hey remember when gil arenas said jokic is racist cuz in a interview jokic said i dont jump high or run fast like the other guys i just play smart basketball ...lol this guy gets hate from alll the media
@@Eniggma39 If You think Bill Russel was a better basketball player then willt Chamberlain you are delusional he won because had 11 hall of fame players in his team not because was better
I’m glad Jokic is a team player. He doesn’t care about stats. He cares about wins and teammates success. I’m glad Jokic haters are sad he’s a champion and Embiid isn’t.
His most valuable ability is to intelligently re-distribute the ball in a way which enables the other players in the team to perform at their best and really shine. It must be such a joy playing in the same team with him.
About 3 maybe 4 years ago I was at at a Nuggets game and saw Jokic had a 3/15/17/3/2 game 3 pts, 15 rebs, 17 assist, 3 blocks and 2 steals.. and the Nuggets still won by 22 points. That's when I knew he was on of the greatest centers of all time!
Ako su njih dvojica sve sto Srbija oduvek ima,onda i jesmo mali kao tvoj i mozak ljudi kao sto si ti ...Dokle vise ubacivanje Tenisera tamo gde je basket,idi gledaj Tenis i ti i sbi kao ti sto ga prate dok ga Novak igra,isto kao sto sada odjednom pratite i Basket. ...U ovom sportu vec imamo igrace u Kuci slavnih....smarate vise ebo vas tenis,nisi reket video uzivo
Dude doesn't care about stats and still gets the best stats in the sport, he's a multiple-time MVP and is a champion, all while being "unathletic". He's got people doubting how a "clumsy, fat, uninterested" player who can't jump can dominate the league when you got guys that are "physical specimens". Goes to show mentality, skill and hard work are key.
Basically. The myth that these players are bigger, faster, stronger is being debunked in real time… Nothing about these new players is evolved besides their contracts & egos…
@@TeezyfolKKz Exactly, agree 100%. Plus new rules, officiating and lack of focus on defense has blown up these players' stats so much it makes them look like Wilt in his prime.
@@erniefernandezhernandez4541 the rules aren’t new. The traveling rules were never revised, they just allow this generation an extra step. How does something evolve into needing training wheels?
Jokic uses his height and weight to his advantage. He push his defenders away with his weight and then trrow a pass to a teammate or make a basket. Being tall and heavy is a pyshical advantage is you know how to use it.
MVP is rigged. After watching some voter interviews, especially Boogie's, it's clear that politics rules and league is business only, no integrity. DeMarcus flat out said they didn't vote Jok 3 in a row cause they don't wanna put him alongside Bird.
I been watching nba since the late 80’s. They always said the mvp is about how much impact a player has on his team. That said Jokic should be getting his 4th mvp in a row and MJ should’ve been MVP every single year he played
There are other players who have had franchise-changing impact on their teams, who put up elite stats, who played at the same time Jordan did. Like Magic and Bird, who each won 3 MVPs and, in my opinion, deserved them.
That is a damn fine question, indeed. He's got stories and doesn't mind spouting the hot take that more judiscious talking heads abjure. And gets paid, and escaped the purge at ESPN. Go figure.
Such a terrible YT sports take! And to see that 4 people followed up by patting you on the back is hilarious. First off, Perkins comment is really dumb. But to say "he only averaged 5 points a game, why are we listening to him" could be an even dumber comment. He was on the court as a defensive force and to get rebounds. When he was on the Celtics, they had plenty of scorers and there was no reason for him to be scoring. Same thing for the Thunder. But to say he shouldn't be listened to bc he averaged 5 ppg in the NBA is stupid. 5 ppg is 5 more ppg than 99% of sports radio/tv analysts & talking heads. So going by your logic, nobody's views on sports are valid unless the person talking is better than an above average scorer. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that you never played in the NBA which means you averaged ZERO ppg......you should probably delete your comment because following your logic, its worthless.
Calling Jokic a stat padder while celebrating Lebron is absolutely hilarious 😂 Jokic had 3 games with 10 or less field goal attempted in the last 5 games. He doesn't care. Lebron maybe has the same amount in the last 1000 games. I remember the game in which he hurt his groin he stayed on the floor injured just to hit a shot so that his 10point streak was kept alive. What a statpadder clown 😂
Love it when the Lakers beat a garbage team and people post his stats on SM being like “20 years of dominance!” Ignoring that the Lakers are going to struggle again to even make the playoffs.
lebron has like a 1000 game streak with at least 10 points (i forgot the exact number) but he made it an explicit point to never not score less than a minimum, so yeah, hes doing the opposite (also impressive!)
@@LaymensLament In that game lakers lost bc lebro wanted to keep his streak alive and stayed longer on the floor just to get his 10 points in taking a place from any healthy player who could at least try to win the game. This tells you all about his mentaly that's why he could never become a winner like MJ or even Kobe. He cared more about his personal acomplishments than his team success.
What is really funny is that so many alleged NBA commentators say That Jokic plays without passion. He is passionate about basketball and winning, that's why he is so damned good. He is not a showoff just a genius. He is a poet not a rockstar.
Jokic epitomizes why basketball is such a great sport. Basketball IQ, passing and assists, scoring and scoring efficiency, rebounding and defense are the crucial elements defining great players, not trash-talking, vertical leap or speed.
It's funny that Kendrick Perkins accused Jokic of being a state padder when Lebron has straight up been caught looking at stat sheets during blowout losses. Yet, I've never heard Perkins or anyone else in the sports mainstream media accuse Lebron of Stat padding.
