[Highlight] Nikola Jokic 1v4s the 76ers like an animal after grabbing the offensive board in the paint and comes out victorious
Dudes raw strength is insane. Watching him just turn on his gorilla strength in the paint and move guys out of his way like they’re kids is crazy man lol.
7 footers are scary enough but when they have a frame to match like jokic shaq giannis they’re just monsters on the court
Prime Shaq had about 60-70 pounds on Jokic while being more athletic lol, he was an alien.
100+ more like it. shaq lied about his weight most of his career
Shaq was 320, Jokic is 280… You don’t have to exxagarate, we know that Shaq is an alien.
Too bad Shaq was so naturally gifted, he didn’t work his game enough to develop his shot or improve his free throws.
Heck, he didn’t even kept in shape after awhile. That’s how older, but more skilled centers like Duncan could still beat prime Shaq 1v1 and outlast him on the court.
When did “older Duncan” beat “prime Shaq” … they’re primes we’re around similar times you could argue Duncan was at his best between 99-03 as well.
Not only that, but Shaq is 4 years older. When Duncan was old, Shaq was retired.
Yep 03 Duncan was a worldbeater
He definitely worked on his game, he had skill. I just don’t think he had a natural shooting touch
Shaq is 4 years older than Duncan.
How could “old Duncan” beat “prime Shaq”?
Yeah but that’s perfect for him cause now he can spend his days saying if he actually tried he would have been the goat.
I can’t tell if this is hateful simply to bring down Shaq or to hype Jokic but it’s weird either way
more athletic
wildly more athletic, let’s not downplay it
But remember that doesn’t make him “athletic”!
Nobody serious says that about Jokic anymore
I still see it from a certain midwestern fan base pretty frequently
Don’t you know athletic = jump high?
Every time I see someone call Jokic unathletic I just think of the Kareem scene from Airplane where he’s like “look kid…”
Should have sent 5
5 x 0 dawgs is still 0 dawgs
math checks out
Not according to Terrence Howard. Apparently 0 doesn’t exist.
Should have gone for the head
I swear every month this man does something crazy. How in the world he fell to a late second-round pick I’ll never understand.
Early jokic was raw af
He was good enough to make 1st team all-rookie
Still a raw prospect, his defense was WAY worse than what it is today
I’m saying he was good enough to make 1st team all rookie, so he was good enough to be drafted in the 1st round. Scouts missed him
He played in Serbia for one year after he was drafted, so he had another year of basketball between when he was drafted and when he was a rookie in the NBA
I totally forgot about that. I stand corrected
Yes, and that year was his breakout too with the ABA MVP. Would’ve been a surefire 1st round pick (and maybe even lottery) if he declared for the 2015 draft
Ye definitely a first round pick idk he fell that far down, from the stories ive heard he was never even considered for the draft and the guy wantef to quit basketball if he wasnt pushed by his coaches to keep goin
He was good and talented. Many stories about quitting are untrue and blown. His athleticism was a question mark for many scouts, especially for the NBA. His talent was known.
He played for the Serbian U19 National Team and won a silver medal at the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. Wasn’t the best player in the team, but had a decent role. Aaron Gordon was the MVP of that championship.
When he was 16 or 17, he became a client for the best basketball manager in Europe whose clients are some of the best European players. Top-tier managers don’t approach unknown kids who are not insanely talented.
He was a gem, many people saw it, but nobody knew his limits because he was unique and his game was difficult to compare with anyone.
He played in Serbia. Back in the day raw european players were not seen to be as good as raw prospects from NCAA. The only european players to be drafted high until few year ago were youngish players that were already developed enough be on the very top of the euro leagues
By most advanced metrics (epm, rapm, etc…), Jokic had the best sophomore an rookie season in nba history on a per36 basis. He was not raw at all. He just played less and on lesser volume than later in his career.
Clearly no one gives af about Joker’s defense.
He was good enough to be offered a contract by Barca and several other teams and was invited to shit like the hops summit, he was a known talent in europe back then.
Appearance Bias
He’s was too white and gangly but they should have taken one look at his brothers and knew he was a real one.
