Jokic 31, 22, 21, 59%. It's a white man''s game now

[Uncontroversial]

[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

He's playing a video game. Goofy.

[AtiliusRegulus]

Sad because I know I can do more pull-ups than him. Life is unfair. In terms of athleticism this guy is below average but in terms of basketball game and iq the guy is probably the best. He reminds me of Zach Randolph with more focus and no outings to a strip club

[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

Sad because I know I can do more pull-ups than him. Life is unfair. In terms of athleticism this guy is below average but in terms of basketball game and iq the guy is probably the best. He reminds me of Zach Randolph with more focus and no outings to a strip club

What a ridiculous comparison. Sorry. Zach, bless his soul, is one of my all time favorite Grizz players. Most of his career, he was a black hole offensively who couldn't pass to save his life. He couldn't shoot from deep and had a modest basketball IQ. He had a nice post game, but nowhere near the array of moves Jokic has there. About the only thing they have in common is their vertical leaping ability.

[elmerjfudd]

Is this an assist?

[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

Unrelated, but frankly, it's a bit ridiculous he won't win MVP this year as the world is determined to give it to SGA. He is so far ahead of everyone else right now, it's goofy. That team without him is in the lottery. With him, they have a legit shot.

[LNS]

Is this an assist?

Yea those are kinda iffy IMO

[CleveTown™]

those arent even close to assists lol

[LeBronMonsterDunk]

Wow, I looked to see if they actually gave him those assists and they did...

https://www.espn.com/nba/playbyplay/_/gameId/401705388

11:21 Michael Porter Jr. makes 26-foot three point step back jumpshot (Nikola Jokic assists)
4:13 Christian Braun makes driving layup (Nikola Jokic assists)

[AlaskaHawks]

Those are the types of "Assists" Jordan always got at Home as well. Lets not pretend this is brand new. With that being said those are definitely not assists.

[PhutureDynasty]

This is the same man who stole multiple of Embiid's MVPs.

[elmerjfudd]

This is the same man who stole multiple of Embiid's MVPs.

Factz

[thedangerouskitchen]

#LeBronCouldNever.... even though the league has been doing the exact same thing with his Assists stats for YEARS.

at gullible Modern Day fans.

[Bush4Ever.]

I remember TDK saying Jokic might not even start in the 90s.

I think he was probably wrong.

Probably

[LeBronMonsterDunk]

#LeBronCouldNever.... even though the league has been doing the exact same thing with his Assists stats for YEARS.

at gullible Modern Day fans.

How would you know? You don't watch the NBA, remember?

[PhutureDynasty]

This is the same man who stole multiple of Embiid's MVPs.

Factz

[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

If his name was something something that sounds American, and he was born in Indiana, played for the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics or Bulls, he'd be talked about as the greatest talent in NBA history. He's a Serbian eccentric semi nut who plays in a city nobody cares about in the worst time zone in America so he's not much more than an afterthought on a relative basis. People who do not watch most of his games have absolutely no idea how great he is.

I believe he might be the easiest player in NBA history to build around, and the Nuggets still have fucked it up.

[PhutureDynasty]

If his name was something something that sounds American, and he was born in Indiana, played for the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics or Bulls, he'd be talked about as the greatest talent in NBA history. He's a Serbian eccentric semi nut who plays in a city nobody cares about in the worst time zone in America so he's not much more than an afterthought on a relative basis. People who do not watch most of his games have absolutely no idea how great he is.

I believe he might be the easiest player in NBA history to build around, and the Nuggets still have fucked it up.

Well said.

That's a good question about who the easiest ever to build around would be. Jokic is a great answer for it.

I think Magic, Larry, Nash, and Stockton come to mind as well.

All elite passers who don't dominate the ball.

[_Vcsgrizzfan_]

If his name was something something that sounds American, and he was born in Indiana, played for the Knicks, Lakers, Celtics or Bulls, he'd be talked about as the greatest talent in NBA history. He's a Serbian eccentric semi nut who plays in a city nobody cares about in the worst time zone in America so he's not much more than an afterthought on a relative basis. People who do not watch most of his games have absolutely no idea how great he is.

I believe he might be the easiest player in NBA history to build around, and the Nuggets still have fucked it up.

Well said.

That's a good question about who the easiest ever to build around would be. Jokic is a great answer for it.

I think Magic, Larry, Nash, and Stockton come to mind as well.

All elite passers who don't dominate the ball.

He's also woefully underrated defensively. That's also mostly hoops IQ. Obviously not athleticism lol.

I wouldn't put Stockton on the list. I admittedly have bias against him and Malone though. I think both are significantly overrated. I agree with Magic and Bird, obviously.

Hakeem was another guy (who's from office also screwed up) and Garnett (who's front office in Minnesota is arguably as bad as Denver's right now) who end up underrated because they were forced to make chicken salad out of chicken feathers.

[AtiliusRegulus]

This puts jokics achievement into perspective.