It’s cause he’s black. Kinda funny in their “all black, we don’t do diversity hires so we can keep it way” club, they insult Jokic who is a literal foreigner. Remember, a foreigner from the Balkans is never more oppressed than a black american millionaire!
That just goes to show the racism in the game. Jokic being white is a major problem for the NBA and for those who comment on the nba, especially non-white people commenting on white people.
Kendrick Perkins career stats: 5.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.2 blocks as a center. It took Jokic not even 3 years to get more points than Kendrick did in his 14 year career (4200 points)
Without Jokic, the Nuggets would absolutely SUCK. With Jokic they are title favorites. There isn't a single player in the league that makes such a HUGE difference for his team.
At this point, whenever Jokic senses the refs are rigging the game against him, he barely shoots and instead focuses on passing, rebounding and defense. Given how the refs have behaved this season, it's a prudent choice. However, Jokic can still score 30 points very efficiently if he wants to. He proved that when he played the Warriors the other day.
Wow, it’s almost as if just playing together as a team and focusing on the process of teamwork will build you stats naturally! Jokic completely gets this, and that’s what most of these Euro players understand I feel like! Hence why we’re seeing such a big increase of these euro players abilities!!
Jokics play elevates his teammates play as well. Its much easier to make those cuts, to set those screens to play defense when you have a dude who is gonna get you the ball, and involve everyone
The Heat despite their offensive woes in periods of the game were still the best defense in basketball heading into that finals. They threw everything they had at Jokic and he had an answer for everything. Bam in my opinion wasn’t even getting cooked it’s just that every option for Joker on offense is high percentage. Cut off the ass, he turns for a jump hook, shut that down, he’ll hit you with a drop step to the bucket, take that away and you get hit with a quick sombor shuffle. If all else fails he has Murray to kick it to off a screen for an open shot or zip it to the corner on a cheating defender. The man is a basketball god.
THIS comment exactly. It's his shot selections. It's an endless answer for every programmed move against an opponent. Ain't perfect but it works for him.
Keeps his cool pretty well too considering refs seem to be screwing him constantly.. Even that first dunk, defender grabbed the rim.. see them double and rough him up ALL THE TIME, yet if HE plays that aggressive gets called. 81, 80, 86 lololol damn !!!
Jokic is the ultimate team player. He just happens to be an absolute stat monster, the best player in the league, and the new prototype for his position. If i had to pick 5 guys to win a game, Jokic is the first guy I'm picking. He smashes points, while making everyone around him better, and thats a player you definitely want to build a team around.
What I think, tho maybe not the number 1 priority but, in the games when he facilitates much more than shoots, he builds his teammates confidence. Like imagine you are a number 8-10 on the team and you can have a game scoring 10-15 points while the MVP of your team facilitates you. For the guy that sit on the bench all the time it must be a special moment.
Love this point One night a star player can't make it happen, and there is the advantage that the bench player can exploit. He is ready to do that because 2 weeks ago Jokic was feeding him and mentally prepared him to step into the moment. There is a reason the team is strong is the synergy from working together at a high level, not just expecting the star player to save the day. Thinking of MJ, LeBron with the Cavs, Kobe without Shaq, etc ...
My favorite part of this video was the game against the Lakers when LeBron was right next to him and just watched Jokic pivot and score. LeBron didn't even move.
It's hilarious to see Perkins who is big fanboy of Lebron, the best stat-padder in league history, calling another player a stat-padder. I remember once LeBron leaving the court after a minor injury with six points on the board, only to come back in the fourth quarter and leave again up to 10 points on the board.
I laughed when you called him a 7' John Stockton. That's my go to line now. Joker answers the question: What would it be like if John Stockton was 7' tall lol
I'm the biggest Utah Jazz fan, so I both love Stockton and like taking jabs at the Nuggets. But credit where is due, peak Jokic is IMHO better than Stockton ever was, which is nothing to be ashamed of. This guy is a monster on offense and has been for the last few seasons, creative and effective equally.
I enjoy how some people in the US can't seem to be able to digest how Jokic plays. That's just how this sport is played in Europe (mostly). It's a team sport, fellas.
In a fraction of time he passed LeMoron in triple doubles because he plays a team game. Despite his questionable ejections his stats are better than most because he plays a team game.
Hey, awesome content. Love following your work. The only thing I do disagree with is saying Jokic has no vertical game, he has been leading the NBA in rebounds. I believe that counts for verticality. He just doesn't spend energy on something he isn't best at and that shows the intelligence of a player when he uses his abilities to the maximum of their advantage. Keep it up!
The media has been Critical of Jokic for years. I even remember years ago they said he was "not a team-player and leader" because ofter the game, he would sit in the front of the buss with the coach and review the tape of the game they just played and started prepping for the next opponent instead of playing cards with the other players... And lets be honest. If he was american, They would have said he was "the ultimate professional" and "dedicated" but just because he's a laid-back, low-ego guy who does not like the spotlight, they paint him like the bad guy! The NBA and media surrounding it just hates that a guy from europe is dominating the game while actively saying he would rather be racing horses instead of playing ball.
The refs are screwing Jokic over worse than they ever have. It's dramatically impacted his stats. Meanwhile, the refs are letting Embiid and Giannis flop and commit offensive fouls whenever they wish. This has dramatically impacted their stats and made them seem to be much better players than Jokic is. A lot of people are too stupid to see what's going on, so they think Embiid and Giannis are the MVP frontrunners this season.
