fil' me 😂😂 i fil' you bro i fil' you
G yanis
Lol
Didn't know he was that good at breaking down game. Really impressed!
This tells me if only the players could vote for MVP it would be different.
Joker is now a decent defender too even though there are times he is still letting players go by him when being attack in the Paint
💯I think Joker is an underrated defender, especially now that he is in great shape! He is not lights-out defender like Gobert, Giannis, and other recent DPOYs, but more of of Marc Gasol-type defender. He uses position and anticipation to disrupt the offense.
When he do that it's most of the time he don't want to risky faul
gordon makes that defense work, genius move, big difference
People don't realise that defence isn't just stats . His team improved +5 points per 100 possesions on defence with him on the floor which was 5th in the league. Embiid 3.7 . The next guy in the nuggets on defence was kcp with 1.5 which was 50th
The fact that he doesnt want to take unecessary fouls either
That's so true about embid. It's so frustrating sometimes to see him try to play like a guard, when he's probably the most athletic true center in the league... it's as if he doesn't want to make the easy play.
- i like Embiid's ability to play center. he's a BIG who can post and shoot. but hunting for fouls rather than making a basketball play is rather annoying.
CP3? incredible PG but man does he shop for flops.
Lebron? Sir flops a lot too. These are all great players but unlike Jokic, Bird, MJ...they just hoopin' and murderin'
they are all deadly and pretty much unstoppable
they get theirs different but the results r the same, domination
Montrezl “you feel me” Harrell
Trez tryna get a emergency backup spot on the nuggets and he s,art for it
Seems like he’s just being honest. There’s a reason Jokic is dominating the league
“He ain’t jumping but shit my paper my boy” is what I think he said. Wow and true.
Montrez: Jokic can’t jump over a piece of notebook paper
Me: 😂🤣😭
Jokic agrees with him as well😂
you feel me?
Hard to not feel him after all the repetitions. 😊
best analysis i heard in a while... u feel me? ✌🏼❤️
"He ain't jumping over a sheet of notebook paper my boy, but..."
That painting of gil and his kids is so fucking hard 💯🔥🔥
that shit solid now my boy!!! lmao
Only way to stop Jokic is to kidnap his horse
You have to drink every time Harrell says "U feel me?"
Smart man
I feel you Montezl, I feel you. 👏👏
From the eye test, it looks like Giannis would be the hardest to gaurd… but what do I know? I’m just a regular civilian 😂
Yes cuz he can’t shoot efficiently force him to shoot or shoot free throws it’s his weakness
Giannis dont have a jumper. hes unstoppable in transition and in paint though.
This dude really knows what he's talking about. You feel me? It seems like he really studies the game. You feel me? He broke this down really well my boy, you feel me? He's perspective was eye-opening, you feel me? He's game is good, but would have been better in an older Era, you feel me?
If Joel ever decides to just do what Montrez said and just punish niggas he’d be the best. This coming from a Joel fan I’m biased but right is right
💯I know Embiid get some hate, but he just needs to have the Shaq-mindset that no one can stop him individually, and stop playing like Harden looking for fouls.
Tbh i dont think he hard enough for that, dude cries so much its crazy
Big dawg that was well said my boy 😂
Gilbert must have been dying inside
I supppose it's the deception of perception at 2:35 "he ain't jumping over a sheet of note paper".
If the guy can't jump why does he win so many tip offs???????
Everything he said about embiid us the reason why i dislike him. Hed rather short roll than just bully everybody in the paint. Theyre gonna fouk him almost everytime
You (& a majority of nba fans) would still dislike him even if he just strictly played bully ball lol. That's clearly not the only reason.
Embiid haters never fail to make me laugh
That sh*t solid now my bro😂
I do, in fact, feel him.
Did you feel him tho
Didn't understand half the interview 😂😂 thats a headache my boy aint gon lie to you
Arenas looking att Montrezl thinking if this guy is in the league I should be in the league
Monty knows his shit, my boi, ya feel me?! LOL. Legend.
It's a headache my boi! I ain't gonna lie to you! Truer words have never been spoken!
If he says "my boy" one more time 😂😂
Nobody guarding Embiid on 1on1 and Jokic is unguardedly on 5on5
💯One-on-one, Embiid will destroy everyone in the league, but basketball is a team game
That painting is tough
Good analysis.
Giannis can't shoot
Embiid can't pass
Jokic can do both
I think this guy is actually an intelligent guy but I need a translator for the Ebonics.