Gangly? The man was fat and out of shape when he came into the league.
Len’s younger brother?
He wasn’t this good back then. Had some of the raw tools and showed glimpses of what he might become. But very few people predicted he would become this.
my man EG, never forget.
Fr, that dude was a prophet.
I think his motor might’ve been questioned as well. Not taking care of body, drinking too much alcohol and limiting the progress like Darko Milicic or sth.
It wasn’t the alcohol, it was soda. He was drinking multiple two liter soda bottles a day even into his early years in the NBA.
EG told them but they didn’t believe.
EG?
There was a redditor that would come in and stan hard for Jokic as the GOAT while he was young and coming off the bench. Most people found him annoying at the time, and eventually he got banned for some unrelated reason.
But the dude was right.
what was the reason he was banned
Don’t remember. It might have been vote manipulation.
lmao
Like a dad playing against his kids lmao
Playing Yabu and PG at the 5 is working out great so far, that Nurse is one genius coach.
I’m ready for the season to be over man lol
No, no, no its fine, you’ll get better I promisse, just a little more!
Believe the procedure!
well his name is Nick Nurse, not Nick Coach. Yall hired him to nurse Embiid’s injury
It’s crazy to think how much Sixers fans were falling all over themselves wanting Nurse less than 2 years ago. Not to say comments like this aren’t warranted, but it’s crazy how quick things change
Honest question. Would you take Doc back now or would you still take Nurse over him?
Nice try Bucks.
Well I tried, Bucks fans.
Why are they getting the minutes over Drummond and Bona?
Mom this is boooooring
Paul George
76ers are so bad
You incapable of reading the standings?
confirmed bad
Curious what standings are we reading? Sixers now 11th in the East lost 6 straight, is that supposed to be good?
Sounds pretty incapable to me but I don’t think OP meant to actually refer to themselves
contender got a weird definition these days
Free Maxey
Y’all wasting him
In case no one has said this today, thanks for the Jays, a decade of success and the title, couldn’t have done it without you!
The big tipper
There’s always one dude at the gym we could never ask to run 5s cause this is what would happen
Bit of a travel on Jokic there… but also a bit of a foul on like 3 of the sixers so oh well?
I don’t know rules quite well, but is it not a travel if a player from the opposing team holds/interferes with the ball?
Also, it should’ve been a foul there, right?
It’s insane that he even pulled down that rebound, let alone the shot.
“I’m not stuck in the restricted area with you bums, you’re in here with ME!”
76ers were out manned
I mean those four guys were right on him too and he just did a little lean back. So beautiful to watch him play
reminds me of that 1 pic where shaq dunked on like 4 nets
Why was nurse pressed there, was he pissed his players couldn’t get a rebound or jokic potentially travelling?
Because since he’s nurse I believe the latter more lol
It probably should have been a jump ball. I don’t think the ball was “lost” enough to let him continue play but at the same time it’s so physical there the refs probably aren’t very interested in blowing their whistles.
Ahh that makes sense i usually think jump ball when they’re full on hugging the ball tight to their chest and have their elbows out though
Jokic actually had room to operate
“Twenty good men” -Nikola Jokić
These announcers are trash. This may be bias speaking but how do you see 1 man take on 4 and just go ‘Jokic for 2.’?????
My GOAT
Looking like KAT out there
How?
That Nik and Mal dap clap was loud AF, love when they’re vibin
“No foul on the play.”
He came a long way, after getting dunked on by KAT
Meh, he still gets dunked on by KAT.
But he probably finishes the game with 40/18/12 😛
More seriously, folks were saying that during that tournament Jokic was the top scorer, so even back then it didn’t matter.
Have you noticed that Paul George isn’t as explosive as he once was? Toast!
Expensive toast.
If only embiid wasn’t busy ducking joker he might have been able to help 😂
While it was impressive it should have been called a travel
Travel
Lol, Jokic / Giannis is the Flirting vs Sexual harassment meme
If only philly had an all star center with a big enough body that can in theory match Jokic.
Yeah dude go ahead I ain’t stopping yuh
They should just rename the team 5280 no city name no references to basketball in the logo nothing else just 5280