@@Interstice1994 I am still baffled he was not fired. Imagine white guy saying Lebron only won MVP`s because he is black. He would be fired on the spot.
I’m not a Denver fan but I respect the hell out of them. They won the finals without a superteam. Jokics finals ring is worth more than any of the superteam rings. Also gotta love how humble Jokic is and how he spreads the love around his team which is the complete opposite of a certain unnamed “superstar” who takes all the credit and none of the blame.
Golden state first ring was done without a super team they made themselves a super team before their first ring noone cared about curry and klay they were not even considered among any great players
Nikola Jokic (Serbia), the best NBA player in Nuggets history, Luka Doncic (Slovenia), the star player of the Dallas Mavericks, and French center Rudy Gobert (France). It can be said that the image that people had a quarter century ago of ``European players = role players'' has now been completely overturned. Without Dražen Petrović, there would not have been as many NBA players from Europe.
They hate him because he makes them look like amateur's. and his skin tone. He's better then them all today, he's white and he isn't even trying that hard. It's natural talent. They need to get over it.
Pass for the team to score - IQ Pass to get the assist - padding Rebound - Hustle Steal mates rebound - padding there's a fine line between the two but if you watch the game, fans could see who's padding.
Whether you consider them media or not, Mase and Camron are the only media that give Jokic his props. They show Jokic mad love and respect over at It is What it is.
Current NBA players care way more about stats that winning because thats what gets you paid today. Players can go an entire career without winning anything but put up gaudy counting stats and they get paid like they are prime Kobe. Basically every additional point, rebound, or assist you get trasnlates to another million dollars a year in salary. But being on winning teams and contributing to championships has almost no correlation to your pay. Take a guy like Kentavious Caldwell Pope. He was instrumental in 2 championships and pretty much every team in the league would choose him to add to their chances of winning over someone like Jordan Poole. But Pope makes 15 million while Poole is making 28 million. The difference in salary is almost exactly the difference between last seasons pts + reb+ assists.
@uncut hoops: do a video on how the refs rigged the game for lebrons lakers and stole it from the raptors as well as the bad calls against the clippers. Its so vlear stevie wonder could see. Lebron is such a great player he needs the refs help to just make the play in tournament... wow.
Jokic is the epitome of fundaments and work ethic. He just gets it done and does it the right way! Every play he makes he makes LeBronze look more and more stupid.
On the one hand, yes, the world is structured in such a way that all these top 20, top 50 in any field, not consciously, but humiliate or belittle others. Like “Where is player A, is he worse than player B?” Already at this level of discussion, we often dig into the shortcomings rather than looking for the positives. On the other hand, when you see how Embiid runs after stats , just so that the left streak does not end, and Jokic in the game with Detroit gives Murray a chance to gain confidence, frankly not caring about his statistics, in a conditional confrontation between Jokic vs Embiid, you take the side of Jokic.
I think that Nikola is doing this so that the front office takes a look at the players around him, to keep them on the team and pay them accordingly, instead of treating them as pawns. Jokic isthe most important player on that team, but if he can help his teammates to show "Hey, this isn't the 90s but we don't have to rebuild every year, we have the tools and we communicate really well, don't mess the team up, we need no "stars", the team is the star" i'm sure that the team will win more than 1 championship, just like the 2010's Warriors that kept their formula throught the decade.
Jokic is literally the embodiment of unshelfish, championship caliber basketball.... he has potential to be one of the best if not the best to ever play in the NBA... i mean, let's hypothetical this for a sec... he wins 5 more rings in the next decade, at the pace of his stats, if he stays healthy, he literally could hold most stat records... he could at that point be considered the greatest... I cant wait to see the future of him
Jokic just operates on a level above everyone else. You mentioned the pistons game. That game came right after MPJ correctly and diplomatically said he wishes he and AG could get more involved in the offense. This came after a series of poor games where Jamal’s usage was through the roof. Jokic came out and got the ball to MPJ and AG and it was glorious. Jokic was backing up MPJ and trying to influence Jamal, and, it worked. He is next level.
2:30 is such a great clip. he's going slow, using his 7' body to frame out the defender, manipulating the floor with his eyes, looking like a clumsy oaf dribbling the entire way down the court with his left hand, and he's unstoppable.
They get mad at Jokic cause basketball ball isn't his true love. It's just something he's great at and he just happens to be better than all of them... plus he doesn't care about social media or endorsements.
When I saw gollum talking about the precious as in the MVP, I immediately thought of Embiid. The ultimate stat-padder. Guy is missing games and showing up for cakewalks, so he can keep his 30-10 streak alive. The dude complained for MVP for 2yrs, until they basically pulled the race card last season and gave the MVP to him instead of Jokic who had overall the bettter numbers and impact on the game.
I think Jokic is trying to pad Jamal's stats a bit rn to get him a boost for all star. After that he should go back to normal dominance rather than full passer mode.
What's ridiculous is that Jokic got called for flopping last game despite being pushed by 2 hands, the NBA looked into it and said it wasn't the correct call but that's it. He has been fined and penalized for this more than once this season, which is absurd because he only gets 6 free throws a game despite playing a ton in the paint and constantly getting hacked. If he doesn't react he never gets the call, but if he does show any reaction they want to say it's flopping. Meanwhile the are other players who get twice the free throws per game and react by jumping and literally flopping in the air like a fish all the way to the ground, yet they never receive any scrutiny.
If Jokic could be added to any roster from NBA’s past, he would have been a solid fit for the 2004 Detroit pistons. The 2004 pistons strength was about defense. Defense is a team concept, everybody gotta show up. As a team work focused team, Jokic would have fit right. That team would have appreciated his attitude and ball sharing to help find open team mates and help win games.
Jokic is doing of the opposite of trolling, it seems to me. This gentleman who prefers team play to stat padding, who doesn't care enough about legacy or others' notion of greatness to do stat padding, why would he care enough about beef and psy-ops to go trolling anybody? No, in my opinion, the only people using the word 'trolling' here are the entertainment-media types who make their living off of stoking fans into eating more content.
Jokic is the new “Rodman”. What I’m saying is that he is taking on a role that he isn’t built for. Rodman was a defensive beast but no bigger than MJ. Being able to guard and shut down players in positions 1-5 was such a big deal without scoring. Jokic is built like a traditional center but plays like a point guard. I don’t see him as a center that really guards the paint like Shaq or Robinson. Jokic makes his teammates better by being a playmaker. Getting assists first before scoring is a usually meant for a smaller player. Jokic is the opposite. He will end up scoring when he is open or when the play allows it, but he is such a great facilitator.
Jokic has never reminded me of stockton. Reminds me of shaqs dominance, paired with lebrons playmaking and basketball iq. Sprinkled in with some extremely clutch shot making. I hope he wins a 2nd championship and secures himself among the top 10.
people for the last 20 years or so have underestimated how much of the game of basketball is in the mind. All the greats know that that is silly. The most athletic guy in the league is usually on the bench, at least until he learns how to use it. No one achieves what Jokic has without mastering the game within their mind. Many have done it without hops but none have done it without thought.
hey remember when gil arenas said jokic is racist cuz in a interview jokic said i dont jump high or run fast like the other guys i just play smart basketball ...lol this guy gets hate from alll the media
Them people are hella insecure
To take that comment as racist you need to have a victim complex
I wouldn't care if he was or is racist. It has nothing to do with basketball abilities
@@PRWPandaGil has just that… ever listened to why he wasn’t more successful in his career?
It's ironic because Arenas is clearly xenophobic
"The only important statistic is the final score."
-Bill Russell
True AF
Easy when you have 11 hall of famers in your team
@@claudiuarman8533 You know you're that guy when rather than sugarcoating your failures, they can only try to downplay your success.
@@Eniggma39 If You think Bill Russel was a better basketball player then willt Chamberlain you are delusional he won because had 11 hall of fame players in his team not because was better
@@claudiuarman8533
''You know you're that guy when rather than sugarcoating your failures, they can only try to downplay your success.''
;)
I’m glad Jokic is a team player. He doesn’t care about stats. He cares about wins and teammates success. I’m glad Jokic haters are sad he’s a champion and Embiid isn’t.
Of course he cares about stats. But he cares mostly about winning which is what the greatest always did
It's sad though because I like Embiid as well.
I think Embiid is just being dragged along by the Jokic haters into some unnecessary feud.
He cares looking like he does not care. LOL
His most valuable ability is to intelligently re-distribute the ball in a way which enables the other players in the team to perform at their best and really shine. It must be such a joy playing in the same team with him.
Jokic fan are hating on embid also thats why i support him
Jokic is the best player in the nba! He could score 40 every game if he wanted, but he decided to score 6 points and dominate! King
Wow plays simple
About 3 maybe 4 years ago I was at at a Nuggets game and saw Jokic had a 3/15/17/3/2 game
3 pts, 15 rebs, 17 assist, 3 blocks and 2 steals.. and the Nuggets still won by 22 points. That's when I knew he was on of the greatest centers of all time!
As a small country we are very proud of having the best tennis player of all time ...and a future hall of famer in the NBA...
I wouldn't be surprised if you guys take gold this summer.
Djokovic and Jokic are the best in the world
And just decent sounding, regular people too.
Ako su njih dvojica sve sto Srbija oduvek ima,onda i jesmo mali kao tvoj i mozak ljudi kao sto si ti ...Dokle vise ubacivanje Tenisera tamo gde je basket,idi gledaj Tenis i ti i sbi kao ti sto ga prate dok ga Novak igra,isto kao sto sada odjednom pratite i Basket. ...U ovom sportu vec imamo igrace u Kuci slavnih....smarate vise ebo vas tenis,nisi reket video uzivo
Tennis player? I thought he was s horse jockey...
Dude doesn't care about stats and still gets the best stats in the sport, he's a multiple-time MVP and is a champion, all while being "unathletic". He's got people doubting how a "clumsy, fat, uninterested" player who can't jump can dominate the league when you got guys that are "physical specimens". Goes to show mentality, skill and hard work are key.
Basically. The myth that these players are bigger, faster, stronger is being debunked in real time…
Nothing about these new players is evolved besides their contracts & egos…
@@TeezyfolKKz Exactly, agree 100%. Plus new rules, officiating and lack of focus on defense has blown up these players' stats so much it makes them look like Wilt in his prime.
@@erniefernandezhernandez4541 the rules aren’t new. The traveling rules were never revised, they just allow this generation an extra step.
How does something evolve into needing training wheels?
Jokic uses his height and weight to his advantage. He push his defenders away with his weight and then trrow a pass to a teammate or make a basket. Being tall and heavy is a pyshical advantage is you know how to use it.
@@TeezyfolKKz there's a reason we acknowledge old man strength as a real thing
Jokic’s greatest skill is his IQ. He raises every teammates, IQ and skill set by using his brains more than his feet.
Lebron stat pads
Look UP JORDAN PUT A PG BY DOUG COLLINS IN 1989..
Look at his footwork, it's dominant to go along with his smarts.
He has made both Gordon and MPJ much better players.
imagine the horror for these media clowns if Jokic wins another MVP 😂
Or even worse if he gets a repeat title all while they’re still trying to push Lebron as the face of the league 😂
@@NateO123I think Joker would settle for the championship.
MVP is rigged. After watching some voter interviews, especially Boogie's, it's clear that politics rules and league is business only, no integrity. DeMarcus flat out said they didn't vote Jok 3 in a row cause they don't wanna put him alongside Bird.
they wont let that happen. didnt you see what they all did to make sure jokic didnt get the MVP trophy?
Do you think joker was legitimately ejected? I think the ejections were to diminish his chances for the mvp.
I been watching nba since the late 80’s. They always said the mvp is about how much impact a player has on his team. That said Jokic should be getting his 4th mvp in a row and MJ should’ve been MVP every single year he played
There are other players who have had franchise-changing impact on their teams, who put up elite stats, who played at the same time Jordan did. Like Magic and Bird, who each won 3 MVPs and, in my opinion, deserved them.
If the refs and the league were honorable, that would indeed be the case.
@@jimmyboy131 agreed. Good point. Fine he should have won all 6 years he played in the 90’s
No mj should not have. There were other more impactful players during his tenure.
Ummm Kendrick Perkins averaged 5 points a game, what is the reason we are listening to him?
Thank you
He has friends in high places at ESPN. Or, is he high with friends near ESPN places?
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That is a damn fine question, indeed. He's got stories and doesn't mind spouting the hot take that more judiscious talking heads abjure.
And gets paid, and escaped the purge at ESPN.
Go figure.
Such a terrible YT sports take! And to see that 4 people followed up by patting you on the back is hilarious.
First off, Perkins comment is really dumb. But to say "he only averaged 5 points a game, why are we listening to him" could be an even dumber comment.
He was on the court as a defensive force and to get rebounds. When he was on the Celtics, they had plenty of scorers and there was no reason for him to be scoring. Same thing for the Thunder. But to say he shouldn't be listened to bc he averaged 5 ppg in the NBA is stupid.
5 ppg is 5 more ppg than 99% of sports radio/tv analysts & talking heads. So going by your logic, nobody's views on sports are valid unless the person talking is better than an above average scorer.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that you never played in the NBA which means you averaged ZERO ppg......you should probably delete your comment because following your logic, its worthless.
Calling Jokic a stat padder while celebrating Lebron is absolutely hilarious 😂
Jokic had 3 games with 10 or less field goal attempted in the last 5 games. He doesn't care.
Lebron maybe has the same amount in the last 1000 games.
I remember the game in which he hurt his groin he stayed on the floor injured just to hit a shot so that his 10point streak was kept alive. What a statpadder clown 😂
Love it when the Lakers beat a garbage team and people post his stats on SM being like “20 years of dominance!” Ignoring that the Lakers are going to struggle again to even make the playoffs.
lebron has like a 1000 game streak with at least 10 points (i forgot the exact number) but he made it an explicit point to never not score less than a minimum, so yeah, hes doing the opposite (also impressive!)
its crazy to me to think ur a grown ass man 😂
@@LaymensLament In that game lakers lost bc lebro wanted to keep his streak alive and stayed longer on the floor just to get his 10 points in taking a place from any healthy player who could at least try to win the game. This tells you all about his mentaly that's why he could never become a winner like MJ or even Kobe. He cared more about his personal acomplishments than his team success.
Watch him get tripple double with 0 points scored. Will be so funny to witness that.
He's a beast!
I watch the NBA again.
He's old school tough.
I'm 59...I saw all the greats.
He's fun to watch.
Only one thing can stop the Joker. NBA refs
Correct
Holy shit mop it up when ur finished 😂😂😂
Jokic is an awesome player because besides talent he has great fundamentals. He doesn't stat pad. He is just efficient.
What is really funny is that so many alleged NBA commentators say That Jokic plays without passion.
He is passionate about basketball and winning, that's why he is so damned good. He is not a showoff
just a genius. He is a poet not a rockstar.
No announcer has ever said this
You are right no announcer has ever said this but
many commentators and analysts have. @@telesphoros
He cares more about the sport and not what playing the sport brings.
Jokic epitomizes why basketball is such a great sport. Basketball IQ, passing and assists, scoring and scoring efficiency, rebounding and defense are the crucial elements defining great players, not trash-talking, vertical leap or speed.
It's funny that Kendrick Perkins accused Jokic of being a state padder when Lebron has straight up been caught looking at stat sheets during blowout losses. Yet, I've never heard Perkins or anyone else in the sports mainstream media accuse Lebron of Stat padding.
It’s cause he’s black. Kinda funny in their “all black, we don’t do diversity hires so we can keep it way” club, they insult Jokic who is a literal foreigner.
Remember, a foreigner from the Balkans is never more oppressed than a black american millionaire!
That just goes to show the racism in the game. Jokic being white is a major problem for the NBA and for those who comment on the nba, especially non-white people commenting on white people.
They would never wanna upset daddy James like that lol
@@whodatking26 Too bad that because of LeBum the NBA is tanking now.
Perk routinely switch up who his guy is and throws them under the bus to further his own career. Started with Russ, then KD and now Lebron.
Kendrick Perkins career stats: 5.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.0 assists and 1.2 blocks as a center. It took Jokic not even 3 years to get more points than Kendrick did in his 14 year career (4200 points)
Without Jokic, the Nuggets would absolutely SUCK.
With Jokic they are title favorites.
There isn't a single player in the league that makes such a HUGE difference for his team.
At this point, whenever Jokic senses the refs are rigging the game against him, he barely shoots and instead focuses on passing, rebounding and defense. Given how the refs have behaved this season, it's a prudent choice. However, Jokic can still score 30 points very efficiently if he wants to. He proved that when he played the Warriors the other day.
Wow, it’s almost as if just playing together as a team and focusing on the process of teamwork will build you stats naturally! Jokic completely gets this, and that’s what most of these Euro players understand I feel like! Hence why we’re seeing such a big increase of these euro players abilities!!
The N.B.A is his side hustle,he's just showing how great he is," I don't need to score to win, Just watch"-Joker.!
Jokics play elevates his teammates play as well. Its much easier to make those cuts, to set those screens to play defense when you have a dude who is gonna get you the ball, and involve everyone
The Heat despite their offensive woes in periods of the game were still the best defense in basketball heading into that finals. They threw everything they had at Jokic and he had an answer for everything. Bam in my opinion wasn’t even getting cooked it’s just that every option for Joker on offense is high percentage. Cut off the ass, he turns for a jump hook, shut that down, he’ll hit you with a drop step to the bucket, take that away and you get hit with a quick sombor shuffle. If all else fails he has Murray to kick it to off a screen for an open shot or zip it to the corner on a cheating defender. The man is a basketball god.
THIS comment exactly. It's his shot selections. It's an endless answer for every programmed move against an opponent. Ain't perfect but it works for him.
Keeps his cool pretty well too considering refs seem to be screwing him constantly..
Even that first dunk, defender grabbed the rim.. see them double and rough him up ALL THE TIME, yet if HE plays that aggressive gets called.
81, 80, 86 lololol damn !!!
I love Jokic's game. He's fun to watch, in a league that generally sucks now.
Jokic is the ultimate team player.
He just happens to be an absolute stat monster, the best player in the league, and the new prototype for his position.
If i had to pick 5 guys to win a game, Jokic is the first guy I'm picking. He smashes points, while making everyone around him better, and thats a player you definitely want to build a team around.
What I think, tho maybe not the number 1 priority but, in the games when he facilitates much more than shoots, he builds his teammates confidence. Like imagine you are a number 8-10 on the team and you can have a game scoring 10-15 points while the MVP of your team facilitates you. For the guy that sit on the bench all the time it must be a special moment.
Love this point
One night a star player can't make it happen, and there is the advantage that the bench player can exploit. He is ready to do that because 2 weeks ago Jokic was feeding him and mentally prepared him to step into the moment.
There is a reason the team is strong is the synergy from working together at a high level, not just expecting the star player to save the day. Thinking of MJ, LeBron with the Cavs, Kobe without Shaq, etc ...
I see two leadership qualities with Jolie: 1. Good leaders Make those around them better. 2. The mission/winning is more important than image or ego.
My favorite part of this video was the game against the Lakers when LeBron was right next to him and just watched Jokic pivot and score. LeBron didn't even move.
It's hilarious to see Perkins who is big fanboy of Lebron, the best stat-padder in league history, calling another player a stat-padder. I remember once LeBron leaving the court after a minor injury with six points on the board, only to come back in the fourth quarter and leave again up to 10 points on the board.
he is the definition of most valuable player
Jokic is like a big bodied Bird. Efficient shooter, ridiculous passer, great rebounder and clutch as hell.
I laughed when you called him a 7' John Stockton. That's my go to line now. Joker answers the question: What would it be like if John Stockton was 7' tall lol
I'm the biggest Utah Jazz fan, so I both love Stockton and like taking jabs at the Nuggets. But credit where is due, peak Jokic is IMHO better than Stockton ever was, which is nothing to be ashamed of. This guy is a monster on offense and has been for the last few seasons, creative and effective equally.
I enjoy how some people in the US can't seem to be able to digest how Jokic plays. That's just how this sport is played in Europe (mostly). It's a team sport, fellas.
NIKOLA JOKIC is like COCAINE so DAMN GOOD AND SO DAMN ADDICTIVE YOU ALWAYS WANT MORE
Jokic might win MVP but Perkins will probably just pull the race card again 😂
In a fraction of time he passed LeMoron in triple doubles because he plays a team game. Despite his questionable ejections his stats are better than most because he plays a team game.
"His stats aren't crazy..."
**The center averaging 9 assists**
Hey, awesome content. Love following your work. The only thing I do disagree with is saying Jokic has no vertical game, he has been leading the NBA in rebounds. I believe that counts for verticality. He just doesn't spend energy on something he isn't best at and that shows the intelligence of a player when he uses his abilities to the maximum of their advantage. Keep it up!
This is exactly why he reminds me of watching Bird on the court
Jokic represents European Team-Oriented Play in the best way possible.
The media has been Critical of Jokic for years.
I even remember years ago they said he was "not a team-player and leader" because ofter the game, he would sit in the front of the buss with the coach and review the tape of the game they just played and started prepping for the next opponent instead of playing cards with the other players...
And lets be honest. If he was american, They would have said he was "the ultimate professional" and "dedicated" but just because he's a laid-back, low-ego guy who does not like the spotlight, they paint him like the bad guy!
The NBA and media surrounding it just hates that a guy from europe is dominating the game while actively saying he would rather be racing horses instead of playing ball.
In short: Joker does literally whatever he wants on the field.
How he isn't unquestionably #1 on MVP ladder is beyond me.
The refs are screwing Jokic over worse than they ever have. It's dramatically impacted his stats. Meanwhile, the refs are letting Embiid and Giannis flop and commit offensive fouls whenever they wish. This has dramatically impacted their stats and made them seem to be much better players than Jokic is. A lot of people are too stupid to see what's going on, so they think Embiid and Giannis are the MVP frontrunners this season.
Dont forget Perkin's racist attempt
Because he’s not having a better season than Embiid, Giannis, Luka or Shai
@@Interstice1994 I am still baffled he was not fired. Imagine white guy saying Lebron only won MVP`s because he is black. He would be fired on the spot.
He dont deserve it
Jokic is the best player on the planet, plain and simple.
Jokic plays like the big guy at the YMCA who was All County in High School 10 Years before and is schooling the teenagers on Saturday morning.
Especially from a guy like Perkins who had zero athleticism. He was strong and Tall and knew just enough to be pretty good at NBA basketball.
One of most intelligent analysis of the game and Jokic on UA-cam 👍
I’m not a Denver fan but I respect the hell out of them. They won the finals without a superteam. Jokics finals ring is worth more than any of the superteam rings. Also gotta love how humble Jokic is and how he spreads the love around his team which is the complete opposite of a certain unnamed “superstar” who takes all the credit and none of the blame.
Golden state first ring was done without a super team they made themselves a super team before their first ring noone cared about curry and klay they were not even considered among any great players
Nikola Jokic (Serbia), the best NBA player in Nuggets history, Luka Doncic (Slovenia), the star player of the Dallas Mavericks, and French center Rudy Gobert (France).
It can be said that the image that people had a quarter century ago of ``European players = role players'' has now been completely overturned.
Without Dražen Petrović, there would not have been as many NBA players from Europe.
In witch universe can Rudy Gobert be in a same sentence as Jokić and Dončić.
Gobert though?? I don’t think he’s even close to the other two.
Slavs have always been great ballers
Arvydas Sabonis deserves the credit
Giannis and Dirk left the chat
They hate him because he makes them look like amateur's. and his skin tone. He's better then them all today, he's white and he isn't even trying that hard. It's natural talent. They need to get over it.
Jokic Basketball IQ is number 1 right now
I saw Jokic dunk for the first time during the Christmas game. Hilarious be he got it down.
Perkins is more known for being a troll than an NBA player. The man is an irrelevance.
Jokic is by far the best player in the NBA and it's not even close
Pass for the team to score - IQ
Pass to get the assist - padding
Rebound - Hustle
Steal mates rebound - padding
there's a fine line between the two but if you watch the game, fans could see who's padding.
Whether you consider them media or not, Mase and Camron are the only media that give Jokic his props. They show Jokic mad love and respect over at It is What it is.
Jokić is an off-meta build.
Clear MVP right now. Not even close. A real pleasure to watch
Current NBA players care way more about stats that winning because thats what gets you paid today. Players can go an entire career without winning anything but put up gaudy counting stats and they get paid like they are prime Kobe. Basically every additional point, rebound, or assist you get trasnlates to another million dollars a year in salary. But being on winning teams and contributing to championships has almost no correlation to your pay. Take a guy like Kentavious Caldwell Pope. He was instrumental in 2 championships and pretty much every team in the league would choose him to add to their chances of winning over someone like Jordan Poole. But Pope makes 15 million while Poole is making 28 million. The difference in salary is almost exactly the difference between last seasons pts + reb+ assists.
@uncut hoops: do a video on how the refs rigged the game for lebrons lakers and stole it from the raptors as well as the bad calls against the clippers. Its so vlear stevie wonder could see. Lebron is such a great player he needs the refs help to just make the play in tournament... wow.
Jokic is the epitome of fundaments and work ethic. He just gets it done and does it the right way! Every play he makes he makes LeBronze look more and more stupid.
What the hell does lebron have to do with jokic? Did you start watching the NBA yesterday 😂
On the one hand, yes, the world is structured in such a way that all these top 20, top 50 in any field, not consciously, but humiliate or belittle others. Like “Where is player A, is he worse than player B?” Already at this level of discussion, we often dig into the shortcomings rather than looking for the positives.
On the other hand, when you see how Embiid runs after stats , just so that the left streak does not end, and Jokic in the game with Detroit gives Murray a chance to gain confidence, frankly not caring about his statistics, in a conditional confrontation between Jokic vs Embiid, you take the side of Jokic.
I think that Nikola is doing this so that the front office takes a look at the players around him, to keep them on the team and pay them accordingly, instead of treating them as pawns.
Jokic isthe most important player on that team, but if he can help his teammates to show "Hey, this isn't the 90s but we don't have to rebuild every year, we have the tools and we communicate really well, don't mess the team up, we need no "stars", the team is the star" i'm sure that the team will win more than 1 championship, just like the 2010's Warriors that kept their formula throught the decade.
assists and rebs aside scoring 20 a game while averaging 80+% is ridiculous numbers
Rodman dominated to a HOF career, was exciting af, and never could score and didn’t try to lol.
A center playing smart basketball. Is a unicorn
Jokic is literally the embodiment of unshelfish, championship caliber basketball.... he has potential to be one of the best if not the best to ever play in the NBA... i mean, let's hypothetical this for a sec... he wins 5 more rings in the next decade, at the pace of his stats, if he stays healthy, he literally could hold most stat records... he could at that point be considered the greatest... I cant wait to see the future of him
Sometimes Jokics' arms looks like he just came out of a knife fight. He gets hacked more than anyone.
Jokic just operates on a level above everyone else. You mentioned the pistons game. That game came right after MPJ correctly and diplomatically said he wishes he and AG could get more involved in the offense. This came after a series of poor games where Jamal’s usage was through the roof. Jokic came out and got the ball to MPJ and AG and it was glorious. Jokic was backing up MPJ and trying to influence Jamal, and, it worked. He is next level.
2:30 is such a great clip. he's going slow, using his 7' body to frame out the defender, manipulating the floor with his eyes, looking like a clumsy oaf dribbling the entire way down the court with his left hand, and he's unstoppable.
They get mad at Jokic cause basketball ball isn't his true love. It's just something he's great at and he just happens to be better than all of them... plus he doesn't care about social media or endorsements.
When I saw gollum talking about the precious as in the MVP, I immediately thought of Embiid. The ultimate stat-padder. Guy is missing games and showing up for cakewalks, so he can keep his 30-10 streak alive. The dude complained for MVP for 2yrs, until they basically pulled the race card last season and gave the MVP to him instead of Jokic who had overall the bettter numbers and impact on the game.
That mark whalberg clip was wild💀
This dude Jokic, really makes his teammates better.
It's like the old video games where you beat it and start over, but know every level and don't even have to try to beat it.
The true king right now at this moment
he is a cmbnation of duncan fundamentals,magic iq n passing n bird mdrange n shootng....in a centers body
I think Jokic is trying to pad Jamal's stats a bit rn to get him a boost for all star. After that he should go back to normal dominance rather than full passer mode.
What's ridiculous is that Jokic got called for flopping last game despite being pushed by 2 hands, the NBA looked into it and said it wasn't the correct call but that's it.
He has been fined and penalized for this more than once this season, which is absurd because he only gets 6 free throws a game despite playing a ton in the paint and constantly getting hacked. If he doesn't react he never gets the call, but if he does show any reaction they want to say it's flopping. Meanwhile the are other players who get twice the free throws per game and react by jumping and literally flopping in the air like a fish all the way to the ground, yet they never receive any scrutiny.
If Jokic could be added to any roster from NBA’s past, he would have been a solid fit for the 2004 Detroit pistons.
The 2004 pistons strength was about defense. Defense is a team concept, everybody gotta show up. As a team work focused team, Jokic would have fit right. That team would have appreciated his attitude and ball sharing to help find open team mates and help win games.
Gordon is the second most valuable player, and they missed him when he was out. He is their best defender, and unstoppable when Jokic passes to him.
Can’t believe MPJ is 2nd in +/- 😨 has to be the JOKIC effect!! That’s insane
One point guard you should have mentioned that controlled the game in all aspects without really needing to score in double digits was Jason Kidd
A GREAT man! 😁
Jokic is doing of the opposite of trolling, it seems to me. This gentleman who prefers team play to stat padding, who doesn't care enough about legacy or others' notion of greatness to do stat padding, why would he care enough about beef and psy-ops to go trolling anybody?
No, in my opinion, the only people using the word 'trolling' here are the entertainment-media types who make their living off of stoking fans into eating more content.
Ken perk is a hall of famer,. Texas finest shaqtin a fool
Put a big hunk of swag in him, and youve got Bird.
5:07 exactly! Jokic transcends defense and scoring.
And Mike Malone is an awesome coach.
Part of Perk's bein down on Jokic is something Jokic can't help...
3:35 a michael „as long as you give me the ball back“ porter jr pass???
A 7ft John Stockton - nailed it
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lol at Perk. He hates this. 🤣
Jokic is the new “Rodman”. What I’m saying is that he is taking on a role that he isn’t built for. Rodman was a defensive beast but no bigger than MJ. Being able to guard and shut down players in positions 1-5 was such a big deal without scoring.
Jokic is built like a traditional center but plays like a point guard. I don’t see him as a center that really guards the paint like Shaq or Robinson. Jokic makes his teammates better by being a playmaker. Getting assists first before scoring is a usually meant for a smaller player. Jokic is the opposite. He will end up scoring when he is open or when the play allows it, but he is such a great facilitator.
Jokic has never reminded me of stockton.
Reminds me of shaqs dominance, paired with lebrons playmaking and basketball iq. Sprinkled in with some extremely clutch shot making.
I hope he wins a 2nd championship and secures himself among the top 10.
THAT RIGHT THERE SHOULD MAKE HIM THE GOAT AINT THAT WHAT LE CHOKE SAID
people for the last 20 years or so have underestimated how much of the game of basketball is in the mind. All the greats know that that is silly. The most athletic guy in the league is usually on the bench, at least until he learns how to use it. No one achieves what Jokic has without mastering the game within their mind. Many have done it without hops but none have done it without thought.
the hate towards this guy🤣, imagine if he start trash talking.